Friends of Kensington Market is a group of citizens who love Kensington Market and want to preserve its unique character and place in the fabric of the city.
Congratulations KMCLT
Congratulations to Kensington Market Community Land Trust on securing funding for affordable housing!
Land Acknowledgement
We, as members of Friends of Kensington Market, are aware that we are a settler organization. Kensington Market sits in the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit (an Anishnaabe people), the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat and Petun Nations, land which is now home to many First Nations, Inuit and Métis. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon wampum belt covenant, an agreement by the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee to share resources equally and peaceably. It is also covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. As settlers, we acknowledge that we have broken the treaties. Our work for the well-being of this territory must include accountability to our Indigenous relatives.
Our Mission
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Community Awareness
To increase public awareness of issues affecting Kensington Market and the community.
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Provide a Public Forum
To collect and disseminate information on Kensington Market to members on the community.
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Community Preservation
To defend the interests and preserve the built form and historic functions of Kensington Market, both proactively and by responding to issues of development as they may affect Kensington Market
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Promote the Neighbourhood
To promote and enhance the character of the Kensington Market neighbourhood in such a way as to promote the well-being of the community as a whole.
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Acknowledgments:
We are forever grateful to past board members for their contribution:
Serena Purdy for her contributions as chair of FoKM of the organization from 2020-2025.
Dominique Russell for her contributions as founder of FoKM and chair of the organization from 2014-2020.
The Reverend Maggie Helwig, the parish priest at the Anglican Church of St Stephen-in-the-Fields, at College and Bellevue.
Sylvia Lassam for all her contributions as a valued member and Treasurer. She has lived in Kensington Market since 2005 and is the founder of the Kensington Market Historical Society.