Ottawa’s Thunderhead monument project hailed by LGBT+ community – Construct Connect

June 3, 2024

Supporters of Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ National Monument say the groundbreaking ceremony held in May kicking off construction of the Ottawa project was a significant and satisfying milestone on a long journey to justice.

The $14-million monument is being financed by the LGBT Purge Fund, created though proceeds of a 2018 class action settlement between LGBT+ advocates and the federal government.

The settlement was an acknowledgement the government harassed and fired LGBT+ members of the Canadian Armed Forces, the RCMP and the federal public service between the 1950s and mid-1990s.

The monument, called Thunderhead, was designed by Winnipeg-based Public City Architecture, Indigenous elder Albert McLeod and artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan. Pomerleau is the construction manager.

Completion is targeted for the summer of 2025. Canadian Heritage and the National Capital Commission are overseeing the build.

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