Bonnie Briggs was essential to the founding of the Toronto Homeless Memorial. She initiated the “We Are You” memorial project in 1996, with the support of then-Mayor Barbara Hall. The initial design for the memorial was to be in St. James Park. The text below, courtesy of the TDRC files at the City of Toronto Archives, contain Briggs’s memoir, which was to be recorded as part of the proposed immersive audio-visual memorial.

Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (2004). Bonnie Briggs. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543929, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 194).

“We are you” Memorial Project Committee. (c. 1997). [“We Are You” Memorial draft sketch]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543937, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 416).

Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (2006, October 10). [Homeless Memorial October 10, 2006 photograph 2487: Bonnie and Kerre Briggs]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543966, Fonds 335, Series 1780, File 11).

Briggs, B. (1996). From homelessness to college. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543937, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 416).

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