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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.