VIEWS: GOLDEN GIRLS

Youth participants document stories of the extraordinary women in the rapidly gentrifying Golden Mile neighbourhood through colourful murals in THE O’Connor Community Centre.

Throughout the summer and fall of 2022, the first official iteration of VIEWS (Vision of Inspiring & Empowering Walls in Scarborough) was launched with the partnership of City of Toronto as a Cultural Hotspot Signature Project. The first edition, entitled Golden Girls, was hosted in the Golden Mile area, consulting with community members, residents, youth groups, business owners to discuss the presence and opportunities for girls, women, and females in the area. The program also focused on trained young emerging artists to hone in on their artistic aspirations and skills to begin and build their experiences in murals. This ultimately resulted in the VIEWS: Golden Girls mural designed by Mariz Pe. The mural travels down the main hall of the O’Connor Community Centre featuring imagery and quotes of the diversity and strength of both the Golden Mile neighbourhood and the vivacious women in the community.

  • Rand Alaboudi
    Cai Bell-Jerome
    Erica Dionora
    Muzna Erum
    Claire Forsyth
    Ashleigh Hamilton-Webb
    Farah Hoosain
    Trayvon Mattison
    Tyrese Mattison
    Naushin Nawal
    Natalie Sze Wai Ho
    Michelle Tan

  • Jen D. Fabico-Smith, Program Manager
    Mariz Pe, Lead Designer and Mural Artist
    Annie Vimalanathan, Program Assistant
    Camille Oliveros, Placement Student
    Yasmin Wright, Placement Student



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