Derailed

All aboard Derailed: The History of Black Railway Porters in Canada, a multimedia exhibition produced by Myseum in collaboration with author/scholar Cecil Foster.

Join us below to choose the route that fits your journey and interests: Watch dramatic monologues performed at Toronto’s Union Station, click through photographs and artifacts, read about the history and conditions of Canada’s railways and the lives of porters on and off the tracks. Dive deeper by listening to talks with historians and community leaders, then jump into our resource lists.