Funding under review as city embarks on plan to refocus museums on inclusivity, accessibility and reconciliation
Fort York’s guard program, in which high-school and university students don military uniforms and re-enact life during the War of 1812, was cancelled this year after the City of Toronto suspended its funding.
The Fort York Guard, which features actors dressed as soldiers from the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry, has staged re-enactments involving marching, drums and the firing of muskets every July and August sinceCity spokesperson Eric Holmes said in an e-mail that a third-party he declined to name has been appointed to conduct the review, using Toronto History Museums’ strategic plan as a framework for reference.
Don Cranston, chair of the organization, called the city’s decision “extremely frustrating.” The city informed the group about the review in May, he said, but did not explain why it was happening. First Nations and Indigenous people, Mr. Cranston said. He noted that the group raised $90,000 in 2019 for a grant toward the Indigenous Art Festival, an event held annually at Fort York each June, which is National Indigenous Peoples Month.The city declined to put forward someone who could explain the rationale for the Fort York decision in detail.
as an example of it in action. The plan is not designed to eliminate European history from the museums,
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