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Seymout kanowitch, a University of Toronto controversial tent city that was evicted from the student, is organizing a successor to Wacheea, the campus last year
Seymout kanowitch, a University of Toronto controversial tent city that was evicted from the student, is organizing a successor to Wacheea, the campus last year

Seymout kanowitch, a University of Toronto controversial tent city that was evicted from the student, is organizing a successor to Wacheea, the campus last year

Date5/31/1972
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128843F
At Wacheea, the tent city for young travellers on the University of Toronto Campus, Beth Calengor, 18, of Birmingham, Mich., plays with her dog, Jump.(...)
At Wacheea, the tent city for young travellers on the University of Toronto Campus, Beth Calengor, 18, of Birmingham, Mich., plays with her dog, Jump.(...)
7/12/1971
Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
Trying to cross the University of Toronto campus after being evicted from their week-old tent city, young campers are blocked by police. A moment late(...)
7/19/1971
1971. Wacheea - the Cree Indian name that means the place where everyone is welcome - is the tent city operated for travelling youth on the campus of (...)
1971. Wacheea - the Cree Indian name that means the place where everyone is welcome - is the tent city operated for travelling youth on the campus of (...)
7/13/1971
Young people who were evicted yesterday from tents on the University of Toronto campus listen to Ontario Liberal Robert Nixon at Queen's Park where th(...)
Young people who were evicted yesterday from tents on the University of Toronto campus listen to Ontario Liberal Robert Nixon at Queen's Park where th(...)
7/19/1971
Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
Folding their tent, some of the last 70 residents Wacheea, the tent city on the grounds of the old Mercer Reformatory, prepare to move out yesterday o(...)
9/9/1971
Since graduating from law school last year, Maurice Keeble has refused to move from his apartment on the York University campus.
Since graduating from law school last year, Maurice Keeble has refused to move from his apartment on the York University campus.
6/18/1984
Quiet moment: John Alan Lee, controversial professor of sociology at Scarborough Campus, works on a piece of sculpture at Scarborough
Quiet moment: John Alan Lee, controversial professor of sociology at Scarborough Campus, works on a piece of sculpture at Scarborough
1/15/1984
Grass roots grows a 'Wacheea' at City Hall, Members of Grass Roots, the organization trying to set up a tent city for transient youth this summer, do (...)
Grass roots grows a 'Wacheea' at City Hall, Members of Grass Roots, the organization trying to set up a tent city for transient youth this summer, do (...)
6/13/1971
Pyramid power: Robert Ringwald, at the top of the pyramid, is only 22 but he has two thriving businesses -- a window washing firm and a monthly campus magazine for York University students
Pyramid power: Robert Ringwald, at the top of the pyramid, is only 22 but he has two thriving businesses -- a window washing firm and a monthly campus magazine for York University students
6/13/1985
Video teacher: Paul Thompson, a professor at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus, and Janis Wood, from the campus' registration office, look at some of the equipment used in video teaching
Video teacher: Paul Thompson, a professor at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus, and Janis Wood, from the campus' registration office, look at some of the equipment used in video teaching
7/10/1981
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
Tent city dwellers voted today not to move from the University of Toronto campus to the site of the old Mercer reformatory until they get enough money(...)
7/16/1971
Campus arrests: Police arrest a student, along with 11 others, for trespassing after a group erected tents at the University of Toronto to protest the Economic Summit
Campus arrests: Police arrest a student, along with 11 others, for trespassing after a group erected tents at the University of Toronto to protest the Economic Summit
6/15/1988