Acknowledgements
This online exhibition was developed with the support of the Virtual Exhibits Investment Program, Virtual Museum of Canada.
The Virtual Museum of Canada is managed by the Canadian Museum of History, with the financial support of the Government of Canada.
Thank you to our digital partner, Plank, for their dedicated partnership on this project.
Thank you to the following institutions, organizations, libraries, and collections for content support:
- Alternative Toronto
- Archives of Ontario
- Art Gallery of York University
- Bata Shoe Museum (Suzanne Petersen)
- CBC/Radio-Canada
- City of Toronto Archives
- Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area
- The Flyer Vault (Daniel Tate)
- Info-Tech Research Group and 888 Yonge (William Russell, Jennifer Chan)
- The JUNO Awards
- Massey Hall-Roy Thomson Hall (Stephen McGrath, Vanessa Smith, Ashley D'Andrea, Mima Agozzino)
- Moses Znaimer Television Museum
- Music Canada
- Pink Triangle Press
- The Polaris Music Prize (Steve Jordan, Claire Degenais)
- The Remix Project
- Retrontario (Ed Conroy)
- Riot Grrrl Collection, Fales Library, New York University
- Sam Javanrouh/Top Left Pixel
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History
- Studio Bell: National Music Centre
- Think2Thing
- Toronto District School Board
- Toronto Star
- York University: Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections
Heritage Toronto gratefully acknowledges the City of Toronto’s Museums and Heritage Services for inspiring the name of this exhibit, which is based on their 2017 music program for the Canada 150 celebrations.
Thank you to the following individuals who graciously gave their time as featured audio and film interviews:
- Lillian Allen
- Archie Alleyne
- Dave Bidini
- Brooke Blackburn
- Ryan Bolton
- Shaun Brodie
- Brendan Canning
- Kevin Hearn
- Yvonne Matsell
- Michie Mee
Thank you to the following individuals and organizations for their generous donations of images and assistance with exhibition multimedia and promotion:
- Caroline Azar
- Andrea Bott and the Bulucon Family
- Blue Rodeo Productions
- Steve Castellano
- Daniel Caudeiron
- Guillaume Decouflet
- Greg Gooding
- Ian Gordon & the students of York University's Applied Marketing Management course
- Samuel Gottlieb
- Patti Habib
- Blake Hannahson
- Patrick Harbron
- Vanessa Heins
- Ali Jennings
- G.B. Jones
- Colin Medley
- Dave Munro
- Margaret Munro
- Vik Pahwa
- Paul Petro Contemporary Art
- Kelly and Céline Peterson
- Lynne Provencher
- PUP
- Dustin Rabin
- Clive Robertson Archives
- Lorraine Segato
- Kevin Shea
- Norman Wong
- Gerry Young
Curatorial Advisory:
- Mark V. Campbell
- Nicholas Jennings
Research Assistance:
- Rob Bowman
- Michael Comeau
- Craig Jennex (The ArQuives)
- Anna Krentz
- Maureen Marshall
- Gary Myers
- Aline Zara
Educational Resource Development:
- Doug Friesen
- Ashleigh Allen
- Ty Walkland
- Anna Krentz
- Ben Gallagher
Filming and Recording Locations
- Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD): Library Services: The Learning Zone
- Art Gallery of Ontario
- Grange Park, City of Toronto
- The Concert Hall
- Massey Hall
- Roy Thomson Hall
- Candle Recording Studio
- Centre for Social Innovation (Toronto)