Paul Huntley will present the history of the Toronto City Dairy from its creation including the Massey's Dentonia Farm. He will bring some dairy memorabilia and copies of his new publication on the City Dairy. Bring your questions and memorabilia and join the discussion at the S. Walter Stewart Public Library, 170 Memorial Park Avenue at Durant at 2 pm. Co-sponsored by the East York Historical Society and the Toronto Public Library.
http://www.eastyork.org/eyhs.html

Conférence en français - Éric Veillette, journaliste, nous fera découvrir l'histoire de nos cinémas à Toronto -

Conference in French - Eric Veillette will present the history of our movies houses in Toronto.

Alliance française - 24 Spadina Road - Toronto
Spadina subway.

contact : info@sht.ca

HerstoriesCafe Free Event - Talk, January 31st, 2012, 5:45pm.

Adrienne Shadd at the St. Lawrence Hall: A HerstoriesCafe partnership with Heritage Toronto.

Talk entitled: "Searching for Heroines: Black Women and Community in 19th Century Hamilton-Wentworth."

Adrienne Shadd is a researcher, historian and author of several books on the history of Blacks in Canada. Her latest book, The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway: African Canadians in Hamilton was published by Dundurn Press.

St. Lawrence Hall. 157 King Street East. 5:45 pm.

This event is free. Refreshments will be provided

Website: Herstoriescafe.ca

Link to register:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22DX2XQDF7Q

Cabbagetown currently has four Heritage Conservation Districts, north of Carlton Street between Sherbourne Street and the Don Valley, that contain 1,700 properties. These districts have been designated by City Council over the past decade, the first one in 2002. As the result of research work conducted by community volunteers, the fifth and last residential Cabbagetown HCD proposal is now complete. This covers the area south to Shuter; each of the approximately 750 properties in the area has been extensively documented by members of the Cabbagetown Heritage Advisory Committee.

A neighbourhood meeting has been organized at Central Neighbourhood House, 349 Ontario Street, for Wednesday, February 22, 7-9PM to:

• present the historical research findings of the project
• demistify “Heritage Conservation District”designation
• discuss the benefits of heritage designation to the community
• explore how HCD designation works based on the past 10 years’ experience in other parts of Cabbagetown.
• define the role of the Cabbagetown Heritage Conservation District Advisory Committee.

MACKENZIE HOUSE
82 Bond Street
416-392-6915
machouse@toronto.ca

Celebrate the birthday of the famous Scottish Poet with toe-tapping live music, shortbread and haggis!

Adults $5.71, Seniors/Youths $3.81, Children $3.33 (plus tax)

TODMORDEN MILLS HERITAGE SITE
67 Pottery Road
Bottom of Pottery Road, East of the Bayview Extension, West of Broadview Avenue
416-396-2819
todmorden@toronto.ca

Join us for an afternoon in the scenic Don Valley. Enjoy tours of the historic houses, Papermill Theatre and Wildflower Preserve. There will be take home crafts for the children. Sample tasty treats prepared on our 19th-century open hearth. Everyone is welcome!

Sandra Joyce, author of The Street Arab - The Story of a British Home Child will be the speaker at the East York Historical Society meeting on January 31. 100,000 British children were sent over to countries of the British Empire from around 1860 to the late 1930's. Many of the home children did not tell their stories as they were ashamed of their background and many of their descendants do not know their heritage.

The Street Arab is historical fiction based on the real story of a Home Child who is sent over by the Orphan Homes of Scotland to Canada as an indentured farm hand. It takes place in Scotland, Eastern Ontario and the east end of Toronto between World War I and II. It is a sad story, yet it is an integral part of Canadian history that needs to be told.

The meeting takes place at the S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Avenue at Durant at 7:30 pm. Refreshments are served from 7 pm. All are welcome.

http://www.eastyork.org/eyhs.html

Dorothy Duncan speaks about her third book, Feasting and Fasting: Canada's Heritage Celebrations, an introduction to the food and beverages that were a central part of how our ancestors celebrated important events. It is a sampling of their events and what was on their tables at births, weddings, funerals, religious holidays, garden parties and more! Dorothy will bring samples of some of the historic recipes for those brave enough to try them. In response, Chef Owen Steinberg of George Brown College Chef School explains how these culinary traditions influence the menus he and his students create for special occasions.

Thursday, February 16 at 7 pm
Tickets $12 Members $10
To reserve contact Anne Carty amcarty@enochturnerschoolhouse.ca or call 416-327-6227.

Come and meet Joanne Doucette, local author of "Pigs, flowers and bricks: a history of Leslieville to 1920". Joanne will be giving a fascinating history of how Gerrard-Ashdale Neighbourhood became a Bungalowland. Don't know where Bungalowland is? Well join us for this informative history talk and find out!

Taking place at:
Gerrard Ashdale Library
1432 Gerrard Street East,
Toronto, ON
M4L 1Z6
416-393-7717

JOIN US THURSDAY MARCH 1ST 2012 @ 7 P.M.!

This course will explore the important Canadian manuscript collection—over 275 metres of letters, diaries, maps, plans, account books and other unpublished documents—housed in the Baldwin Room at the Toronto Reference Library. Each session will begin with a classroom tutorial about locating, searching, and using manuscripts for genealogical and historical research, followed by detailed hands-on examination and analysis of several manuscript fonds. Participants will work in small groups to understand assigned fonds, find complementary published and unpublished material, and describe the fonds in written form. While the course will concentrate, in particular, on the Baldwin Room collection and its finding aids and indexes, participants will gain an appreciation and understanding of any manuscript collection.
Note: This is an advanced level course, with limited enrollment [12 students]. Registrants must commit to attending both sessions, and a small amount of research and reading before and after sessions.

Schedule: March 20 & 27, 2012, 5:15 pm to 8:15 pm.