Toronto's Yonge-Dundas square is being renamed. Here's what it'll be called — and why

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.

Toronto's Yonge-Dundas square is being renamed. Here's what it'll be called — and why
A man stands at the intersection of Yonge and Dundas.

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.