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Posted: May 25, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 25
This story is part of a CBC News exploration of systemic racism, including anti-Black racism, and the promises for change made last summer.
As the call to address and end systemic racism roared across the world last summer, a towering figure watched from the walls. It was George Floyd.
His face not the one seen on video pleading for his life for nearly five minutes as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered him, but instead that stoic, slightly smiling selfie was everywhere. Artists interpreted that image and the words Black Lives Matter to create beacons where people rallied, reflected and reckoned.
Winning designs of Toronto s Winter Stations 2021 competition
By Alexander Walter|
ARc de Blob by Aleksandra Belitskaja, Ben James and Shaun McCallum, Austria/UK
Since the Canadian winter typically keeps most people from hitting the beaches, the annual Winter Stations competition in Toronto has been trying to bring crowds back in creative ways: now in its seventh year, four winning designs and one student entry have been selected to be installed as temporary winter art installations in the coming weeks.
Under this year s theme Refuge, design teams had to envision structures that offer refuge from the elements while also incorporating existing lifeguard towers spaced across the city s Kew and Woodbine beaches.