05/28/2026
PARTISANS is proud to announce that we have been selected to design the Construction Workers’ Memorial at Queen’s Park in Toronto.
“We inherit our cities as finished objects, but beneath every tower, bridge, tunnel, and road is the memory of workers who risked — and sometimes gave — their lives to build them.”
In the feature on the Ontario Building Workers’ Memorial, PARTISANS co-founder reflects on a forthcoming civic memorial at Queen’s Park honouring construction workers whose lives have been lost or forever changed through work-related causes.
First unveiled by the and on the National Day of Mourning, the memorial carries forward a shared commitment voiced by Premier and Labour Minister : to recognize the workers who have built this province, and to keep worker safety at the centre of public life.
Designed by in collaboration with , , and , the memorial gathers individually inscribed metal plaques into a raised, self-supporting structure. Each year, on April 28, new names will be added, allowing the memorial to grow as a living record of remembrance.
At its public unveiling, that commitment was echoed across civic, labour, and construction communities — from and the to , , , , and — alongside the families and communities whose lives are carried in this work.
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