"Purchasing Toronto" – A Talking Treaties workshop

Join Ange Loft of the Talking Treaties Collective to learn about The Toronto Purchase, also known as Treaty 13. This workshop will feature a screening of the film, By These Presents: “Purchasing” Toronto, and activations from A Treaty Guide for Torontonians, an artful examination of the complex intercultural roots of treaty relationships in the place we now call Toronto

Registration Required. Those who take out tickets via Eventbrite will be contacted to confirm attendance.

Ange Loft (Kanien'kehá:ka, from Kahnawà:ke; lives in Toronto, ON, Canada) is an interdisciplinary performing artist, who works blend arts based research, voice, wearable sculpture, and Haudenosaunee history, guided by her background in community theatre, community art and Indigenous theatrical creation methodologies. In recognition of her craft, Ange received the Toronto Arts Foundation's Indigenous Artist Award in 2023. She is the Artistic Lead of the Talking Treaties initiative with Jumblies Theatre + Arts (2017-24).

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Toronto Public Library is committed to accessibility. Please call or email us if you are Deaf or have a disability and would like to request accommodation to participate in this program. Please let us know as far in advance as possible and we will do our best to meet your request. At least three weeks' notice is preferred. Phone 416-393-7099 or email [email protected].

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