August 12, 1955, to March 3, 2004. The sudden passing of Tooker Gomberg leaves us all saddened and contemplative.
One of Canada’s most daring and courageous political figures, Tooker was a friend, co-conspirator and guiding light to so many of us.
A selfless trailblazer, Tooker’s absence will be felt in the environmental, labour, social justice, human rights, arts, and music communities in Canada and around the world.
We invite you to join in reflection, mourning and celebration of such an exemplary writer, activist, politician, videographer, public speaker and advocate for a better world.
The video below was produced by Kelly Green, the music written and performed by Mike Ford.
Eulogies
- Angela Bischoff: In remembrance of my true love, read at Tooker’s funerals
- Anne Hanson: Toronto
- Craig Hubley: Ten thousand Tookers, Toronto
- Dave Meslin: Toronto
- Geoffrey Pounder: Edmonton
- Helene Narayana: Edmonton
- Hillary Lindsay: Halifax
- Jim Gurnett: Edmonton
- Max Silverman: Montreal
- Nathan Scott: Edmonton
- Lily Scott: Edmonton
- Patti Hartnagel: Edmonton
- Peter Jansen: Edmonton
- Randy Kay: Hamilton
- Sally Issenman: Edmonton
- Sasha Braun
More
- Collected condolences and memories
- Letter to an activist: Earth Day, April 22, 2004
- Silence and suicide: June, 2004
- What we can learn: August, 2005, Edmonton
- Tooker, Le monde à bicyclette (song): March 21, Toronto
- Remembering Tooker: (230-page document)
- Memorial funds: 2008 – 2014
- Memorial ritual: Dream big meditation, March 3, 2006
- Memorial ritual: Pebbles and Petals (Ritual and Report), March, 2005
- Memorial ritual: Tooker 20 Years On, March 3, 2024
- Post memorial: Interviews and articles
- After Tooker: Legacy Projects
- Tooker’s Collected Writings
- Tooker’s Election Campaigns
- Gallery (Tooker)