Archived: Donald Willard Moore, Commemorative Plaque, 2000.
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Resource ID
6189
Access
Open
Address
20 Cecil Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1N2
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2006
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Caption
Donald Willard Moore, Commemorative Plaque, 2000.
Description
1891 - 1994
From his arrival in Canada from Barbados in 1912, Donald Willard Moore worked to make Toronto the vibrant multicultural community it is today. To protest unjust immigration law Moore led the first Black delegation to Ottawa on April 27 1954. The law restricting entry of non-whites from the West Indies and other Commonwealth areas was changed due to Moore's tireless work and allowed first nurses from the West Indies to enter Canada to work in hospitals and then women to work as domestics for a year before attaining permanent residence. Eventually the regulations permitted immigration of other non-whites from other parts of the world. Near this plaque stood the recreation centre purchased by Moore (Uncle Don") and others for newly arrived immigrants. Also in this area (at College and Augusta) was the Toronto branch of the United Negro Improvement Association which Moore helped found as well as the Toronto Negro Citizenship Association. For his social justice work Moore received the Order of Canada the Order of Ontario the Order of Barbados the Bicentennial Medal of Ontario the Harry Jerome Award and the City of Toronto Award of Merit.
City of Toronto Culture Division 2000
Marker lat / long: 43.656841, -79.395702 (WGS84)