Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square renamed to Sankofa Square

Toronto city council voted to rename Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square and recommended a host of other landmarks be stripped of the Dundas name over connections to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The move comes more than three years after council first received a petition raising concerns about the name at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the police killing of … Continue reading Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square renamed to Sankofa Square