Cathy and Beric have been fighting for Toronto’s homeless for 30 years. With others, they started the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee to bring social justice and housing to the growing numbers of Toronto’s homeless. For almost a decade, they made headlines with their fight, culminating in Tent City, an encampment of outliers and activists on Toronto’s vacant waterfront.

Episode 6: The CNE with Greg

I Was Here is a podcast and photo series featuring older adults who have interesting stories about, or long histories with, spaces and places in Toronto. Their stories reveal many events of social, cultural, and political importance to our city’s history. 

I Was Here was created with generous financial support from The Accessibility Project at Ryerson University’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education.

A very special thank you to Programs for 50+ and Community Engagement at The Chang School, who supported this endeavour to give these storytellers a much-needed platform and audience.