Events
Junction historian Gib Goodfellow will describe the streetscape from Runnymede to Humberside Avenue in the early 20th century. Learn about the evolution of a city inspired by transportation along Dundas Street. Part of the monthly Roots & Routes Lecture Series at historic Lambton House, 4066 Old Dundas Street.
For more information: http://www.lambtonhouse.org/Lecture%20Series.pdf
The East York Historical Society invites you to our first afternoon Show and Tell meeting at 2 pm on Wednesday, February 16th at the S. Walter Stewart Library at 170 Memorial Park Avenue at the corner of Durant. The topic will be our earliest roads and their communities. Melanie Milanich will discuss her research on Dawes Road, the Chapman family and their brickyards. We may also discuss Don Mills Road (now Broadview Avenue). Bring your stories, photos, maps etc. and join in the discussion.
Further afternoon meetings will be held on March 23 and April 20.
Information at www.eastyork.org/eyhs.html or eyhs@eastyork.org .
Warren Park resident and local historian, Michael Freeman will facilitate an open forum on the history of the Warren Park community in this bygone era. Included will be rarely seen video and photographs from the period. Any residents are encouraged to submit photographs, video, memories or any other materials from the period.
Part of the monthly Roots & Routes Lecture Series at historic Lambton House, 4066 Old Dundas Street.
For more information: http://www.lambtonhouse.org/Lecture%20Series.pdf
Join members of the East York Historical Society for a Show and Tell discussion about East York's former politicians. We will have guests who knew and worked with Agnes Macphail, True Davidson and R.H. McGregor. Bring any photos, memorabilia, questions or stories you would like to share with the group. We will meet in the John Ridout Auditorium of the S. Walter Stewart Public Library, 170 Memorial Park Avenue at Durant Avenue.
The event is sponsored by the East York Historical Society and the Toronto Public Library, S. Walter Stewart Branch. Free admission.
Dr. Rae Fleming is a biographer, historian and raconteur who believes that history begins at home. His latest book is a biography of Peter Gzowski that reveals a darker side of the man that he kept well hidden from his adoring fans. Fleming argues that this darkness contributed to Gzowski's knowledge of people and to his laser-sharp ability to get to the essence of any issue or person.
Refreshments are served before the meeting from 7 pm.
The meeting takes place at the S. Walter Stewart Library at 170 Memorial Park Avenue at Durant Avenue and is sponsored by The East York Historical Society and The Toronto Public Library, S. Walter Stewart Branch.
Samuel Lount & Peter Matthews—Patriots of the Rebellion of 1837
Historical Walk Saturday April 9 2:00 pm
Downtown Toronto – 2 hours
Featuring historian and tour guide extraordinaire Bruce Bell
Tickets: $15 or FREE to supporters of
Citizens for a Canadian Republic. Email for tickets: news6850@gmail.com
Sam Lount and Peter Matthews fought to institute democratic government, resorting to revolution when diplomacy failed. After being captured, and despite a petition to spare their lives containing 5,000 names, the royal governor had Lount & Matthews publicly executed on April 12, 1838, in Toronto. Come walk the streets these men trod as you discover stories of the Rebellion, how it ushered democracy, redrew the map of America, and weakened the colonial crown—leaving Canada’s independence from overseas monarchy to a future generation.
CCR offers free and paid support levels: www.canadian-republic.ca/support_donate.html
"Samuel Lount" stars R.H. Thomson as Sam Lount.
Tuesday April 12 7:00 PM
Toronto City Hall 100 Queen St. West
Committee Room 3 (second floor)
With an introduction by author and Constitutional scholar Randall White.
Samuel Lount is the Blacksmith of Holland Landing, U.C., in the rural America of the 1830s. A devoted family man and good neighbor, Lount is also a prominent member of the Children of Peace, who are dedicated to pacifism and a life of ascetic spiritual community. But they are an island of calm in a colony that is deeply troubled. While helping a friend who is being persecuted by the corrupt and twisted colonial administration, Lount is gradually drawn into the world of radical politics and befriended by its leader, the fiery William Lyon Mackenzie. Lount is tempted from his religious isolation to run for Parliament, but when political solutions fail, the only recourse is revolution, and Lount is faced with the decision of his life—to let his dreams of a free Canada die, or betray his religion and become the blacksmith who beat his ploughshares into swords.
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Randall Reid, program director at Montgomerys Inn and local historian, will describe the streetscape from the Lambton to Islington Avenue in the early 20th century.
For more information: http://www.lambtonhouse.org/Lecture%20Series.pdf
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!
(Formerly entitled Your City, Your House, Your Family)
Number of Sessions: 6
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
May 3, 2011 - June 7, 2011
St. George Campus
Flat fee $199 + HST
For more information: learn.utoronto.ca
Course Reference: SCS 2034: Toronto's Past: Your City, Your House, Your Family
Registration
Register at learn.utoronto.ca or call 416-978-2400
Agnes Dunbar Mooodie Fitzgibbon was a daughter of Susanna Moodie and resided in Lambton Mills, on Dundas Street, in the 1860s. At this time she illustrated her book “Canadian Wildflowers,” for which her aunt Catharine Parr Traill, wrote the text.
All of her specimens were from the Baby Point and Humber Valley area adjacent to her home; many of these flowers still survive in the Magwood Sanctuary on the north side of Baby Point.
Published in 1867, the book may be seen in the Baldwin Room of the Toronto Reference Library.
The Humber Heritage Committee is giving its annual Spring Wildflower Walk through Agnes' world of 1865 on Sunday, MAY 8th, 2011, led my Madeleine McDowell.
Come to Enoch Turner Schoolhouse on May 12, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. for a screening of DEATH or CANADA, the Gemini Award-nominated docudrama produced by Canadian and Irish filmmakers.
Set in Ireland and Toronto, DEATH or CANADA tells the story of how Canada gave refuge to 38,000 Irish famine victims in the summer of 1847. The film uses groundbreaking research, interviews with historians and CGI effects to recreate the journey of a single family of Irish immigrants to Toronto.
A reception will be held at 6:30pm for friends and Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation members - all are welcome! Students from the St. Paul's Toronto School of Irish Music will perform.
Tickets for this special event are $8 for adults, $5 for students, seniors and Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation members. For more information or to buy tickets in advance, please visit Enoch Turner Schoolhouse or call 416-327-6997. Tickets will also be available at the door.
This event is supported by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, celebrating the roots of free education.
Weston historian Mary Louise Ashbourne will describe work along the Humber of Weston’s first mayor and master builder, William Tyrrell.
For more information: http://www.lambtonhouse.org/Lecture%20Series.pdf
We'll visit some awe-inspiring specimens near the Royal Ontario Museum, Philosopher's Walk (on the main campus of the University of Toronto) and Queen's Park, and learn about the incredible biodiversity value they provide as they get older. Philip will share the latest, cutting edge techniques used in the art and science of "Conservation Arboriculture", an approach that prioritizes the preservation of old trees while minimizing risk in the urban environment. Special guest Peter Simon, City of Toronto,will showcase new innovative technologies Toronto has recently implemented that are designed to help newly planted trees reach maturity and become remarkable giants themselves.
Join award-winning essayist and novelist John Ralston Saul, Professor Thabit Abdullah (Professor of Middle Eastern History, York University) and Professor Peter H. Russell (Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Toronto) as they engage each other and the audience in a discussion of the origins and current state of democracy in Canada, the prospects for democratic change in North Africa and the Middle East, and our nation’s role in encouraging democratic movements in other countries.
$10 (8.85 +HST)
Fort York National Historic Site – in the Blue Barracks
250 Fort York Boulevard (west off Bathurst or North off Fleet)
• By TTC: take the 509 streetcar from Union Station, or the 511 streetcar from Bathurst Station
• Free Parking
Chief Historian and Assistant Director of Heritage Toronto, Dr. Gary Miedema will give an illustrated presentation on Remembering Toronto: How we have Marked our Past.
From gravestones to public monuments to commemorative plaques, Torontonians have long tried to remember their past. Their efforts can tell us a great deal about how Torontonians have understood themselves and about how that understanding has changed. An historian of symbolism and identity in public life, Dr. Miedema has also been responsible for the revival of Heritage Toronto's Plaques and Markers Program since 2005.
The meeting takes place at the Toronto Public Library, S. Walter Stewart Branch, 170 Memorial Park Avenue at Durant on May 31 at 7:30 pm with refreshments available from 7:00 pm.
Free admission. All are welcome.
With the upcoming Canadian River Day, members of the Humber Heritage Committee provide an overview of the Humber River and its role in Canada’s development as a nation.
For more information: http://www.lambtonhouse.org/Lecture%20Series.pdf
Wayne Reeves speaks about our waterfront’s past, present & future prospects with Gene Desfor, Jennefer Laidley, Jennifer Bonnell, Susannah Bunce, Hon Q. Lu & Michael Moir at the launch of their new book, RESHAPING TORONTO'S WATERFRONT.
They will discuss how we got here, what’s been tried or suggested in the past, and will invite a wide-ranging discussion of how understanding the waterfront’s history can help us ask important questions about current plans for a waterfront that could, at last, serve all Torontonians.
Admission: $10, FREE for students compliments of the University of Toronto Press.
Artifacts, whether found in museums, our community, or our homes, offer glimpses into the past. Be they documents, photographs, books, or clothing, as custodians of our history, we're faced with how to maintain these items. Professional conservator Kennis Kim tells us how.
Topics discussed include: creating an accession list; the nature of conservation, restoration, and preservation; deciding on display, storage, or using the artifact; common threats such as light, humidity, insects, and rodents; and when to call in a professional. Here is what is needed to determine what can be done to preserve precious articles for future generations.
There will also be a short presentation by Branch member Marian Press on "Using the databases on the TPL web site".
Please note: There will be a $5.00 charge at the door for non-members of the Ontario Genealogical Society.
On July 3rd, see the Island in a way you've never seen it - an 'insiders' bike tour of the history, geography, flora and fauna, that has made the Toronto Islands so special. The Toronto Island Grannies in Spirit, who raise funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, will be hosting, in partnership with the Great Waterfront Trail Adventure, a self-guided tour which will share our local knowledge of many lesser-known sites of interest from Hanlans Point to Wards island. This will include two special opportunities : although not normally open to the public, there will be access to the historic - and purportedly haunted - Gibraltar Point Lighthouse , and the delightfully small architectural gem from 1888,the Church of St Andrew-by-the-Lake, with its magnificent stained glass windows.
The tour will be followed by a delicious island-cooked buffet dinner at the Algonquin Island Association clubhouse, where one can relax on the large deck and enjoy a cool drink while viewing the Toronto skyline from this unique vantage point.
Three new interpretive panels detail the history of Davenport Road, from ancient trail to urban street
Toronto’s first mayor William Lyon Mackenzie will be back in the spotlight on Thursday 4 August at the City of Toronto Archives - as the subject of the first annual Toronto History Lecture: “Rebel Remembered: The Legacy of William Lyon Mackenzie, 150 Years After His Death”.
The featured speaker at this inaugural event will be writer and historian Chris Raible, whose primary research interest is Upper Canadian history with a particular focus on the career of the colourful and controversial Mackenzie. He is the author of four books – two on Mackenzie – and has spoken and conducted seminars for many heritage organizations.
Join us for refreshments before the lecture to find out more about the Archives and its spectacular collection of records – including 12 million photographs, more than 3000 maps, and records from the townships, villages and boroughs that form Toronto today.
The Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and the Canadiana Department of North York Central Library are pleased to present a one-day workshop at the North York Central Library Auditorium on finding Ontario ancestors. Find out how to get the most from familiar records or discover a new source to expand your understanding of your Ontario ancestors. You'll enjoy this relaxed, information-packed day with speakers who revel in the intricacies and richness of records—and love to share their knowledge.
Program includes:
- Ontario Education Resources on Teachers and Students for Family Historians
- Every Ten Years: Understanding Census Records
- Upper Canada Sundries - An Under-used Genealogical Gold Mine
- The Internet vs the Road Trip
- Fleshing Out the Lives of Your Ontario Ancestors Using Land Petitions
- "Lists"
- The Records of the First and Second Heir and Devisee Commissions
For program details, speaker biographies and registration information, please visit http://www.torontofamilyhistory.org.
Toronto Public Library's 2011 History Matters series focuses on two themes: labour and environmental history in the Toronto area and beyond. Part of TPL’s Thought Exchange programming, these lively talks give the public an opportunity to connect with working historians and to discover some of the many and surprising ways in which the past shapes the present.
The series has been curated by Dr. Lisa Rumiel, SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow McMaster University, and we are especially grateful for a generous grant provided by The History Education Network (THEN/Hier), which has made the series possible.
Join us for a free Heritage Toronto Walk of Lawrence Park: A Garden Suburb prior to the presentation at 10:30am (meet at Lawrence Park, near SE corner of Lawrence Ave E and St Edmund's Dr, at William McDougall Heritage Plaque)
This course is for experienced genealogists who want to learn the stories behind their Ontario ancestors’ names, places and dates. Whether your ancestors were county farmers or city merchants, you can learn more about their lives using the records and techniques taught in this class - ideal preparation for writing the family history book.
Schedule: Tuesdays, 6:15-8:15 PM, September 13, 20, 27 and October 4, 2011 (a four week course)
Location: Toronto Reference Library, Learning Centre 1.
Instructor: Janice Nickerson
Janice is a professional genealogist based in Toronto. In addition to her private client work, she assists the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee in locating missing heirs, was the “behind the scenes” genealogical researcher and coordinator for the CBC’s genealogical TV program, Who Do You Think You Are? and is the author of the recent OGS/Dundurn publication, Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada: A Researcher’s Guide.
Fee: $66 ($60 for members of the Ontario Genealogical Society)
Lillian H. Smith Branch, 239 College Street, 416-3939-7746.
Toronto Public Library is pleased to host the 2011 History Matters series. These lectures focus on two themes: labour and environmental history in the Toronto area and beyond. Part of TPL’s Thought Exchange programming, these lively talks gives the public an opportunity to connect with working historians and to discover some of the many and surprising ways in which the past shapes the present.
The series has been curated by Dr. Lisa Rumiel, SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow McMaster University, and we are especially grateful for a he generous grant provided by The History Education Network (THEN/Hier), which has made the series possible.
This fresh air festival on wheels is a way for you, along with your friends and family, to enjoy an at-your-own-pace marshaled bike ride through a variety of areas throughout Ontario's Greenbelt. This year, the Tour will feature Canada's newly announced national park - Rouge Park. Conveniently located close to downtown Toronto, this year's tour will bring the Greenbelt closer to home.
Re-discover the joy of a leisurely bike ride and come explore Ontario's Greenbelt, 1.8 million acres of protected land wrapping around the Golden Horseshoe.
Visit www.tourdegreenbelt.ca for all the details!
The Toronto Beer Quest is an urban adventure where teams of two solve clues, photograph themselves as proof they were at the clue location, and reach the finish line for a chance to win great prizes. It’s a fun, great way to learn about beer's place in Toronto's history. This event is part of Toronto Beer Week.
Choose a partner, register yourselves in advance, and have fun!
Date: September 18th, 2011
Time: 12:00-3:00 (registration opens at 11)
Meeting Spot: The Charlotte Room - 19 Charlotte Street, Toronto
Cost:$40 for a team of two (early bird price $30, until August 25th)
Tickets: http://torontobeerquest2.eventbrite.com/
Must be 19yrs of age or older. Space is limited. Check in starts at 11:00am, and the Quest starts at 12:00pm on Sun Sep 26, 2010. Prizes will be awarded at the finish line.
The expedition assembles at the Queen Street right of way, to depart northwards at 9:30am from the Rousseaux Site and ends at the Governor's 1793 campsite at Eglinton and the Humber River at 2:00pm.
Historical Commentary by Madeleine McDowell.
For more information call 416-767-7633.
Nearly 200 years have passed since the death of Sir Isaac Brock - the "saviour of Upper Canada" (today's Ontario). Brock's legacy lingers in the hundreds of streets and institutions that bear his name across the Province of Ontario - including a newly re-named bridge adjacent to Fort York National Historic Site on Bathurst Street.
As a commander of the British land forces in colonial Canada and civil administrator in the years that led up to the War of 1812, he prepared for war with the United States from his posts across the frontier, including Toronto (York) where he resided at Government House located archaeologically on the grounds of Fort York today.
Historian WESLEY TURNER, author of The Astonishing General: the Life and Legacy of Sir Isaac Brock (Dundurn, 2011); TOM TAYLOR, author of the historical novel, Brock’s Agent (Hancock & Dean, 2011); and RICHARD GERRARD, the City of Toronto’s historian for the Bicentennial Commemoration of the War of 1812, explore Brock the man, the general, the hero.
Admission: $10
Free for students, compliments of Dundurn Press.
RSVP to 416-392-6907 ext. 221 or fortyork@toronto.ca
September would have been a busy month for our ancestors as they harvested their crops, stored or preserved the grain, vegetables and fruit from their fields, gardens and orchards. They would have set aside the finest of the harvest for the celebration of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hogmanay and the New Year that were all fast approaching. Dorothy Duncan will bring samples of some of those historic foods for those brave enough to try them.
The meeting takes place at the S. Walter Stewart Memorial Library at 170 Memorial Park Avenue at Durant Avenue at 7:30 pm, preceded by refreshments from 7 pm. Free admission. All are welcome.
Parkdale Branch, 1303 Queen Street West, 416-393-7686.
Toronto Public Library is pleased to host the 2011 History Matters series. These lectures focus on two themes: labour and environmental history in the Toronto area and beyond. Part of TPL’s Thought Exchange programming, these lively talks gives the public an opportunity to connect with working historians and to discover some of the many and surprising ways in which the past shapes the present.
The series has been curated by Dr. Lisa Rumiel, SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow McMaster University, and we are especially grateful for a he generous grant provided by The History Education Network (THEN/Hier), which has made the series possible.
Councillor Paula Fletcher and Heritage Toronto invite you to join us for a Heritage Toronto plaque presentation to commemorate the architectural and cultural significance of the Allenby Theatre.
Presented in partnership with ESSO and Tim Hortons.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
11:00am
1213 Danforth Avenue (east of Greenwood Avenue)
Refreshments will be available.
Councillor Josh Matlow and Heritage Toronto invite you to join us for a Heritage Toronto plaque presentation
to commemorate the architectural and cultural significance of Dominion Coal and Wood.
Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 5:30pm
Location: The Domain Condo, 319 Merton St. (Between Yonge St. and Mount Pleasant Rd.)
Toronto Public Library 's 2011 History Matters series focuses on two themes: labour and environmental history in the Toronto area and beyond. Part of TPL’s Thought Exchange programming, these lively talks give the public an opportunity to connect with working historians and to discover some of the many and surprising ways in which the past shapes the present.
The series has been curated by Dr. Lisa Rumiel, SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow McMaster University, and we are especially grateful for a generous grant provided by The History Education Network (THEN/Hier), which has made the series possible.
Tour seven historic homes plus the circa 1911 Masonic Hall. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day of the tour. No children under 13 are allowed. Rain or shine, no refunds. Take Afternoon Tea at the Masonic Hall during the tour. Tickets are available at the Weston Farmers' Market, John Street in Weston, Saturdays from 8 to noon; at Squibb's Stationers, 1974 Weston Road; or contact Cherri at bobbackland@ica.net
Weston is one of those original villages that has been swallowed up by Toronto but still keeps its old fashioned charm. Come and stroll along the tree lined streets, and tour the old wonderful homes. All proceeds go to the Weston Historical Society.
This three-week course offered by the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will provide an introduction to the land granting process and the main types of Crown Land Department records, and how to use the various finding aids and collections at the Archives of Ontario to document your ancestor's acquisition of (or attempt to acquire) land in Upper Canada. Hands-on practice following several case histories through the records will help you proceed confidently with your own searches. Registrants must have e-mail and Internet access, and will be expected to do some assigned background reading before each class. Spaces are strictly limited. Please reserve early.
Prerequisite: Basic course or equivalent experience.
Schedule: Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 PM, October 18, 25, and November 1, 2011 (a three week course).
Location: Archives of Ontario, 134 Ian MacDonald Blvd, Toronto M7A 2C5 (York University)
Instructor: Jane MacNamara
Fee: $50 ($45 for OGS members)
For details and registration information, visit www.torontofamilyhistory.org
The East York Historical Society holds a Show and Tell Discussion at the S. Walter Stewart Library. Topics will include the history of Bater Avenue, aerial photos of Cabbagetown and history underfoot. Bring your photos, memorabilia, maps and stories and join in the discussion.
http://www.eastyork.org/eyhs.html
Join us for the official unveiling of The First Nations Stories within The Shared Path/Le Sentier Partagé, Toronto's latest Discovery Walk and Historical Park.
On Saturday October 22nd, Representatives of Six Nations of the Grand River, Mississaugas of the New Credit, and Huron-Wendat First Nations will unveil their Shared Path plaques. Afterwards enjoy a river-side bonfire.
Location: Etienne Brule Park, on the east side of the Humber River, north of the Old Mill Bridge
Rain Location: The Lambton House, 4066 Old Dundas Street
Time: 1:30pm - 3pm
Access to Etienne Brule Park:
By TTC: From, Old Mill Subway Station, walk north to Old Mill Road and take Old Mill Road over the Humber River to Etienne Brule Park
By Car: Free Public Parking available in Etienne Brule Parking lot
A revolutionary in Ireland and a conservative in the United States, Thomas D’Arcy McGee re-emerged as a voice of moderation and Father of Confederation in Canada. But he was uncompromising in his hostility to the Fenian Brotherhood, as invaders from the United States and as members of secret revolutionary cells in Canada. In 1868, he was assassinated by a Fenian who believed that McGee had betrayed the cause of Irish independence.
To find out more about these tense, interconnected Canadian stories that resonate with issues today, join CHRISTOPHER MOORE, author of 1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal (M & S) in conversation with DAVID A. WILSON, author of the new biography Thomas D’Arcy McGee (McGill-Queen’s University Press, volume 1: 2008, volume 2: 2011) and PETER VRONSKY, author of Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle that Made Canada (Penguin, 2011). A regiment of University of Toronto students, hastily called out from their final exams, suffered the most killed and wounded at Ridgeway.
Admission: $10
Free for students, compliments of Penguin Canada and McGill-Queen's University Press.
RSVP to 416-392-6907 ext. 221 or fortyork@toronto.ca
Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Auditorium, 789 Yonge Street 416-395-5577.
Craig Heron has written numerous books on the history of the labour movement in Canada and in Toronto. This is the fifth lecture in Toronto Public Library's 2011 History Matters series. This year these lectures focus on the themes of labour and environmental history in the Toronto area and beyond. Part of TPL’s Thought Exchange programming, these lively talks give the public an opportunity to connect with working historians and discover some of the many and surprising ways in which the past shapes the present.
The series has been curated by Dr. Lisa Rumiel, SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow McMaster University. We are especially grateful for the generous grant provided by The History Education Network (THEN/Hier), which has made the series possible.
Northern District Branch, 40 Orchard View Blvd. 416-393-7610.
Joy Parr is the author of the award-winning book, Sensing changes: technologies, environments, and the everyday, 1953-2003. This is the sixth lecture in Toronto Public Library's 2011 History Matters series which this year focuses on labour and environmental history in the Toronto area and beyond. Part of TPL’s Thought Exchange programming, these lively talks give the public an opportunity to connect with working historians and discover some of the many and surprising ways in which the past shapes the present.
The series has been curated by Dr. Lisa Rumiel, SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow McMaster University. We are especially grateful for the generous grant provided by The History Education Network (THEN/Hier), which has made the series possible.
On Thursday, November 3rd, a dialogue on post-war suburban architecture will be presented by the North York Community Preservation Panel (NYCPP) together with The City Institute at York University (CITY) at the North York Civic Centre.
Time:
Refreshments at 6.30pm
Presentations and Discussion 7-9pm
Location:
North York Civic Centre, Council Chambers, 5100 Yonge Street
Moderator:
Christopher Hume, Toronto Star columnist
Speakers:
Gary Miedema - Heritage Toronto: "How we got there: North York and the post war boom"
Steve Logan, York and Ryerson Joint Graduate Program in Communications and Culture: "Cultural Heritage of the single family suburbs: The Lenora Drive project"
Douglas Young, City Institute and Urban Studies, York University: "Planning and the Modern Suburbs"
Uncertain Futures, Imperfect Pasts: An Interactive History Salon
Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
285 Spadina Road
spadina@toronto.ca
416.392.6910
$12 per session or $40 for all four (plus HST)
Sunday, Nov. 6, 2 to 4 pm
Hell Witches and Pansy Boys: Media, Modernity and Queer Identity in Interwar Toronto and Today
Speaker: Steven Maynard of the Department of History, Queens University
Annette Branch, 145 Annette Street 416-393-7692.
This is the seventh lecture in Toronto Public Library's Fall 2011 History Matters series. This year the lectures focus labour and environmental history in the Toronto area and beyond. Part of TPL’s Thought Exchange programming, these lively talks give the public an opportunity to connect with working historians and discover some of the many and surprising ways in which the past shapes the present.
The series has been curated by Dr. Lisa Rumiel, SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow McMaster University. We are especially grateful for the generous grant provided by The History Education Network (THEN/Hier), which has made the series possible.
Councillor Peter Milczyn, RBC and Heritage Toronto invite you to join us for the launch of Heritage Toronto's latest iTour (audio and visual walking tour) of Islington Village.
Tuesday, November 8th, 3:00pm
Montgomery Inn, Tea Room
4709 Dundas Street West (at Islington)
Special thanks to Event Host: Montgomery's Inn
Refreshments provided by: Montgomery's INNovators
After the presentation, join us for a historic tour of the neighbourhood with Randall Reid
Uncertain Futures, Imperfect Pasts: An Interactive History Salon
Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
285 Spadina Road
spadina@toronto.ca
416.392.6910
$12 per session or $40 for all four (plus HST)
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7 to 9 pm
Persona: Politics and Private Lives in 20th-Century Canada
Speaker: Author Allan Levine
William Lyon Mackenzie King has often been thought of as Canada's greatest prime minister and its most peculiar. He was insecure, craved flattery, and was prone to fantasy – especially about the Tory conspiracy against him. What would the modern media have made of King's eccentric personality? What kind of balancing act did politicians of the 1920s have to do in contrast to politicians today? Allan Levine is the author of KING: William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny, a biography based on 57 years of the personal diaries of Canada's longest serving prime minister. He will lead the discussion on the public versus private life of a politician – how these two faces have changed over the years due to our increasingly invasive media machine and how this balancing act differs for men and women.
Uncertain Futures, Imperfect Pasts: An Interactive History Salon
Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
285 Spadina Road
spadina@toronto.ca
416.392.6910
$12 per session or $40 for all four (plus HST)
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2 to 4 pm
The Shape of History: Body Image and Diet in the 1920s and Today
Speaker: Jill Andrew, Bite-me Film Festival
In 1918, Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters' Diet and Health with a Key to the Calories was published, introducing the concept of a calorie restriction to the general public. Hunt Peters also drew firm connections between fatness and moral depravity, sin and even treason. Her ideas proved wildly popular in a culture whose perception of the ideal body was changing rapidly. Society saw an explosion in slimming books and treatises and the creation of a diet industry. Jill Andrew, award-winning journalist and founder/director of Bite-me: the Toronto International Body Image Film & Arts Festival, leads a discussion on the 1920s emergence of the diet industry's effects on what we eat and wear today; what we think is beautiful and healthy; and the connotations around being "skinny" or "fat."
In the wake of this summer’s highly successful royal tour by Prince William and his new wife, Catherine – the future King and Queen of Canada – we pause to reflect on what it’s all about. This is an evening for royalty watchers as well as for those who question the relevance of the monarchy to contemporary Canada. Expect a lively discussion!
ARTHUR BOUSFIELD and GARRY TOFFOLI, co-authors of Royal Tours 1786-2010 (Dundurn, 2010) will place this most recent tour in the context of those that preceded it, going back to 1786! NATHAN TIDRIDGE author of Canada’s Constitutional Monarchy (Dundurn, 2011) believes there’s a crisis in our understanding of the role the Crown plays in our government. He will make the case that the monarchy is a rich institution integral to our ideals of democracy and parliamentary government.
Admission: $10
Free for students with valid I.D. Compliments of Dundurn Press
RSVP to 416-392-6907 ext. 221 or fortyork@toronto.ca
Blue Barracks Assembly Room. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Complimentary Refreshments provided by Fort York Volunteer Historic Cooks
Presented in partnership with the Friends of Fort York
Uncertain Futures, Imperfect Pasts: An Interactive History Salon
Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
285 Spadina Road
spadina@toronto.ca
416.392.6910
$12 per session or $40 for all four (plus HST)
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7 to 9 pm
Prohibition Then and Liquor Control in Ontario Today
Speakers: Mariana Valverde, FRSC, Director, U of T Centre of Criminology and Kathy Klas, a Director with the Alcohol and Gambling Commission of Ontario
How is it that Ontario has a system for liquor sales unique in the world? How has that system affected Torontonians since its introduction in 1927? What are the aims of this unique system in Ontario and what does it say about us? This discussion will be introduced by Dr. Mariana Valverde, author of The Age of Light, Soap and Water: Moral Reform in English Canada, 1885-1925 and Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom and Kathy Klas, a Director with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
Joanne Doucette, the author of Pigs, Flowers and Bricks:A History of Leslieville to 1920 will speak about market gardening in Leslieville and East York. Many Of East York's Market gardeners started in Leslieville and then moved north. Bring your stories, memorabilia, photos and maps and join our discussion about the history of our East York neighbourhoods at the S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Avenue at Durant. Free. http://www.eastyork.org/eyhs.html
Pape/Danforth Branch, 701 Pape Ave. 416-393-7727.
The is the concluding lecture in Toronto Public Library's 2011 History Matters series. This year, the lectures focus on labour and environmental history in the Toronto area and beyond. Part of TPL’s Thought Exchange programming, these lively talks give the public an opportunity to connect with working historians and discover some of the many and surprising ways in which the past shapes the present.
The series has been curated by Dr. Lisa Rumiel, SSHRC Post Doctoral Fellow McMaster University. We are especially grateful for the generous grant provided by The History Education Network (THEN/Hier), which has made the series possible.
Joanne Doucette, author of "Pigs, Flowers and Bricks: a history of Leslieville to 1920", illuminates the life of the unofficial Squire of Leslieville from his leaving the Highlands in the bitter times of the Clearances to life as market gardener and tree man extraordinaire in Canada.
Riverdale Branch, Toronto Public Library
Riverdale Adult Program Room
370 Broadview Ave., Toronto (Broadview and Gerrard)
416-393-7720
The North York Historical Society, Councillor John Filion and Heritage Toronto invite you to join us for a Heritage Toronto plaque presentation to commemorate the history of:
Willowdale
Thursday, November 17, 2011
9:00am
McKee Public School
35 Church Avenue (east of Yonge Street), North York
Thank you to the Neighbourhood Improvements Unit, Transportation Services, City of Toronto for supporting this plaque project
Scottish Toronto will be the topic of the illustrated presentation by Richard Fiennes-Clinton at the East York Historical Society Meeting at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, Nov. 29th. Refreshments served from 7 pm. At the S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Avenue at Durant.
To commemorate Ground-Breaking in 1911.
Highlights will include :
soil turning
time capsule burial
presentation & student performances
VIP reception
Held at the Presbyterian Church, 11 Cross Street, Weston (one of Weston's oldest churches)
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
Entrance is free.
Mayor Rob Ford and Members of Toronto City Council with the City of Toronto Bicentennial Commemoration of the War of 1812 Steering Committee invite you to an announcement of the plans for the Bicentennial Commemoration of the War of 1812.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
10:30 am
Members' Lounge
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Light refreshments and entertainment will be provided. For further information contact Sandra Shaul, 416-392-8231
Recent controversies over long-term transit and waterfront plans have made these questions more than ever. Join author, critic and journalist JOHN BENTLEY MAYS in conversation with MARK OSBALDESTON, author of Unbuilt Toronto and Unbuilt Toronto 2 (Dundurn, 2008 & 2011) and PHIL GOODFELLOW, co-author of A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Toronto (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010).
Admission: $10
Free for students, compliments of Dundurn Press and Douglas & McIntyre.
RSVP to 416-392-6907 ext. 221 or fortyork@toronto.ca
Blue Barracks Assembly Room. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Complimentary Refreshments provided by Fort York Volunteer Historic Cooks
Presented in partnership with the Friends of Fort York
For more information: www.fortyork.ca/events.htm
