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« Tuesday October 20, 2009 »
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(Event) Ontario-On The Map Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm Exhibits “Ontario-On The Map”. Original maps from past three centuries illustrates how the purpose of early provincial maps changed from tools for settlement and exploitation of resources to tools for understanding the evolving cultural and physical landscape of Ontario. Runs to Feb. 26. Free to public, 9-5, M-F. archives.gov.on.ca Exhibit not open on Saturdays or Sundays. (Event) Toronto Commercial Architecture: Shops to Skyscrapers Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:30 pm The School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto will offer a course that illustrates 200 years of Toronto's shops, hotels, factories, theatres, banks and office buildings. You'll learn more about some of the city's landmarks and discover little-known treasures. One class will be a walking tour. Click here for more information and registration: http://2learn.utoronto.ca/uoft/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?metho... (Event) Your City, Your House, Your Family Start: 6:30 pm End: 8:30 pm Your City, Your House, Your Family University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Course Description: A guide to Toronto local history research. Are you interested in discovering the history of your house or neighbourhood, the history of your family once in Toronto, or a Toronto business or institution? Are you exploring another aspect of Toronto history? Or are you a writer or researcher? This course introduces established principles of local and family history research as taught worldwide, and suggests how to apply them in the Toronto context. We work our way through a variety of research projects, representative of the expressed interests of participants. In support of these practical case studies we review, in an integrated way, remarkable resources which we can draw upon, including some little-known ones. Watch yourself start to become a local history sleuth! For more information: http://2learn.utoronto.ca/uoft/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?metho...