On February 2nd, 2023, the Harriet Tubman Institute hosted it's Black History Month 2023 Opening Ceremony in collaboration with the Resource Centre for Public Sociology and the African Studies Program. Community members gathered to honour Dr. Winston LaRose (also known as Mr. Jane and Finch) for his relentless work with the Jane and Finch community.

Dr. Winston LaRose is the Executive Director of the Jane- Finch Concerned Citizens Organization (JFCCO) and has worked in this capacity with the Organization, since January of 1999. He worked as a Registered Nurse in Canada from 1964 until retirement at age 65 in 2002. Most of his professional work has been as a psychotherapeutic counsellor in the mental health field at the Clarke Institute in Toronto and several other mental health Facilities in Toronto, Burlington and Hamilton. In addition to this, he operated a counselling service called “the Fairview Counselling Services” in Burlington Ontario for approximately five years.