Travelling exhibitions

Unearth Uncover is being exhibited at three locations in Caledon, Ontario.

• From January 18 to March 17:
  • Caledon Centre for Recreation and Wellness
  • Caledon East Community Centre
  • Southfields Community Centre

A modified version of the full Unearth Uncover exhibition will travel to and be showcased in Mississauga facilities throughout the month of February:

• From February 1 to 10
  • Mississauga Valley Community Centre
  • Frank McKechnie Community Centre
  • Mississauga Seniors’ Centre
  • Erin Meadows Community Centre
• From February 10 to 17
  • Churchill Meadows Community Centre
  • Clarkson Community Centre
  • Huron Park Recreation Centre
  • South Common Community Centre
• From February 17 to 28
  • Meadowvale Community Centre
  • Malton Community Centre
  • River Grove Community Centre
  • Courtneypark Active Living Centre

Lyndsay McLeod, one of the teachers at Cawthra Park Secondary School who organized Unearth Uncover, came up with the idea to make and install historic plaques that would highlight Black histories not taught in the Ontario curriculum.

Through the school’s social justice classes and Black Student Association, she engaged students and teachers to research content and install plaques throughout Toronto and Peel Region. In addition, she asked Grade 11 students to create a visual art piece to honour and commemorate people, places and events in Black Canadian history.

The Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) showcased the Unearth Uncover project with a virtual display of the student artwork and plaques. PAMA shared this project with the Museums of Mississauga as an opportunity to collaborate with a local school. The Museums of Mississauga then approached Lyndsay McLeod to pitch the creation of an exhibition. Following a few months of collaboration, the Unearth Uncover exhibition was displayed at Bradley Museum Anchorage Galleries from September 22, 2022 to November 20, 2022.