This project was initiated on territory occupied by many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples for thousands of years. Today Tkaronto is home to many diverse Indigenous people from across Turtle Island. We recognize that although this land is covered by Treaty 13, colonialism is an ongoing process. Please visit native-land.ca to learn more about the land you occupy.
Countermap.land is a crowd-sourced project which locates tangible spaces and objects within the territory known as “Canada”, represented by figures and events – be they political, social, economic, or otherwise – that have contributed to the dispossession of life, memory, territory, and resources of BIPOC communities, both past and present.
We recognize that maps and the associated technologies of cartography are inseparable from the colonial project; they describe and segment space, defining boundaries to movement, the exploitable resources of landscapes, and the reaches of imperial power. We hope through this work to appropriate these tools to define new collective histories.
Please note: This platform is currently being tested. If you have questions, please email countermap.land@gmail.com
This project was led by The Architecture Lobby’s Tkaronto chapter in partnership with artist-run centre 221A, and Victor Temperano of Mapster.
We acknowledge that this map only works to name racist and colonial spaces. If you are experiencing trauma or distress, please visit this list of resources.
The posts submitted to this platform are vetted by a small team of volunteers. It may take some time for your post to appear. Please note that although we are working towards developing a protocol for eliminating hate speech and maintaining a safe virtual space.
propose
submit
Contact
About Us
This project was led by The Architecture Lobby’s Tkaronto chapter in partnership with artist-run centre 221A, and Victor Temperano of Mapster. We acknowledge that this map only works to name racist and colonial spaces. If you are experiencing trauma or distress, please seek help immediately.
Your email will not be displayed publicly. However, we may contact you for more information regarding your submission.
This will be public. If you wish not to be credited, please write 'anonymous.'
We encourage users to think about their relationship to the information that is being submitted and communities who may be impacted. Given that this map is a public forum, we advise against submissions which may divulge traditional or sacred Indigenous knowledge. If you have questions, please email countermap.land@gmail.com
Please enter a date in the format DD/MM/YYYY.
You can upload a PDF, video, drawing, image, or audio clip up to 10 mb.
Do you have another filter to add? Email countermap.land@gmail.com
We encourage the inclusion of external links.
Users, by virtue of making a Submission to the form, acknowledge and agree that the organizers [TAL-TO (The Architecture Lobby Toronto/ Tkaronto)], and their affiliates, successors, contractors and assignees, will have a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use the Submission, and any materials developed therefrom for all reasonable purposes including but not limited to purposes of research, exhibition, promotion, dissemination and publication. Applicants will otherwise retain all intellectual property rights over their work. The organizers shall use reasonable efforts to credit or attribute work to contributors, but shall bear no responsibility for any failure to do so or for any unauthorized use by a third party.
Upload your sketch!
Informed consent: Users, by virtue of making a Submission to the form, acknowledge and agree that the organizers [TAL-TO (The Architecture Lobby Toronto/ Tkaronto)], and their affiliates, successors, contractors and assignees, will have a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use the Submission, and any materials developed therefrom for all reasonable purposes including but not limited to purposes of research, exhibition, promotion, dissemination and publication. Applicants will otherwise retain all intellectual property rights over their work. The organizers shall use reasonable efforts to credit or attribute work to contributors, but shall bear no responsibility for any failure to do so or for any unauthorized use by a third party.