LAURA PROCTOR
Photojournalist

Drag queen Tynomi Banks performs onstage during Toronto Pride on June 26, 2022. The pride parade returned to Toronto after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of thousands attended in 2022.

Premier Doug Ford celebrates his victory at the Ontario PC Party election night event in Etobicoke on June 2, 2022

Toronto Police drag protestors out of the Novotel shelter in Toronto on November 28, 2022. Residents and supporters entered the building's lobby with a list of demands, after being told earlier in the month that the shelter would close by December 31st and that all residents must leave by December 6th.

A woman chants "Mahsa Amini" at a protest at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square after the September 16th death of 22-year-old Amini while in the custody of morality police in Tehran, Iran, for wearing the hijab “inappropriately.” September 23, 2022

A large crowd protests at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square after the September 16th death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of morality police in Tehran, Iran, for wearing the hijab “inappropriately.” September 23, 2022

A woman clutches a rose at a protest at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square after the September 16th death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of morality police in Tehran, Iran. September 23, 2022

Jingle dress dancer Indiana Cada hugs her father, Isaiah Cada, at a ceremony on The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Tollkeeper’s Park in Toronto on September 30, 2022

Nurses outside Mount Sinai Hospital show support for fellow nurses as they march to Queen's Park in Toronto to call for better staffing and higher wages on March 2, 2023

Fred Hahn, president of The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), joins education workers at their strike at Queen’s Park in Toronto on November 4, 2022

Thousands march in Toronto’s annual Labour Day Parade on September 5, 2022

A giant Doug Ford puppet walks in the Toronto Labour Day Parade on September 5, 2022

The International Women’s Day march travels down Yonge Street in Toronto on March 4, 2023

Marit Stiles, leader of the Ontario NDP, speaks at a protest at Queen’s Park in Toronto, where nurses and supporters are calling for better staffing and higher wages on March 2, 2023

People gather at Toronto Police Headquarters for the 18th annual Strawberry Ceremony to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two spirit people on February 14, 2023

Debbie Indal, the mother of Taresh Bobby Ramrod who died in October 2022 after an interaction with Toronto Police officers, speaks at a demonstration against the proposed $50 million increase to the TPS budget. Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, January 24, 2023

A woman and her child attend a demonstration to demand status for all migrants in Toronto’s Christie Pits Park on September 18, 2022.

A voter and his dog approach a polling station on Toronto's municipal election day on October 24, 2022

People take photos of fireworks on Victoria Day at Woodbine Beach in Toronto on May 23, 2022

A Dolce & Gabbana employee watches the International Women's Day march walk by on Yonge Street in Toronto on March 4, 2023

A woman wears a plastic big on her head during a thunderstorm with severe winds in Toronto on May 21, 2022.

A child plays onstage after the Ontario PC Party election night event in Etobicoke on June 2, 2022

Jocelyn Kennedy walks with her heifer at The Royal Winter Fair on November 5, 2022

A woman dances with a partner at a Diwali celebration in Toronto's Little India neighbourhood on October 22, 2022

A farmer with a cow-print phone case makes a call at The Royal Winter Fair in Toronto on November 5, 2022

A car is seen rolled on its side at Queen/Woodbine in Toronto’s Beaches neighbourhood on May 22, 2022. The driver was removed from the car by first responders who broke his windshield to gain access.

A Serena Ryder fan watches her set at Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia on July 10, 2022.

A couple dances near the main stage at Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia on July 8, 2022

Ontario nurses and supporters call for better staffing and higher wages outside Sheraton Centre in downtown Toronto, where the Ontario Nurses’ Association is negotiating a new contract with the Ontario Hospital Association on March 2, 2023

Indigenous activist Layla Staats sings after speaking about her arrest by RCMP in November on Wet’suwet’en territory. Demonstrators marched from Nathan Phillips Square through downtown Toronto, protesting against the Coastal GasLink pipeline build through Wet’suwet’en territory, and calling for land back. December 11, 2021

A woman waves a Pride flag that includes the colours of the Trans flag, during the Toronto Pride Parade on June 26th, 2022.

People participate in a Chanukah menorah lighting ceremony at Kew Gardens Park in Toronto on December 4, 2021

A woman holds up a sign stating vaccine misinformation at an anti-mandate “freedom rally” at Queen’s Park in Toronto on February 19, 2022

A woman wears a button for the far-right People’s Party of Canada at an anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine “freedom rally” at Queen’s Park in Toronto on September 18, 2021

Nurses outside Mount Sinai Hospital show support for fellow nurses and supporters as they march to Queen's Park in Toronto to call for better staffing and higher wages on March 2, 2023

A woman waits for the Ontario PC Party's election night event to start in Etobicoke on June 2, 2022

Members of Grassy Narrows and allies march from Queen’s Park through downtown Toronto, demanding justice for the 9 tonnes of mercury that was dumped in their water in the 60’s. July 21, 2022.

A child and their parent participate in a march from Nathan Phillips Square through downtown Toronto, protesting against the Coastal GasLink pipeline build through Wet’suwet’en territory, and calling for land back. December 11, 2021

A woman dances at a Diwali celebration in Toronto’s Little India neighbourhood on October 22, 2022

People tour the interior of the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in the Beaches as part of Doors Open Toronto on May 28, 2022

Two women participate in a Lunar New Year celebration at Ching Kwok Buddhist Temple in Toronto on January 31, 2022

Members of the Tianguo Marching Band prepare to march in Toronto’s Beaches Easter Parade at the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant on April 17, 2022. Members of the band follow and promote the teachings of Falun Gong, a controversial new religious movement that has been referred to as a cult.

Participants in the Beaches Easter Parade prepare for the event on the grounds of the R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant in Toronto on April 17, 2022

A jingle dress dancer performs at a demonstration to honour the memories of the children whose remains have been found in unmarked graves at former residential schools across Canada. The “Cancel Canada Day” demonstration at Dundas Square in Toronto ended with a candlelight vigil. July 1, 2021

Protestors gather at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto to protest the Israeli government’s recent attacks on Palestine. May 15, 2021

A man juggles fire at the Krampus Ball parade in the Riverside neighbourhood of Toronto on December 10, 2021