Interpretive Plaques: Project History
The 2004-2005 community mapping workshops were the first opportunities for community members and stakeholders to map out important neighbourhood features. Dr Nik Luka, then a local resident and professor, took this community mapping project to his undergraduate geography class at the University of Toronto and then to the Urban and Regional Planning program at Ryerson University. At Ryerson, planning students created initial designs for the plaque template, started to research local history and organized information into a preliminary list of themes and districts.

Between October 2006 and May 2007, two City Planning work-term students from Ryerson refined the plaque template, continued to research St Clair neighbourhoods, and began the process of taking this project to the community. See Ryerson students' work.

Since May 2007, the focus has been to connect with community members and research specific plaque themes, in order to make each plaque 'more than just a plaque'. This project has involved,

• Ward Councilors Walker, Mihevc, Palacio and Nunziata
• City Planning, Urban Design
• St Clair Transit Community Design Consultation Group (CDCG)
• City of Toronto Libraries
• City of Toronto Archives
• City of Toronto Economic Development, Culture and Tourism
• Heritage Toronto
• mystclair.com
• Toronto Star (Torstarphotos.com)
• Corso Italia BIA
• Ontario Jewish Archives
• Glenn Gould Foundation and the Estate of Glenn Gould
• Oakwood Collegiate Institute Alumni
• St Clair West Revitalization Committee
• Lost Rivers
• Spacing Magazine
• Toronto Public Space Committee
• MurMur
• Wychwood Archives
• McMichael Gallery
• Timothy Eaton Memorial Church
• West Toronto Junction Historical Society
• Earlscourt History Club