In his report, Hooper demonstrates that Pride Toronto had misled and fraudulently misrepresented the terms of its contracts with Indigenous artists and the progress on the work they had commissioned to secure a CA$600,000 dollar grant. It provides examples of the organization’s contract with Indigenous artists Kent Monkman and Jason Baerg (Indigiqueer) as examples of this exploitation.Īccording to the report, Pride Toronto has also failed to transform its relationship with Indigenous people - not living up to the treaty of Niagara (1764) to share the land in the spirit of friendship, mutual benefit and respect.
The report says Pride Toronto has been actively exploiting Indigenous labour and creative output.
