Imagine feeling like you just didn't belong or that your stories weren't being heard? You'd almost feel invisible and ultimately, that would leave you with a sense of disconnect to your community.

For Gracia Dyer Jalea and her six co-founders, they wanted the Toronto Ward Museum to accurately share stories of immigrants who moved to Toronto and helped build the multi-cultural landscape that exists today. Having come from immigrant backgrounds, they understand the challenges and disconnect all too well.

While Toronto only accounts for 8% of Canada's total population, it is home to 36% of all immigrants living in Ontario and 20% of all immigrants living in Canada.

It is their hope, that the 'museum without walls' serves as a bridge to strengthen our understanding of immigration history, through innovation and public engagement. 

Not only are they shedding light on so many untold stories; but they are opening up the conversation by having immigrants co-develop and co-deliver a lot of the museums programming! Take a listen to how these change-makers are leaving a lasting legacy.