The City of Mississauga is celebrating the 2SLGBTQ+ community with a variety of initiatives taking place around the city throughout the month of June.
To proudly kick off the month while honouring and celebrating the 2SLGBTQ+ community, the Progress Pride Flag will be raised at all City facilities today except for City Hall, which will take place during a community event on June 3, details below.
Progress Pride Flag Raising Event
On Saturday, June 3 at 11 a.m., the City will raise the Progress Pride Flag at Mississauga Celebration Square with Rainbow Sauga Alliance to honour Pride Month and our 2SLGBTQ+ community. Video greetings from Mayor Bonnie Crombie will be shared, followed by a performance in the Great Hall (ground floor of City Hall) by Naach for Fun, a Mississauga-based dance organization that focuses on community building through dance. Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services (MFES) will participate by showcasing this year’s colourful Pride fire truck. Members of the public are invited to take part in this event.
Lighting the Clock Tower
To recognize this important month, the Civic Centre clock tower will be lit a rainbow of colours on June 1 and all other evenings in June where another cause isn’t scheduled to be recognized.
Pride Fire Truck
MFES will tour the City all month long in this year’s Pride fire truck (Pumper 180) featuring rainbow colours, including Pride decals on various MFES vehicles. The truck will also be featured at the Toronto Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25.
Cris Derksen Quartet at Living Arts Centre
Internationally-acclaimed ensemble Cris Derksen Quartet includes the talents of Juno-nominated Cree cellist Cris Derksen, artist and storyteller from the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach, Marie-Celine Charron Einish, Tuscarora/Gaelic Singer Rebecca Benson, and professional percussion, and jazz drumming musician Stefan Schneider. They will perform at the Living Arts Centre on Friday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. Learn more
Online Pride Book Club
All are welcome to join the Mississauga Library’s virtual book club on Thursday, June 8. In this session, Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead will be the book of focus. Additionally, the library features many titles written by 2SLGBTQ+ authors in its ongoing Pride Book Club series. Keep an eye out for upcoming sessions this summer. Enroll now
PRIDE Pitch Competition
In partnership with the City’s Economic Development Office, ICUBE’s fourth annual PRIDE Pitch Competition is taking place at Wednesday, June 14 at 5 p.m. at the University of Toronto – Mississauga. The competition gives the community the opportunity to watch and support 2SLGBTQ+ entrepreneurs deliver an investor pitch while presenting their innovative concepts and competing for prize money. Tickets are free and required upon entry. Learn more
Public Art
Be sure to check out a Pride mural on display in the heart of Streetsville. Located on the Village Square, Blissful Release by Vivian Rosas is a beautiful, colourful hand-painted mural and one of over 35 public artworks on display across Mississauga. Learn more
Pride Park Benches
The City is proud to display rainbow coloured Pride benches in select parks. The community can view these at Port Credit Memorial Park and Scholars’ Green, located next to Sheridan College’s Hazel McCallion Campus.
MiWay
Throughout the month of June, MiWay Transit Operators will have the option to display “Pride Month” on the electronic destination signs on the front and curbside of the bus as an additional message to the service information.
For more information, visit mississauga.ca/pride.
SOURCE City of Mississauga
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