Guided by Geoffrey Reaume
This will be a historical tour of the 19th century patient built asylum boundary walls located at the present-day Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 1001 Queen Street West.
The purpose of this tour is to remember the contributions of the women and men who lived, worked, and died in the Toronto Insane Asylum, as is represented by the boundary walls that they built which stand as an enduring testament to their abilities, and to use the past to challenge discrimination experienced today by people who have a psychiatric history.
A sneak preview of the wall tour can be seen in this two minute film made by York University students in a project organized by the York Institute of Health Research.
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- Meeting Place:
Corner of Queen and Shaw
- End Location:
TBA
- Neighbourhood:
Queen West
- Public Transit Directions:
It can be reached by taking the Queen Street streetcar WEST from the OSGOODE Subway Station to the corner of Queen and Shaw. The OSSINGTON 63 bus can also be taken SOUTH from the Ossington station to Queen Street and then walk east to Shaw.
- Accessible:
TBA
- Parking Available:
Pay parking is available in a parking lot on-site and on surrounding streets.
