Historicist: We are Confident that Victory is in Sight
Online Article Author: Jamie Bradburn Where/When Published: Torontoist, July 6, 2013 Jamie Bradburn tells the story of Nelson Mandela’s visit to Toronto in June 1990, shortly after his release from...
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Historicist: Straitlaced Toronto – Corsets, Tight-lacing, and the Changing...
Online Article Author: David Wencer Where/When Published: Torontoist, October 12, 2013 Straightlaced Toronto is a short history of the corset and women’s fashion in Toronto. Using newspapers and other...
View ArticleToronto’s Living Library
Online Article Author: Beatrice S. Paez Where/When Published: The Origami (online Asian-Canadian magazine), December 2, 2013 Toronto’s Living Library highlights the Agincourt Library in Scarborough,...
View ArticleThe Jarvis Park Lot
Print Article Author: David A. Jarvis Where/When Published: The York Pioneer (annual publication of The York Pioneer & Historical Society), 2013 The Jarvis name is well known in Toronto. This...
View ArticleThe Country Estate of William Hume Blake
Print Article Author: Audrey Hutchison Fox Where/When Published: The York Pioneer (annual publication of The York Pioneer & Historical Society), 2013 This articletraces the history of “Humewood”, a...
View ArticleCreating the Cult of Laura Secord
Online Article Author: Sandra Martin Where/When Published: The Fife and Drum (newsletter of The Friends of Fort York and Garrison Common), June 2, 2013 While Canadian schoolchildren learn about Laura...
View ArticleJohn Montgomery: Publican or Rebel?
Print Article Author: Andrew Kennedy Marshall Where/When Published: The York Pioneer (annual publication of The York Pioneer & Historical Society), 2013 Andrew Marshall is the...
View ArticleDefending York: The 1813 Diary of Ely Playter
Print Article Author: David Raymont Where/When Published: The York Pioneer (annual publication of The York Pioneer & Historical Society), 2013 Farmer Eli Playter was in his mid ’30s, a husband and...
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Village of Islington Business Improvement Area
The Village of Islington BIA is located on Dundas Street West in Etobicoke. Many of the 19th century structures that once graced this former farm village have been replaced by modern low-rise...
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2014 Heritage Toronto Awards
2014 EVENT INFO The 40th annual Heritage Toronto Awards and William Kilbourn Memorial Lecture was held on the evening of Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the Royal Conservatory of Music — 273 Bloor...
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