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CBC
14-05-2025
- Science
- CBC
Dundas Subway Station will be renamed 'TMU Station'
The Toronto Transit Commission Board has unanimously voted to rename Dundas Subway Station to TMU Station. The move is part of a research partnership between the TTC and Toronto Metropolitan University.
CBC
14-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
TTC board votes in favour of renaming Dundas Station
The TTC's Dundas Station will get a new name now that the transit agency's board has approved a proposal from Toronto Metropolitan University. The station will be renamed TMU Station, the TTC board decided unanimously at a meeting on Wednesday. The decision comes after Toronto city council voted in December 2023 to rename Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square over Henry Dundas's connections to the the trans-Atlantic slave trade. According to the proposal from the university, the TTC and TMU will enter into a "partnership framework" that includes the renaming of the station. Both organizations, as part of the partnership, will create an innovation hub to be known as the Transit Innovation Yard, with the intention of improving transit innovation in Canada. Coun. Jamaal Myers, chair of the TTC board, said the collaboration is significant for the TTC because it means the transit agency has a new research partner that will help it focus on problems and address them in a meaningful way. "To be clear, the TTC is not taking any position on Henry Dundas," Myers told reporters after the decision. "We are solely responding to the request that was brought forward to us from council. Neither is TMU taking any position on Henry Dundas. This is really about moving forward and creating an exciting partnership. And this was passed unanimously." The cost of the renaming has yet to be determined, but TMU will foot the bill by paying for the "hard costs," according to the TTC. TMU will also pay for research done as part of the partnership. The TTC did not say when exactly the station would be renamed. Mohamed Lachemi, president of TMU, told reporters that the decision to work with the TTC is important to the university and its community because it gives the university an opportunity to serve the city. He said it is an honour to have the station named after the university. "We do have many challenges and many issues and I think this is a great day to start a strategic partnership between the TTC and TMU to tackle problems, use the expertise that we have and find solutions," Lachemi said. A report from the TTC's chief strategy and customer experience officer Josh Colle, which was presented to the board, says: "The area around Dundas Station has changed dramatically with the rapid growth of TMU, and the TTC station has become fully integrated with the TMU campus and student life. "A change in the station name reflects the evolution of both the local neighbourhood and university, while aligning with the TTC practice of naming stations after public sector institutions and customer destinations, such as York University, Museum, Queen's Park, and Osgoode." Colle, in an interview later, said the new deal not only benefits the TTC and TMU but also customer experience. "There's a great interest from researchers to look at tackling some of the biggest problems that pain riders — bunching and gapping, safety and security, some of the flow of vehicles on our busy streets," Colle said. Dundas Street and other similarly named landmarks are named after Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician active from the 1770s to the early 1800s, when the British Parliament was debating slavery abolition motions.
CTV News
14-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Dundas Station to be renamed TMU Station: TTC board
The Toronto Transit Commission has approved the renaming of Dundas Station to TMU Station, in which the university will pay for all costs. A name change is coming for a popular subway station in downtown Toronto after the TTC board approved the decision at its monthly meeting on Wednesday. A report before the board proposed that Dundas Station, at Yonge and Dundas streets, be renamed 'TMU Station,' to reflect 'the evolution of both the local neighbourhood and [Toronto Metropolitan University].' In the report, the TTC's Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer also said the name change will align Dundas Station with the transit system's current practice of naming stations after institutions and destinations, citing York, Museum, Queen's Park, and Osgoode stations as examples. 'The area around Dundas Station has changed dramatically with the rapid growth of TMU, and the TTC station has become fully integrated with the TMU campus and student life,' it reads. On Wednesday, the TTC board agreed to move forward with the renaming decision, which will see the university covering the full cost of the change. 'No taxpayer money will be spent on the renaming,' TTC Board Chair Jamaal Myers said to reporters on Wednesday. 'All costs associated with the renaming of Dundas Station to TMU Station will be borne by Toronto Metropolitan University.' The approved proposal also includes a partnership between TMU and the TTC to create an 'innovation hub' aimed at developing and trialing solutions to TTC service problems. 'This is a win-win situation for both TTC and TMU,' said TMU President Mohamed Lachemi at Toronto City Hall on Wednesday. 'We do have a lot of expertise, a lot of research teams that are actually working in the field, and we want to make sure that those facilities and expertise we have are used to serve our city and the TTC.' 'It's recognizing that travel patterns have changed, how you deliver transit has changed, and now we have a research partner who can actually help us focus on these issues and address them in a meaningful way rather than trying to figure it out as we go,' added Myers. 'They actually have the innovation and the muscle, and we have the platform in order to test these solutions out in the real world.' In late 2023, Toronto City Council approved renaming Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square after numerous studies of academic research found that Henry Dundas – the square's namesake – was involved in delaying the abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade. The Jane/Dundas Public Library was renamed the Daniel G. Hill Branch as part of those efforts, and the Dundas West Station is also on the list of 'Dundas-linked city assets' waiting for a name change. 'To be clear, the TTC is not taking any position on Henry Dundas,' said Myers. 'We are solely responding to a request that was brought forward to us from council. Neither is TMU taking any position on Henry Dundas… Some of this is just timing. We wanted to time this with the work that was happening on Line 6.' The report called the station renaming 'time-sensitive' and 'unique,' pointing to the upcoming roll-out of 'customer information changes' for the new Line 6 Finch West LRT route, saying that the renaming could be aligned with those changes to save on costs.
CBC
13-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Dundas Station no more? TTC mulls renaming to TMU Station
Toronto Metropolitan University is recommending the TTC rename Dundas Station to TMU Station. CBC's Clara Pasieka has the latest details — and reaction.
CTV News
13-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
TTC considering name change for Dundas Station. Here's what the new name could be
A popular subway station in downtown Toronto could get a name change when the TTC board holds it's monthly meeting on Wednesday. A report proposes that Dundas Station, at Yonge and Dundas streets, be renamed 'TMU Station,' to reflect 'the evolution of both the local neighbourhood and [Toronto Metropolitan University].' In the report, the TTC's Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer also said the name change will align Dundas Station with the transit system's current practice of naming stations after institutions and destinations, citing York, Museum, Queen's Park, and Osgoode stations as examples. 'The area around Dundas Station has changed dramatically with the rapid growth of TMU, and the TTC station has become fully integrated with the TMU campus and student life,' it reads. Further, the report notes that the university has presented the TTC with an offer that would cover the cost of the renaming and 'create an opportunity for ongoing collaboration with the university.' Additionally, it calls the station renaming 'time-sensitive' and 'unique,' pointing to the upcoming roll-out of 'customer information changes' for the new Line 6 Finch West LRT route, saying that the renaming could be aligned with those changes. 'Should the Board approve the recommendations below, work would begin immediately,' the report reads. 'In addition, there is ongoing work to renew Dundas Station that can be leveraged for a potential renaming of the station. Delaying this decision would result in incrementally higher costs in the future.' In late 2023, Toronto City Council approved renaming Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square after numerous studies of academic research found that Henry Dundas – the square's namesake – was involved in delaying the abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade. The Jane/Dundas Public Library was renamed the Daniel G. Hill Branch as part of those efforts, and the Dundas West Station is also on the list of 'Dundas-linked city assets' waiting for a name change.
