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2026-08-26T16:34:45+00:00
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">A handmade plaque in remembrance of Paul Croutch, who was beaten to death by army reservists outside of the Moss Park Armoury in 2005 while sleeping on a park bench. Croutch was known to the Gateway community. <br />
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Bacque, Graeme. (2005). [TDRC photograph 2602: Paul Croutch handmade memorial plaque on bench in Moss Park]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543966, Fonds 335, Series 1780, File 11).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Bob Rose. (1999). City of Toronto Archives (Box Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 191).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">In March of 2003, the TDRC and allies marched along Dundas Street, carrying the charred remains of Bobby MacLaughlin’s mattress, who died when his shelter caught fire earlier that winter. <br />
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Bobby McLaughlin’s mattress. (2003). From City of Toronto Archives (Fonds 335, Series 1780, File unknown).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Brian Boyd’s Memorial outside of Mel Lastman's "Mayor's Levee" on January 1, 2003. <br /><br />
Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (2003, January 1). [Photograph: TDRC memorial for Brian Boyd]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543966, Fonds 335, Series 1780, File 6).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Cathy Crowe giving a speech for the Canadian Auto Workers Union. (c. 2001). Cathy Crowe Personal Collection. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">In December of 1998, the TDRC hosted a People’s Court event, putting the various levels of government on (mock) trial for the creation of the housing crisis. In this photograph, David Hulchanski unveils evidence in the form of a scroll containing a list of co-op and non-profit housing projects canceled by Mike Harris’s Conservatives: some 17,000 units of affordable housing, capable of housing 45,000 people. <br />
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Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (1998, December 8). [Photograph of David Hulchanski rolling out scroll during People’s Court event]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543966, Fonds 335, Series 1780, File 2).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Nancy Baker at the 24 hour vigil event at the Toronto Homeless Memorial in 2005. <br />
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Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (2005, August 8). [Vigil photo 179: Nancy Baker and ‘Housing for All’]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543966, Fonds 335, Series 1780, File 11).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Steve Lane was a pivotal member of the Toronto Coalition Against Homelessness (TCAH), an organizing effort that predated the TDRC.<br />
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Lane, S. (199-). Death of a dance [poem]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543929, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 207).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Early material promoting “the 1% solution” for affordable and accessible housing for all. <br />
<br /><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (c. 1998). [“Housing for all!”]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543937, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 451).</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Promotional material for one of many public protests/vigils held over the winter of 1999-2000. At this action, a letter (below) was hand delivered to the mayor’s office by Peter Rosenthal. <br /><br />
Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (2000). Protest the homeless deaths [Flyer]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543935, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 395).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (c. 2014). Women’s deaths protest and memorial wall. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543966, Fonds 335, Series 1780, File unknown).</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Cathy Crowe and Beric German at the Toronto Homeless Memorial. (n.d.). Cathy Crowe Personal Collection. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Rosenthal, P. & Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (April 26, 2000). Open letter to Mayor Mel Lastman. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543935, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 395).</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (2000). Protest the homeless deaths [Media Advisory]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543935, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 395).</span></span></div>
https://housingjusticearchive.com/ocap
2026-09-02T15:06:06+00:00
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">John Clarke, founder and longtime organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. <br /><br />
Bacque, Graeme. (2005). <i>John Clarke</i>. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543966, Fonds 335, Series 1780, File 11). <br />
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="--font-scale: 2; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);">Toronto Star article featuring OCAP organizer Dusty Fiske (1998), in response to Councillor Kyle Rae’s closure of the Salvation Army shelter in the downtown east. <br /><br />
James, Natalie. <i>[Dusty Fiske. From “Business Complaints Shut down Salvation Army’s 50-Bed Hostel,” by From Natalie James. The Toronto Star, 27 May 1998].</i> City of Toronto Archives, (Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 405).</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">OCAP organizer Brian Debourdieu.
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Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. (2006). <i>[National housing day car rally photograph 44: Brian Debourdieu].</i> City of Toronto Archives (Box 543966, Fonds 335, Series 1780, File 11).<br />
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">Koyama, D. (2004).<i> Straw Bales.</i> City of Toronto Archives (Box 543935, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 405).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --font-scale: 2;">In the summer of 2002, coincident with Pope John Paul II’s visit to Toronto, OCAP squatted a house in Parkdale (1510 Queen St West) in an action to draw attention to longterm vacancies in Parkdale and the moves the city and province were making toward the gentrification of this neighbourhood. The “Pope Squat” was supported by public figures like Jack Layton and Naomi Klein. <br /><br />
Bognat, C. (2002). The Pope Squat, from <i>Homelessness: A Message for Working Canadians</i>. Thistle Printing Ltd. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543949, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 673).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); --font-scale: 2;">Bognat, C. (2002). Queen’s Park March, from <i>Homelessness: A Message for Working Canadians</i>. Thistle Printing Ltd. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543949, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File 673).</span></div>
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A precursor to today’s <span style="background: rgb(181, 124, 124);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><u><a href="https://230fightback.com/" target="_blank">230Fightback</a></u></b></span></span> movement, OCAP led a campaign to turn 294/296/298 Sherbourne St into Social Housing. This was during the Tent City years, with support from several other groups. <br />
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TDRC Files. (2004). “Give it or Guard it!” [Media Release]. City of Toronto Archives (Box 543935, Fonds 335, Series 1779, File Unknown).</span></div>
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2026-08-27T13:25:41+00:00
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