Toronto city council voted Thursday to rename Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square, and recommended a host of other landmarks be stripped of the Dundas name over connections to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The move comes over three years after council first received a petition raising concerns about the name at height of the Black Lives Matter protests catalyzed by the police killing of George Floyd in the U.S.
In a late council session Thursday night, councillors voted 19-2 to rename Yonge-Dundas Square. Coun. Jaye Robinson, who represents Ward 15, and Coun. Stephen Holyday, who represents Ward 2, voted against the move.
Dundas Street and other similarly named landmarks are named after Henry Dundas,
