The Ontario Historical Society

North Toronto Historical Society: Out of the Shadows: Women and Their Work in 19th Century Toronto
2023-03-29 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Northern District Branch, Toronto Public Library, 40 Orchard View Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M4R 1B9, Canada
Our March programme will be in-person, presented in collaboration with our longtime co-sponsor, Northern District Library.
Author and historian Elizabeth Gillan Muir will present an illustrated talk on the influential role women had in the life of the growing city of Toronto during the nineteenth century. Based on the extensive research Dr. Muir did for her recently published book An Unrecognized Contribution: Women and Their Work in 19th-Century Toronto.
Doors open 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Muir will be selling copies of her book before her presentation. Cost: $20 cash or cheque without tax. (Retail price is $24.99.)
Please note earlier start time! Doors open 6:30 p.m. Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m.
Masks are not required, but are strongly recommended.
NOTE: this meeting will not be available online.

Coptic Museum of Canada Exhibit Launch - In Their Own Voices
2023-04-03 | Coptic Museum of Canada, 41 Glendinning Ave., Scarborough, Ontario, M1W 3E2
ARTIFACTS HAVE “VOICES“!
An exhibition of Coptic papyrus, books, manuscripts, icons, paintings, LP records and more. Discover the stories in writing, images and sound about who created them, why & how they were created and how these artifacts found a “home“ at the Coptic Museum of Canada. These stories in Coptic, Arabic and English tell us so much about Coptic experience and heritage.
Email for an appointment to visit the exhibition:
copticmuseumcanada@gmail.com

Guelph Historical Society Evenings with History: "John Galt, the Local Indigenous, and the Founding of Guelph"
2023-04-04 19:00 | Guelph Museum, 52 Norfolk St, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 4H8, Canada
Speaker: Dr. Gil Stelter, Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph, Department of History
This illustrated talk is an exploration of the largely unknown relationship between John Galt and the Six Nation’s leader, John Brant, in the events leading up to Guelph’s founding, and then the actual construction and building of the new town. Brant was the son of the noted Iroquoian (Haudenosaunee) leader Joseph Brant, who had led the people of his Confederacy to the so-called Haldimand Tract along the Grand River after the American Revolution. Galt had long been sympathetic to the Six Nations claims that they were allies, not subjects, of the British crown. Galt demonstrated that it was possible for colonizers to work together with the local Indigenous communities in the building of new towns like Guelph and Goderich.
GHS Annual General Meeting will be held on April 4, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Esquesing Historical Society April Meeting: The Coronation
2023-04-12 19:00 | The Studio, Halton Hills Cultural Centre, 9 Church St., Georgetown, Ontario, L7G 2A3
In preparation for the May 6th Coronation of our King and Queen, the EHS is preparing a presentation on Coronation activities in this area from the past. We even have home movies of the Georgetown Coronation Parade. Please join us and bring your Coronation Day memories. If you have film of an event, contact us to have it digitized and included in our presentation.

Town of York Historical Society: Toronto's Mayors from Muddy York to Mega City Presentation
2023-04-13 19:00 | Toronto’s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 1N1, Canada
Join special guest speaker, Frank Nicholson, on Thursday April 13 at Toronto’s First Post Office, as he unfolds the history of Toronto through the careers of some of the sixty-five chief magistrates the city has had since being incorporated in 1834; a timely subject given Toronto’s upcoming mayoral election!
Key figures will include our first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, leader of the Rebellion of 1837; W.H. Boulton, Toronto’s last Family Compact mayor; W.H. Howland, promoter of “Toronto the Good”; Tommy Church, “Father of the TTC”; Leslie Saunders, our last Orange Order Mayor; Nathan Phillips, our first Jewish mayor and the man behind our current iconic City Hall; David Crombie, our “Tiny Perfect Mayor”; and Mel Lastman, who oversaw the merger of the city, the suburbs and Metro into Megacity, our current city, twenty-five years ago.
This event will take place in-person at Toronto’s First Post Office at 260 Adelaide Street East, with doors opening at 6:30pm and the presentation beginning promptly at 7pm. Pre-registration and ticket purchase is required to attend. Don’t delay as spots are strictly limited!

Toronto Branch OGS - Black History in Ontario: Free Online Series
2023-04-13 19:30 - 20:30, 2023-04-20 19:30 - 20:30 | online
Toronto Branch is excited to announce our next online series, which will focus on Black history in Ontario. If you’re interested in learning more about this topic you’ll want to join us on April 13, 20 and 27 at 7:30 pm EDT.

Three speakers will tell us about their extensive research into the history of people of Black heritage in Ontario. They’ve discovered some fascinating individuals and sources for research.

April 13: The Underground Railroad
In the first session on April 13, Adrienne Shadd will discuss her research for the book The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! You will learn about Deborah Brown and other freedom seekers who settled in the York Township west area.

April 20: The Search for Alfred Lafferty
In the second session, Hilary Dawson will share her search for Alfred Lafferty, a Black educator and lawyer. The Lafferty family arrived in Canada in the 1830s as penniless and illiterate freedom seekers from the United States. You’ll learn how Alfred excelled and became the first Canadian-born Black lawyer in Ontario.

April 27: Black History in Ontario, 1793–1965
And in the final session on April 27, Winston Anderson will present an overview of events in Ontario, beginning with the Act to Limit Slavery passed in 1793 and taking us forward to 1965. He will explore the lives of people of Black heritage, both free and enslaved, who shaped Toronto.

Each session will consist of a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions. The lectures will be recorded, so that registrants who can’t attend the live presentations may watch at a more convenient time. There is no charge for the series but you must pre-register HERE

Thunder Bay Museum: A Taste of History Dinner
2023-04-14 18:00 | Prince Arthur Hotel, 17 Cumberland St. N., Thunder Bay, Ontario, ON P7A 4K8, Canada
The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society is thrilled to announce that the A Taste of History Dinner and fundraiser is returning to the Prince Arthur Hotel on April 14, 2023. Learn about the Women’s Suffrage movement in Canada and dine on a menu inspired by cookbooks written by suffragists themselves!

Ontario Heritage Conference 2023 (London)
2023-04-15 - 2023-04-17 | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London Ontario, 300 King St., London, Ontario, N6B 1S2, Canada
Welcome from the Local Organizing Committee for London, Ontario

We are so pleased to welcome you all to London, Ontario for the 2023 Ontario Heritage Conference. There will be so much to talk about this year, as new opportunities and challenges lie ahead that will require us to think in new ways about how we preserve. There is no better way to face it all than by learning about, and from, each other.
Our heritage communities are slowly rebuilding after years of drifting between virtual and in-person meetings. We have learned valuable lessons during this time about how to connect when it becomes difficult, and how to keep up with the work of protecting our heritage resources in shifting sands.
This conference will consider many perspectives on this work. Many of us are working hard to draw attention to voices that have not always been heard in our heritage discussions. We will look critically at the work that we have done in the past, while moving toward that which we will do in the future, with creative new approaches. We have worked hard this past year to design a program that will challenge and excite you. There is much to celebrate even as we brace for the hard work ahead.
Throughout this conference, you will have a chance to learn, to wander, to discuss and to consider these next steps. London is a city rich in heritage resources with many successes and many challenges, just like the place that you are from. We have spectacular heritage buildings throughout our City, as well as a rich mosaic of beautifully preserved Heritage Conservation Districts, a vibrant and vast network of museums, and a multitude of organizations working together to keep London on track as a distinct city that sees it’s roots clearly and holds on to the lessons of the past.
Heritage protection is good urbanism, and at this conference we will showcase examples of how our historic areas house living, vibrant and changing communities. We will take you to stunning adaptive reuse examples that will inspire you and lead you to consider how we can fold in all voices into this important work of understanding our past – no matter how challenging – and embracing our shared future.
Thank you for joining us in beautiful London, Ontario – there is a lot to see here, and we can’t wait to share it with you.
Your Local Organizing Committee: Mike Bloxam; Dhira Ghosh (London Heritage Council); Dr. Jason Gilliland (Western University); Michael Greguol (Heritage Planner, City of London); Dr. Michelle Hamilton (Western University); Tara Jenkins (Cultural Heritage Lead, AECOM); Wes Kinghorn (ACO London Region Branch); Don Menard; Dorothy Palmer; Mike Rice (London Middlesex Historical Society); Maggie Whalley (ACO London Region Branch)

Campbell House Museum: A Titanic Tea
2023-04-15 12:30, 2023-04-15 14:30 | Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3H3, Canada
Titanic Tea, an elegant afternoon tea and book event!
Two seatings: 12:30 and 2:30
Adults: $50
Children (17 and under): $30
Includes:
— Admission to the art quilt exhibit “Colour with a U”
— Deluxe afternoon tea
— A/V book talk by Hugh Brewster and Laurie McGaw
— Copy of Unsinkable Lucile (1 per adult)
About the book:
Before Chanel there was Lucile.
She was one of the world’s most glamorous women and the most famous fashionista of the Edwardian age. Yet, couturiere Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon was born as just plain Lucy Sutherland and grew up in a stone farmhouse in Ontario, Canada. How she went from a backwoods farm to presiding over an international fashion empire is a remarkable story of unshakeable determination and female achievement at a time when it was thought that a woman’s place was in the home.
Unsinkable Lucile is a lavishly illustrated story of Lucile’s lively childhood, her rise to the top of the fashion world and her survival of the Titanic disaster and its aftermath, during which she was unjustly vilified. Time and time again, she proved that nothing could sink her spirits or stop her drive to innovate and create.

UEL Kawartha Branch: Spring 2023 Banquet and AGM
2023-04-15 13:00 - 17:00 | Bakers Hill Banquet Centre, 555 Parkhill Rd E, Peterborough, Ontario, K9L 1C2, Canada
Kawartha Branch UELAC is inviting you to our annual Spring Banquet and AGM at the Baker’s Hill Banquet Centre 555 Parkhill Road East, Peterborough, ON Saturday, 15 April 2023, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Featuring music by Stephen Medd, balladeer.
For more details, registration (deadline 31 March) etc. contact Grietje McBride UE maplegrm@gmail.com 705-295-4556.

Middleport Heritage Society 3rd Annual General Meeting And Cookbook Launch
2023-04-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Onondaga Community Hall, 42 Brantford St., Brantford, Ontario, N3T 5L9, Canada
Saturday, April 15, 2023
2:00 pm
Onondaga Community Hall
42 Brantford St., Onondaga
Guest Speaker: Karen Richardson, Curator, Haldimand County, Museum & Archives Presents “A Pinch of This & a Pinch of That”
Membership renewals and new Memberships will be available at the door. $10.00 – 1 Year Membership. We welcome all non-MHS members – $10.00 at door.
MHS Cookbook – $15.00
Refreshments and Social following the meeting.
Please RSVP to Joyce Osinga, 905-317-0091
secretary@middleportheritage.ca
www.middleportheritage.ca
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!

Myseum of Toronto: Design Your City: Building Places We Want to Live in, with Paolo Granata
2023-04-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Myseum of Toronto, 401 Richmond Street West, Studio LL01, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8, Canada
Myseum has developed the Design Your City workshop series to articulate the most significant challenges facing Toronto’s neighbourhoods, and identify opportunities for change.
Learn from experts in this series of free workshops, facilitated by leaders who are changing the cities we live in through culture, climate, and equity.
This Saturday, April 15th at 2pm, Myseum is thrilled to welcome Paolo Granata as our first facilitator. Paolo is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and he will be focusing the workshop on designing equitable cities.

Exporail the Canadian Railway Museum - Charles Melville Hays and the Canada Car, A Virtual Tour
2023-04-15 15:00 - 16:00 | online
Live virtual tour on April 15, 2023, at 3:00 pm in English (EST)
Duration: approximately 45 minutes (+15 minutes for questions)
Exporail, the Canadian Railway Museum is offering a free virtual tour of the
Canada Car, once used by Charles Melville Hays, former president of the Grand
Trunk Railway. This car, built in 1897, is usually inaccessible to the public
when visiting Exporail. This unique experience will allow visitors to explore
the vehicle’s interior and hidden secrets. Moreover, visitors will learn
more about the life of Charles Melville Hays, a great visionary of Canadian
railways.
To sign up: https://exporail.org/en/virtual-tours/

Myseum of Toronto: Artist-Guided Tour of SweetWater Outdoor Art Installation
2023-04-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Black Creek Community Farm, 4929 Jane Street, North York, Ontario, M3N 2K8, Canada
Experience this unique outdoor art installation, woven throughout the forest of Black Creek Community Farm.
Journey through Indigenous art, ceremony, and perspectives on land stewardship. SweetWater is an outdoor art installation, woven throughout the forest of Black Creek Community Farm.
This is a unique opportunity to see the exhibition as led by artists from the Sweet Grass Roots Collective.
These artist-led tours run every thirty minutes between 2pm and 4pm at Black Creek Community Farm.
About SweetWater
This unique installation explores maple tapping from an Indigenous perspective and honours the maple’s sweetwater through ceremony and art. In a guided walk through Black Creek Community Farm’s forest, you’ll experience traditional Indigenous maple baskets and settler-style aluminum maple buckets which have been Indigenized through visual art and audio soundscapes.
Through sound, song and sweetwater, this experience invites you to make meaningful change as a treaty person yourself.

Myseum of Toronto: BEYOND PERIPHERY: Exhibition Launch & Documentary Roundtable
2023-04-16 14:00 - 16:00 | The Lyceum Gallery, 969 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2V1, Canada
Part of the Intersections Festival 2023 collection
No Silence on Race + the Ontario Jewish Archives invite you to the launch of this unique exhibition as a part of the Intersections festival.
Learn about the ways that multi-ethnic Jewish people in Ontario share their experiences and explore ideas of representation, intersectionality, ethnicity, race, and sexuality.
We’ll be celebrating the launch of this exhibition with a roundtable discussion, performances from some of Periphery’s participants, and food + drink.
Periphery, the documentary, was filmed and photographed two years ago. Where is Toronto’s Jewish community now with these conversations both within and outside of Jewish communal spaces? And, how do their experiences continue to translate within the context of the city? Explore these reflections in this exhibition and roundtable discussion.
All are welcome to join us in exploring these questions at this exhibition launch party!
About the Roundtable Discussion
There will be an exclusive Q&A with the director of the Periphery documentary and a selection of the film’s participants, whose stories are also featured in this exhibition.
This roundtable discussion will explore speakers’ various multi-ethnic Jewish identities (e.g. mixed heritage, hyphenated identities, etc.), which are highlighted in the film and the exhibit.

Albion Bolton Historical Society: Seven Hotels & a Distillery: The History of Bolton's Hospitality Industry in the 19th Century
2023-04-17 19:30 | Albion Bolton Community Centre (Meeting Room C, 2nd Floor), 150 Queen St. South, Bolton, Ontario, L7E 1E3, Canada
Presented by Valerie Mackie.
While Bolton was not alone in having inns and hotels as part of the village landscape, it is certainly unique in having had seven in operation during the 1870s, six within a two-block radius along Queen Street. With the use of photographs from the Society’s archival collection and modern photos, Valerie will identify their locations and what that location looks like today.
Questions: Nathan at 905-584-2801 nhillerphoto@bell.net

Woodland Cultural Centre (Virtual): Public Virtual Stereotypes and Racism Workshop
2023-04-19 18:00 | online
The Woodland Cultural Centre is hosting a virtual Stereotypes and Racism workshop on April 19 at 6pm. Your donation will help support our education department to create and deliver virtual programming at the Woodland Cultural Centre. We want to continue to deliver the highest quality programs centered on a Hodinohsho:ni worldview, celebrating, and sharing Indigenous cultures, languages, and art.
In this presentation we will examine stereotypes and racism and how society shapes and perpetuates stereotypes and racism through advertising, movies, system/institutional racism, and more.
This is the first time we are offering this virtual session to the public! Don’t miss your opportunity to be a part of this important discussion centering on stereotypes of Indigenous people and the racism they still face today. Make sure to take this crucial step towards Truth and Reconciliation with the Woodland Cultural Centre!

North York Historical Society April 2023 Meeting: Nate Hendley on The Beatle Bandit
2023-04-19 18:30 - 20:30 | North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge St., North York, ON, M2N 5N9, Canada
Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based journalist and true-crime author. His most recent book, The Beatle Bandit, won the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Non-Fiction 2022. Nate has also written books about gangsters, cons and hoaxes, and bandit duo Bonnie and Clyde. For more information about Nate’s books and background, visit his website at www.natehendley.com.
The Beatle Bandit: A Serial Bank Robber’s Deadly Heist, A Cross-Country Manhunt, and the Insanity Plea that Shook the Nation
Matthew Kerry Smith was a troubled navy veteran who robbed Toronto-area banks in the early 1960s to finance a one-man revolution. On July 24, 1964, disguised in a Halloween mask and a “Beatle” wig, Smith held up a bank at Bathurst Manor Plaza in North York, Ontario. Smith killed a patron who tried to intervene, then escaped. Dubbed “The Beatle Bandit” by the media, Smith’s actions fueled a nationwide debate about gun control, insanity pleas, and the death penalty.
The book, The Beatle Bandit, written by Nate Hendley and published in November 2021 by Dundurn Press, details Smith’s life.
This is an in-person program. No registration required.
This program is co-sponsored by the North York Historical Society and the Society and Recreation department of the North York Central Library.

Kingston Historical Society April 2023 Meeting (In-Person and Virtual)
2023-04-19 19:00 | Kingsbridge Retirement Community, 950 Centennial Dr., Kingston, Ontario, K7M 0G8, Canada
John Grenville, former Curator and Historical Research Officer at Fort Henry and long-time investigator of Kingston’s military architecture, will report on his research into the city’s iconic Market Battery.

We return to in-person meetings in January, now at the Kingsbridge Retirement Community which has graciously agreed to let us use their very comfortable theatre lounge for our meetings. This is a most attractive location with comfortable armchairs and the most up-to-date audio-visual equipment. The spaciousness of this venue also allows us to offer light refreshments and an opportunity for socialization after each lecture.
The Kingsbridge Retirement Community, 950 Centennial Drive is the tall building just south of Princess Street. Ask for the theatre lounge on the lower floor. Enter by the prominent door on the east side. Someone will be at the door to give you directions and to check your double vaccination status. There is free visitor parking along the north side of the building. Express buses #501 and 502 serve upper Princess Street to very near Kingsbridge. Bus #4 offers slower service along Princess Street from downtown. Use the Centennial Drive bus stop.
Covid precautions: Please wear a mask on entry to the building, but you may remove your mask once in the room. Proof of vaccination is mandatory. The building is kept meticulously sanitized.

Orillia Museum of Art and History (Virtual): The Ontario Fire College: Then and Now
2023-04-19 19:00 | online
The Ontario Fire College (OFC) was established in 1958. For the next 63 years, fire officers and firefighters from across Ontario came to the OFC in Gravenhurst to prepare for their roles in saving lives and property from the hazards of fire in an increasingly hostile environment.
Thousands of students from across Canada passed through its doors before it was closed in 2021 by the Ontario government
John Judy Humphries, who will take us on a visual journey of the OFC, as it evolved to become a state-of-the-art fire training facility.

Myseum of Toronto (Virtual): A Roundtable on Trans Histories +Activism in Toronto | Myseum + The ArQuives
2023-04-19 19:00 - 20:30 | online
Myseum of Toronto and The ArQuives invite you to join us for a roundtable discussion about trans activism in Toronto between the 60s + 90s.
This inter-generational panel of experts, community members and activists will explore the history of community, resistance, and care under extreme circumstances.
This roundtable will explore the implications and impact of communities whose members have to act as their own advocates in the face of violence, oppression, and adversity.
This roundtable discussion is an associated with the ActiVisions exhibition within Mysuem’s Intersections Festival, a free city-wide festival running April 15th to 30th.
More about ActiVisions
In this one-of-a-kind exhibition, The ArQuives opens their doors for the public to experience their extensive Trans Collections. Curated by Tobaron Waxman, this exhibition explores a selection of trans histories of resilience in Toronto from the 1950s to the 1990s
Waxman offers a unique lens into Toronto’s trans community histories, focusing on the fight for access to trans-aware health care, language, imagery, and mutual aid. The ArQuives Trans Collections collects memories, art, and documents to share histories of community activism and trans triumphs under extreme circumstances.
The ArQuives’ Trans Collection is a resource and catalyst for those who strive for a future world where LGBTQ2+ people are accepted, valued, and celebrated.

Bayview Cummer Neighbourhood Association: Age-Friendly Technologies
2023-04-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Brebeuf College School, 211 Steeles Ave E., North York, Ontario, M2M 3Y6, Canada
The Bayview Cummer Neighbourhood Association (BCNA) is partnering with Brebeuf College School’s, STEAM program on an event for homeowners to learn about autonomous and artificial intelligence technologies to make their home maintenance/chores more manageable, and to discuss new technology like CHAT GPT. BCNA will be providing dinner/food for homeowners who attend.
The session is a one hour talk from Dr. Julien Li-Chee who holds a PhD in Geomatics Engineering from YorkU is a Robotical Engineer working for Trimble designing navigation systems for autonomous vehicles; and Alice Xu the Director Digital Strategy at the City of Toronto.

Toronto Railway Museum (Virtual): Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto
2023-04-20 19:00 - 20:30 | online
Join us for “Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto”, an online lecture on April 20!
What can photos taken by streetcar enthusiasts reveal about the changing nature of cities? This is the question explored by Brian and Michael Doucet in their book Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto: a visual analysis of change. The Doucets carefully and meticulously rephotograph these images taken in the 1960s and 70s to bring them into dialogue with contemporary planning, policy, political and public debates.
Streetcar enthusiasts did not intend to document the major forces of change shaping cities, but their images show far more than just the vehicles. In pursuit of their hobby, these enthusiasts photographed cities in ways that very few other people did, and took pictures in parts of the city that would have otherwise gone unphotographed.
When paired with photos taken at the same locations today, these images show the subtle and not-so-subtle economic, social, demographic and spatial changes that have taken place as Toronto has transitioned from an industrial and provincial city, to one of the world’s major global metropolises. They show how these forces of change are reflected in the buildings, streets and land uses across the city.
There are many books, studies and reports that try to understand long-term changes in cities such as Toronto. Streetcars is one of the few that uses visual images as the primary way to analyse change. The Doucets aim to challenge everyone – scholars, students, planners, politicians and the wider public – to look at their cities in new and different ways.
Join us for this engaging and insightful discussion about how photography can be used to better understand cities and urban change.

UEL Association of Canada Toronto Branch April 2023 Meeting (Virtual): "The Mills Loyalists of Cumberland County, N.S."
2023-04-20 19:30 | online
By Rev. Dr. Jonathan Mills UE, an ordained minister in the Canadian Baptist family of churches. He took an interest in genealogy when his mother became ill and the preservation of the family history took on a new sense of urgency (aka borderline obsession).
His presentation will highlight three major areas including:
1) an overview of his personal journey and his Mills Loyalist roots,
2) his discoveries and progress to the Archives in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and
3) a deep dive into Y-DNA and how it helped solve a 240 year old mystery regarding the relationships between four Mills Loyalists of Cumberland County.
Contact Sally Gustin torontouel@gmail.com for the zoom link.

Myseum of Toronto: Nuville at Allan Gardens, Care & Community | MYSEUM INTERSECTIONS FESTIVAL
2023-04-22 11:00 | Allan Gardens, 160 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2E5, Canada
Step into the shoes of a citizen from a megacity of the future in this experimental role-playing game.
RaaraLab invites attendees on this interactive walk, set in a Torontonian sci-fi future. Be a part of the first audience to test this experimental game!
In order to join this unique test group, you’ll need a smartphone, a set of headphones, and a keen curiosity to explore the early stages of this unconventional new game.
On this Nuville tour, you’ll test a live-action-role-playing game directed through your phone. You’ll role-play with fellow attendees as Nuville citizens who are on a mission to hack the city’s “algorithm.” You’ll be directed to complete a series of tasks that challenge the flow of urban life by rebuilding your relationship to place, presence and humanness.
Step into the world of Nuville.
In the world of Nuville, you live in a future where the planet’s population has found refuge from the climate crisis in a megacity built by artificial intelligence. Built on robotic intelligence, productivity is the name of the game – but at what cost to humanity?
While Nuville appears to be the high-tech city of our dreams, humans have become disconnected from city-building, history, the environment, and each other. Wanting to reconnect, you join a collective of citizens-turned-hackers, called “Hacker D-Central,” who want to hack the system and make Nuville more human.

Kingston & District Branch UELAC (In-Person and Virtual): "Fort Frontenac" by Jean Rae Baxter
2023-04-22 13:00 | St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Kingston, 137 Queen St., Kingston, Ontario, K7K 1A8, Canada
Kingston & District Branch UELAC meets on Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 pm. This will be a Hybrid presentation with many of us in person at St. Paul’s Hall, 137 Queen Street, Kingston (doors open at 12:30 p.m.) Others will join us by Zoom about 1:00 pm.
Our Speaker will be Jean Rae Baxter with a talk called “Fort Frontenac: The Rise and Fall of New France’s Key to the West.” This presentation follows the fortunes of Fort Frontenac over the centuries — how it was knocked down, rebuilt, abandoned, rebuilt, blown up, rebuilt again, destroyed by the British in the last days of New France and, finally, became the site for the Loyalist settlement at Cataraqui following the American Revolution. And it all began with the beaver.
No registration required, link.

UEL Association of Canada - Sir Guy Carleton Branch (In-Person and Virtual): 2023 Spring Social and AGM
2023-04-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Ottawa City Archives, 100 Tallwood Dr, Nepean, Ontario, K2G 4R7, Canada
The Sir Guy Carleton Spring Social and AGM will be held 2:00-4:00pm on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
Venue: Room 115 (ground floor), Ottawa City Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa, ON. Free parking on site.
Guest speaker: Rev. Becket Soule
Topic: “Researching Loyalist Ancestors: US Records”
Muster rolls, town records, land records, histories, and other records, can provide a great deal of information about your loyalist ancestors. This first section reviews many U.S. records and published resources that can get you started on your research.
The Rev. Dr. Becket Soule is emeritus Professor of Canon Law at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. He is currently pastor of Saint Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church in Maggie Valley, high in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Becket is a prolific author in law, history, and genealogy; his latest book is Passengers of the Fortune – 1621. Becket is Deputy Governor and Elder of the Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants, and Governor of the Speedwell (virtual) Colony of the North Carolina Mayflower Society. One of his current projects is documenting the links between Mayflower passengers and Loyalists: his own Loyalist connections are with the Hatfields of Westchester and Dutchess Counties, NY, and Nova Scotia.
To attend by Zoom, e-mail the Branch: carletonuel@hotmail.com. The meeting link will be sent the week of the meeting

Little EGG Gallery: Under 18 Spring Show, Opening Reception
2023-04-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Little EGG Gallery, 291 Eglinton Ave E, Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1L6, Canada
Featuring over 40 curated artwork representing artists from Canada and around the world, the Under 18 Spring Show is a showcase and celebration of the next generation of contemporary art. With artists as young as 7, all the way to 17, this unique show features a diverse range of artwork and styles.
Don’t miss the opening reception and award ceremony at the Little EGG Gallery to meet all the artists and our juror, Brad Weatherburn.
