TTC to honour Red Dress Day with display at Union Station
Members of the public are encouraged to stop by and speak with staff from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Union Station TTC subway station concourse level.
The TTC is marking Red Dress Day in solidarity with Indigenous communities to honour the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ people. The red dress is recognized as a powerful symbol of loss and remembrance and underscores the shared responsibility to make public spaces, including the transit system, safer and more inclusive.
Through this initiative led by the ATU 113 United Indigenous Council, the TTC is working to elevate Indigenous voices, engage employees and customers, and support safer experiences for Indigenous people across Toronto.
Founded in 2021, the United Indigenous Council (UIC) is an Indigenous-led body within ATU Local 113, the TTC’s largest union. The Council’s mandate focuses on advancing Indigenous visibility, fostering cultural safety, and ensuring Indigenous voices are meaningfully included in decision-making spaces.
Red Dress Day began in 2010 as the REDress Project, created by Métis artist Jaime Black. The installation brought awareness and visibility to the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ people, with red dresses becoming a symbol of remembrance and awareness.
More information and resources are available at ttc.ca/RedDressDay.