Resonators - Shane, Franklin, Jacobs, Goldman

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Location: Toronto

Jenn E Norton

Four women from different eras immigrated to Toronto and shaped the way we think about culture, identity, technology, politics, and activism, shaping the city with their distinctive voices.

Jane Jacobs - University Avenue

In an excerpt from a 1969 interview for the CBC's "The Way It Is", Jane Jacobs comments on the planning, building and future of Toronto. This interview is conducted on University Avenue.

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Jane Jacobs - Spadina Expressway

In an interview with CBC, Jane Jacobs describes the greatest threat to Toronto was at the time of recording. The Spadina Expressway was partially built in 1971, but was cancelled, due to, in part, local public outrage.

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Jane Jacobs - Cedarvale Ravine

In an 1969 interview for CBC's "The Way It Is" laments the precarity of Toronto's ravines as the city and its highways expand. Cedarvale Ravine was spared the Spadina Expressway due to the public protest toward the construction.

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Jane Jacobs - Cedarvale Ravine

In an 1969 interview for CBC's "The Way It Is" laments the precarity of Toronto's ravines as the city and its highways expand. Cedarvale Ravine was spared the Spadina Expressway due to the public protest toward the construction.

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Emma Goldman Speech, read by Sandra Oh

Emma Goldman, who J. Edgar Hoover once named “the most dangerous woman in America", lived in Toronto upon her exile from the United States, and other countries. She resided at 322 Spadina Avenue in 1926-1927, and later on Vaughan Rd in the home of a friend, until her death in 1940. This is a speech she delivered in 1914 in San Francisco, as read by Sandra Oh. A reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States given October 5, 2005 in Los Angeles California (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove).

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Jackie Shane - Any Other Way

Jackie Shane is a legendary transgender soul pioneer who arrived in Toronto in 1959, garnering fans across Canada and beyond for powerful performances and her hit single, "Any Other Way", recorded in 1967 live at the Sapphire Tavern, which was located at 20 Richmond St. E.

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Franklin - The Real World of Technology

From the 1989 Massey Lectures, Dr Ursula Franklin delivered a lecture series at George Ignatieff Theatre, recorded by the CBC. Franklin was an experimental physicist who taught at the University of Toronto and had been awarded more than 10 honorary degrees from Canadian Universities. Franklin examined the social and political impacts of technology.

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