Heritage Ottawa (Virtual): Welcome to the Tunnel. Now: How'd we Get In, and How do we Get Out?
2022-11-16 19:00 (America/Toronto) | online
The mushrooming fix-up business is the largest component of Canada’s largest industry, construction. In Ontario, it pumps tens of billions of dollars annually into our GDP. And one in every eight Ontario buildings was constructed before World War II.
But if it is so economically vital, Marc Denhez asks, why is it still so hard to target even the best-of-the-best for reuse, instead of a trip to the dump? How did we get into this tunnel?
Join Marc Denhez, lawyer and adjudicator with over 30 years’ experience in the law of built, natural and intangible heritage, who breaks the problem down into three clear headwinds:
– A biased tax structure (including incentives for demolition and disincentives for repair);
– Misleading branding of the fix-up / reuse option; and
– Shortages of funded training for doing good fix-up on a budget.
Marc also sets out a path that could lead us out of the tunnel. Find out how a level playing field could be restored to the industry in order to not only sustain our building assets, but capitalize on them.

Mississauga South Historical Society: Lakeview: Past, Present, Future
2022-11-16 19:00 | Huron Park Recreation Centre: Iroquois Room, 830 Paisley Boulevard West, Mississauga, Ontario, L5C 3P5, Canada
Speaker: Ward 1 councilor Stephen Dasko
People from all over have discovered that Mississauga South is a great place to live. New residential developments are springing up all across Clarkson, Lakeview, Lorne Park and Port Credit. In many cases, historic homes, stores and parks are being removed to make room for new homes and condos, yet many of the newcomers have chosen to live here to be part of the historic charm that Mississauga South still has, but may lose.
Our public meeting for November will look at our past and our future. Our slate of presenters for the evening will take stock of what we still have in Mississauga South and look at what the community can do to save what we still have.
This meeting, and all upcoming MSHS meetings are free events.

Oakville Historical Society Speakers Night: History of the Oakville Fire Department
2022-11-16 19:20 - 21:00 | St. John’s United Church, Oakville, 262 Randall Street, Oakville, Ontario, L6J 1P9, Canada
Rick Barrett: History of the OFD
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Rick Barrett is a retired Captain with the Oakville Fire Department.
His career ran from April 1976 until retirement in May 2004.
Rick spent his career working at the different stations situated throughout Oakville, finishing as Captain on Ladder 232.
For one year, Rick was the first Public education officer for the OFD.
Hear about the early years of the OFD and the volunteers. Then the transition when Oakville started hiring full time in the early 60’s.
The equipment and changes that occurred over the years.
See pictures of the major fires that were fought in Oakville’s history.
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What happens after dark at the Oakville Fire Department Museum?

Women's Art Association of Canada (Virtual): Artist’s Voice ZOOM Lecture Series: “Seeing Your City in the Park” with Robert Burley
2022-11-17 13:00 - 14:00 | online
Robert Burley will discuss his work exploring landscapes where the urban and the natural worlds meet. This will include an overview of two recent book projects (An Enduring Wilderness ECW 2017 & Accidental Wilderness 2020) and a discussion of new work-in-progress.
His photographs of the visual landscape and its concentration on the relationship between nature and the city, have been extensively published and can be found in the National Gallery of Canada and internationally. Books featuring his work include Viewing Olmsted: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James (MIT Press 1996) and The Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the End of the Analog Era (Princeton Architectural Press 2012). He is the recipient of numerous awards, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Senior Mellon Fellow. He is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery.

Culinary Historians of Canada (In-Person and Virtual): Naomi Duguid Talks About Her New Book, The Miracle of Salt
2022-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3H3, Canada
Award-winning cookbook author Naomi Duguid talks about her latest, The Miracle of Salt, a “mesmerizing mix of history and recipes.”
About this event
Naomi Duguid, who’s taken food lovers to many corners of the globe, now invites readers and cooks on a very different journey—a deep dive into the miracle of salt and its essential role in preserving, fermenting, and transforming food.
Duguid will look at salt’s history and its impact on culture and cuisine across the globe. She’ll explain how salt — the chemical — works, how it’s used to ferment and preserve, and how that knowledge can be used to make basics like miso, sauerkraut and basturma. She’ll talk about what to cook with salt-preserved ingredients like salt cod, kimchi, fish sauce and preserved lemons and how to create a “salt pantry” with enticing blends of salt and spices. Duguid will wrap up the talk by elaborating on the ways salt transforms everything it touches, from vegetables, soups, mains, pasta dishes, to desserts. A Q&A will follow the talk.

Building Toronto: Railways and the Development of Toronto Online Lecture
2022-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
Join us for “Building Toronto: Railways and the Development of Toronto”, an online lecture on November 17!
How did the railways benefit Toronto? What ways did Toronto City Council support this type of development? Building Toronto: Railways and the Development of Toronto will focus on the development of railways in Toronto from a political perspective. Presenter Michael Dowbenka will discuss how the construction of railways to and in Toronto were supported and encouraged by Toronto City Council and what role they played in the process.
FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
Tickets for this event are free, although registration is required. Please note this event has a limited capacity.
Attendees will get access to our exclusive Zoom meeting room, where they can engage directly with the presenter and museum historians in a post-lecture Q&A. The event will begin at 7pm Eastern Standard Time, and will end at 8:30pm EST.

National Trust for Canada (Virtual): Getting Ready to Fundraise for Your Heritage Place
2022-11-18 13:00 - 13:45 | online
FREE

It all begins with a Plan. Avoid the pitfall of lurching from one scheme to another and get your fundraising off to a good start. In this fundraising webinar, learn how to create your fundraising plan – from setting goals, to choosing strategies that fit your resources, establishing budgets and timelines, and building a volunteer team. Get ready to fundraise for your heritage place!
Who should attend? This introduction to fundraising will benefit organization leaders and staff involved in fundraising, volunteers, board members, & committee chairs.
This webinar is part of a free bundle of fundraising webinars available to you through Regeneration Works, a program of the National Trust for Canada.

UEL Kawartha Branch November 2022 Meeting (Virtual): Birchtown: Its People and Their Stories
2022-11-20 14:00 | online
Speaker: Stephen Davidson UE
Based on his 2019 book Birchtown and the Black Loyalist Experience: From 1775 to the Present. Available in bookstores, richly illustrated with photos of Birchtown and the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre, this book recounts the saga of Canada’s first free Black founders.
Join a few minutes early at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81576651796?pwd=[REDACTED]

Scarborough Historical Society November 2022 Meeting: "Battle of the Atlantic" with Ted Barris
2022-11-22 19:30 | Bendale Branch, Toronto Public Library, 1515 Danforth Rd., Scarborough, Ontario, M1J 1H5, Canada
Please visit our website www.scarboroughhistorical.ca for news and updates.

Thunder Bay Museum Free Public Lecture (In Person and Virtual): POW Art Exhibit- George Romick
2022-11-22 19:30 | Thunder Bay Museum, 425 Donald St E., Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 5V1, Canada
Please join the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society for a lecture from George Romick on POW art. This will be a in-person event that is free to view. The lecture will be broadcast live via ZOOM for those who cannot attend in-person and recorded and posted to the Museum’s YouTube at a later date.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEBINAR
In conjunction with the exhibit partnership between the Thunder Bay Museum and the Thunder Bay Military Museum to display arts and crafts of World War II prisoners-of-war, this lecture will discuss the story of German submariner Georg Hoegel and his diverse artwork created while interned at POW camps in England, Northwestern Ontario and Alberta.
Speaker Bio:
George Romick has been the Director and Curator of the Thunder Bay Military Museum since 2010 and has revamped the complete museum to bring it up to modern display requirements. He has a vast knowledge of military history and military items, including the Military History of Northwestern Ontario and the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment. He is also the Vice President of the Organizations of Military Museums of Canada (OMMC), which is a national organization for the promotion of military museums in Canada. He is also a member of the Honours & Awards Committee, the Governance Committee of the OMMC and assisted with the 2022 OMMC Studies Program in Sackville, New Brunswick. George joined the Canadian Armed Forces reserves in 1975 and progressed through the ranks from Private to Chief Warrant Officer, then taking his Commission to Captain. He presently a Captain with the Canadian Instructor Cadre, with 2294 18(Thunder Bay) Service Battalion Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, where he has been the Commanding Officer and is presently the Administrative Officer. He will be retiring from the Canadian Armed Forces at the end of January 2023, just shy of 47 years of service.
Free Museum Admission during the event. Refreshments will be available.

Mattawa Museum 2022 Annual General Meeting
2022-11-24 19:00 | Mattawa Museum, 285 First St., Mattawa, Ontario, P0H 1V0, Canada
The annual general meeting (AGM) of the Mattawa Museum will be held on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at the Museum on 285 First Street beginning at 7pm.
It has been both an exciting and successful year for the Museum, with a significant number of visitors, an interesting and immensely popular traditional Indigenous canoe build on site during the summer, the realization of several funding grants, and the employment of an enthusiastic and youthful summer staff.
“We are very proud of all that has been accomplished this year,” says Judy Toupin, Curator of the Museum. “It was without a doubt one of our best years ever, and we want to build on that momentum.”
The AGM will highlight much of what has been achieved at the Museum during 2022 and will also present future opportunities and options that will allow for its continued growth and success.
“There are about two hundred email subscribers of the Mattawa Museum and almost 1,000 followers on our Museum Facebook page.” says Judy. “We want to continue to our wonderful momentum by having a membership drive.”
One of the specific areas of interest for us as a member of this community is supporting our local youth. We had one of the most amazing teams of young people this past summer and giving back is especially important to us. To that end, as part of your paid Membership to the Museum, a portion of funds collected will be given in the form of a scholarship/bursary to each high school in our community.
We see this as a win-win-win, so let’s continue to support our community. Together we can grow and enhance the museum and increase its visitation so that it becomes an integral part of the many attractions in the Mattawa area.
Snacks and refreshments will be served during the Museum’s AGM, so please register if you plan to attend so that organizers can ensure that quantities are adequate. We look forward to seeing you there. To register for the Mattawa Museum AGM, please contact us at: curator@mattawamuseum.ca or 705-744-5495

UEL Association of Canada Toronto Branch November 2022 Meeting (Virtual): A Beginners look at DNA
2022-11-24 19:30 | online
This seminar is meant for those who are considering having their DNA tested for family history research and those who have tested and aren’t sure what to do with the results.
Beth has tested with several companies and worked with the results for about 8 years. She will go over what should be considered before testing, a brief comparison of the different companies and take attendees on a tour of the Ancestry and MyHeritages DNA sites. Beth is an active member of the Toronto Branches of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) and UELAC, as well as the Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group in Pembroke.
To register, email Sally Gustin, Programme Coordinator attorontouel@gmail.com. She will return the link early in the week of the meeting.

The Historical Society of St. Catharines Online Lecture (Virtual): “The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend"
2022-11-24 19:30 | online
NOVEMBER 24, 2022 7:30pm “The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend”, presented by Adam Shoalts, professional explorer and #1 national best-selling author.
N.B. Due to copyright issues, no recording for later viewing on Youtube will happen. So plan to attend on the 24th at 7:30 PM.

Hutchison House Museum Christmas Market
2022-11-26 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-11-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Hutchison House Museum, 270 Brock Street, Peterborough, Ontario, K9H 2P9, Canada
The Christmas Season is upon us, and Hutchison House Museum volunteers will host their annual Christmas Market on Saturday November 26 and Sunday November 27 from 10am-12pm. Baked Goods, Jams and Jellies, Pies and more! In addition to the Empire Cheese orders, we will be offering some of our most popular items for pre-ordering as well. Be sure to order ahead to ensure that you get the items you hope for. There will be NO Attic Treasures available this year. The Deadline for all advance orders is Wednesday November 16, 2022. For more info check out our website at www.phs-hutchisonhouse.ca or call the office at 705-743-9710.

Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives: Christmas Through the Ages Opening
2022-11-26 11:00 - 16:00 | Aylmer-Malahide Museum & Archives (New Location), 75 Talbot Street East, Aylmer, Ontario, N5H 1H3, Canada
Join us for Christmas Through the Ages, a pop-up exhibit looking at Christmas traditions and popular decorating styles through the years.
We will be holding the exhibit opening on November 26ᵗʰ between 11 am and 4 pm, during which visitors can enjoy complimentary refreshments and enter to win a door prize. The exhibit will be open from 1-6 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays over the following two weeks, including November 29, December 1, December 3, December 6, December 8, December 10.
Exhibited at our new building located at 75 Talbot Street East.
Donations to the AMMA Relocation Project and non-perishables for the Aylmer Corner Cupboard Food Bank are gratefully accepted.
We hope to see you there!

Kingston & District Branch UELAC (In-Person and Virtual): The Treaty of Niagara (1764)
2022-11-26 13:00 | St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Kingston, 137 Queen St., Kingston, Ontario, K7K 1A8, Canada
Author Nathan Tidridge is the speaker.
This is a hybrid meeting. To attend in person: 137 Queen Street, St. Paul’s Anglican Church Hall, access off Montreal Street. Arrive after 12:30 pm, possibly with a bagged lunch. This will be our AGM.
To join by Zoom, visit uelac.org/Kingston-Branch/ after 12:45pm, Sat Nov 26, and click the link under EVENTS.
All are welcome for this free event.

Hutchison House Museum Snowflake Tea and Dessert
2022-11-26 13:00 - 15:30, 2022-11-27 13:00 - 15:30 | Hutchison House Museum, 270 Brock Street, Peterborough, Ontario, K9H 2P9, Canada
In addition to the Christmas Market Hutchison House volunteers will host a Snowflake Tea on Saturday November 26 and Sunday November 27 with sittings at 1pm and 2:30pm. Enjoy a light tea with Christmas treats by the Fire in the Keeping Room for $15 each. There is limited seating and pre-registration and payment is required. Items for sale at the Christmas Market will be available during the tea. For more information or to reserve your seat please contact the Museum office at 705-743-9710. Tours will not be available during this event.

Bruce County Historical Society November 2022 Meeting: Bruce County O.P.P. Constable Otto McClevis
2022-11-26 13:30 | Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, 33 Victoria St N, Southampton, Ontario, N0H 2L0, Canada
Featuring Pat Kelly speaking about Bruce County O.P.P. Constable Otto McClevis (1901-1971) and his enforcement experiences during prohibition.
Admission is free.
To register: email bchsregister@gmail.com or call 519-386-6397 (leave message)

Toronto Railway Museum: Museum Store Sunday 2022
2022-11-27 12:00 - 17:00 | Toronto Railway Museum, 255 Bremner Blvd, Stall 17, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3M9, Canada
Join us on Sunday, November 27 to shop the museum store and save! Museum Store Sunday is here and with it amazing deals. Visit the store to take part in some festive activities, plus get ahead of your holiday shopping.
Museum Store Sunday kicks off at 12:00pm on the Don Station platform and runs until 5:00pm.

Riverdale Historical Society (Virtual): Modest Hopes: Homes and Stories of Toronto's Workers by Leslie Valpy
2022-11-29 18:30 | online
RHS welcomes Leslie Valpy, a heritage conservationist practitioner and Don Loucks, a Heritage Architect, to speak about their recent book, “Modest Hopes, Homes and Stories of Toronto’s workers from the 1820s to the 1920s”, which celebrates Toronto’s built heritage of row houses, semis, and cottages and the people who lived in them.
Toronto’s workers’ cottages are often characterized as being small, cramped, poorly built, and in need of modernization or even demolition. But for the workers and their families who originally lived in them from the 1820s to the 1920s, these houses were far from modest. Many had been driven off their ancestral farms or had left the crowded conditions of tenements in their home cities abroad. Once in Toronto, many lived in unsanitary conditions in makeshift shanty-towns or cramped shared houses in downtown neighbourhoods such as The Ward. To then move to a self-contained cottage or rowhouse was the result of an unimaginably strong hope for the future and a commitment to family life.
Note: this is a Zoom presentation. If you are not on our mail list, send us your request via the “Contact RHS” page.

Thunder Bay Museum Free Public Lecture (In Person and Virtual): Oula Seitsonen - Finnish-Canadian Homestead Research
2022-11-29 19:00 | Thunder Bay Museum, 425 Donald St E., Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 5V1, Canada
Please join the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society for a lecture from Oula Seitsonen, chair in Finnish Studies at Lakehead University, 2022‑2023. This will be a in-person event that is free to view. The lecture will be broadcast live via ZOOM for those who cannot attend in-person and recorded and posted to the Museum’s YouTube at a later date.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEBINAR
Finnish-Canadian homestead research in the footsteps of archaeologist Sakari Pälsi
This lecture describes ongoing contemporary archaeological research on the material heritage of Finnish-Canadian immigrants and on retracing the footsteps of Finnish archaeological pioneer Sakari Pälsi who traveled across Canada in 1927. In October 2022, my Canadian colleagues and I carried out archaeological, ethnographic, and anthropological work at a Finnish homestead in Tarmola, Gorham Township, where the great-grandparents of my colleague Meaghan Peuramäki-Brown lived since 1924. This work will be the Canadian part of our cross-Atlantic co-operation: in tandem with the fieldwork at the Kainulainen homestead in Tarmola, we will study their ancestral farm in eastern Finland. Material culture approach to recent past historical events can reveal new and unexpected perceptions of seemingly familiar subjects, like everyday lives and foodways, and even such unanticipated issues as folk magic and beliefs, as suggested already by our preliminary work. Besides the archaeological work in Tarmola, I have retraced the travels of famous Finnish archaeologist Sakari Pälsi and his wife across Canada 95 years ago; I have earlier followed Pälsi’s wide-ranging travels in Finland, Russia, and Mongolia. On the trip from Quebec to Vancouver Island and back Pälsi visited Finnish communities and homesteads, logging sites, bush camps, and mines, and documented the lifeways of immigrants and the landscapes that they lived in. Port Arthur, the “great city of Finns”, was one of Pälsi’s main destinations on his journey. I have revisited and re-documented most of the locations along Pälsi’s trail, and also returned his photographs to the local museums along the way. Sakari Pälsi’s insightful ethnographic notes and photographs provide also relevant background material for our multidisciplinary work at the Kainulainen homestead in Tarmola.
Speaker Bio
Oula Seitsonen (Sakarin-Pentin Ilarin Oula) is a chair in Finnish Studies at Lakehead University, 2022‑2023. He is an archaeologist and geographer at the University of Oulu, Finland, and his research interests cover a wide range of themes, both temporally and geographically, from the archaeology of early pastoralism in Fennoscandia (Sápmi), Mongolia, and East Africa, to traces of the 21st-century refugee crises. At Lakehead, he is pursuing a project on the material heritage of Finnish immigrants. Focusing on the 1927 cross-Canada trip of Finnish archaeological pioneer Sakari Pälsi.
Free Museum Admission during the event. Refreshments will be available.

Oxford Historical Society November 2022 Meeting: Life Aboard a Lancaster Bomber in WWII
2022-11-30 18:30 | Woodstock Museum, 466 Dundas Street, Woodstock, ON, N4S 1C4, Canada
John Bullen, from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, will be presenting Life Aboard a Lancaster Bomber in WWII.
This presentation will take place at the Woodstock Museum, NHS. Doors open at 6:30pm and the meeting will start at 6:45pm. This is a free public meeting, all are welcome to attend.

The Historical Society of Ottawa (Virtual): Our Land, Our People: The Algonquins
2022-11-30 19:00 | online
Guest Speaker: Merv Sarazin, Band Councillor, Pikwakanagan First Nation
The Ottawa Valley has been home to the proud Algonquin people for thousands of years. Long before the arrival of Europeans, the Algonquins lived, hunted trapped, fished, socialized, and traded on both sides of the Ottawa River and along its tributaries. Councillor Merv Sarazin, direct descendant of the Grand Chief Constant Pinesi, explores the Algonquin people’s vital connection to this history.
This speaker series presentation will take place on Zoom. Registration: tinyurl.com/HSO-30-Nov-2022

All are welcome to attend without charge.

North Toronto Historical Society (Virtual): Adelaide Street with Marta O'Brien
2022-11-30 19:30 | online
Once home to upscale residences and important public services, Adelaide Street’s buildings later housed light industries such as publishing. There are still examples of the detached and row housing that dominated west of Yonge in the late 1800s. The financial district extends to Adelaide and the condo scene here is ever-changing as architectural historian Marta O’Brien will illustrate.

REGISTER AFTER 1 NOVEMBER
Email membership@northtorontohistoricalsociety.org and we will send you an invitation with details. You can join us on Zoom by internet or phone.

Thunder Bay Museum: PLACES & FACES: Gathering Older Adults’ Stories of Connecting, Belonging, Placemaking in Thunder Bay
2022-12-01 09:30 - 15:30 | Thunder Bay Museum, 425 Donald St E., Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 5V1, Canada
The Thunder Bay Museum and Age BIG invite you to be a volunteer storyteller in our legacy project “PLACES & FACES: Gathering Older Adults’ Stories of Connecting, Belonging, Placemaking in Thunder Bay”.
What is the Project?
We are seeking applications from 7 older adults who want to share a story about a favourite place you sought out during the pandemic or a meaningful place that you enjoy today. Each storyteller will produce a 2-4-minute multimedia video called a digital story.
Our Age BIG team has spearheaded the GIANTs digital project story series. Thunder Bay older adults 58 to 98 created digital stories that have been seen in classrooms and at conferences around the world. To view the GIANTs stories go to http://www.storycentre.ca/giants-thunder-bay
PLACES & FACES storytellers will meet other interesting people and make memories! Your video, with your permission, will be showcased by the Thunder Bay Museum to help others consider seeking out places that help them connect in their community.
You can also participate in this exciting project by submitting a poem, short story (300 words or less) or recipe that speaks to a meaningful place in your life.
What is the focus of PLACES & FACES?
Our goal is for storytellers to focus on unconventional places that have helped you foster a sense of connection and belonging to your community. This project will compile stories that will inspire peers and educate younger people about how to connect focusing on place. With senior’s centers and other facilities closing during the pandemic, we heard many stories about how older adults engaged in placemaking to overcome barriers to social connection, so stories may include places like:
–Online: people who have connected to new friends using technology;
–Grocery store: the solo-living person who engages with shoppers/employees;
–Portable chair: a person who sets up their chair in a park to chat to people;
–Laundry room: the person who strikes up conversation with neighbours in the laundry room in their building;
–Neighbourhood: the neighbour who opened her apartment door to play the piano for her neighbours to listen from their apartments, or a walking route that you discovered in your area;
–Historic places: a building that a person worked in or lived in like the former Eaton’s store, a municipal outdoor pool that you helped to build, or a hospital where your children were born.
What is Placemaking?
Placemaking is often concerned with planning, designing, and managing “public spaces in ways that promote people’s health, happiness, and well-being.” Emerging research is now focusing on placemaking as ways that people “transform physical spaces into socially relevant and meaningful places.” Through this storytelling project, we hope to capture stories that highlight how older adults in Thunder Bay are actively creating and negotiating their sense of place as they age.
What is the goal of PLACES & FACES?
PLACES & FACES is to celebrate and learn from the storytellers by giving you a platform to share. We’ll gather and share your stories to inspire others, young and old alike, to find or create places and connections that matter. We’ll help you ever step of the way but the final story that you choose to share is your story.
What do I do during the Digital Storytelling Workshop?
You’ll attend a 3-day in-person session from December 1 to 3rd at the Thunder Bay Museum, 425 Donald Street East where you will participate in story circles and with the help of our facilitator and fabulous coaches, you will make a personal 3-minute (300 word) video using photos, a script (approximately 250-300 word script), and perhaps music and/or sounds. You do not need to have any computer experience to take part! Meals will be provided. There is no cost to participate.
I’m Interested! Who do I Contact?
Digital story tellers will be chosen from a pool of interested candidates. We will select 7 digital storytellers to participate in the December 1, 2, and 3 creation workshop and at least 10 written stories (300 words or less) and/or poems and or/recipes.
If you have a story to tell, and want to discuss the project, please contact:
Nancy Angus, nancy@agebig.com or 807-627-3564 or Dannielle Pesheau at education@thunderbaymuseum.ca.
To apply, please register at https://thunderbaymuseum1.wildapricot.org/event-5021593.

Streetsville Historical Society: Ted Barris on The Battle of the Atlantic
2022-12-01 19:00 | Streetsville Legion Branch 139, 101 Church Street, Mississauga, Ontario, L5M 1M6, Canada
Ted Barris will be a guest speaker Thursday December 1, 2022 at 7:00 pm upstairs at the Streetsville Legion Branch 139. He will be speaking on his newly published book, The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest battle of WWII and one which involved many Canadian veterans. He says he wrote it while we were all confined by Covid. The last time he spoke at the Legion there was an enthusiastic turnout so we are looking forward to his return. He has been publicly commended by Canadian vets for stressing the accomplishments of Canadians in service. In the 20th century’s greatest war, one battlefield held the key to victory or defeat – the North Atlantic. It took 2,074 days and nights to determine its outcome, but the Battle of the Atlantic proved the turning point of the Second World War.
In 1939, Canada’s navy went to war with exactly 13 warships and about 3,500 sailors. During the desperate Atlantic crossings, the RCN grew to 400 fighting ships and over 100,000 men and women in uniform. By V-E Day in 1945, it had become the 4th largest navy in the world. The Battle of the Atlantic proved to be Canada’s longest continuous military engagement of the war. The story of Canada’s naval awakening in the bloody battle to get convoys to Britain, is a Canadian wartime saga for the ages. Ted Barris has published 19 non-fiction books, half of them wartime histories. His book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story won the 2014 Libris Award as Best Non-Fiction Book in Canada. His book Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany received the 2019 NORAD Trophy from the RCAF Association. And his book Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire was listed for the 2020 Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction in Canada. Battle of the Atlantic: Gauntlet to Victory is Ted’s 20th published non-fiction book.
For information call 905-826-7198 or 905-814-5958
Refreshments Served
All are welcome, free of charge

West Toronto Junction Historical Society (Virtual): Researching the History of Your House at the City of Toronto Archives
2022-12-01 19:00 | online
Please Note: This event will be on Zoom, not in person. It is open to the public but advance signup is required as follows:
— Click on this link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqdOqsqT4vHtyZlBpj2dSw2Jfta7kSmo0l
— Provide your name and email address on the registration page
— You will receive a confirmation email from Zoom (on our behalf) with information about joining the meeting on December 1st. Please do not share this information
— Zoom login information (including passcodes) will NOT be posted on Facebook or on this website.
Is there something unique about your home or neighbourhood that you’ve always been curious about? How old is my home? Who lived there in the past? Jessica Algie, from the City of Toronto Archives, will show you, step by step, how to research a Toronto property using archival collections including fire insurance maps, city directories, historic photographs and tax assessment rolls. Join Jessica on a journey to uncover the story of two special homes in the West Toronto Junction neighbourhood.
More information here: https://wtjhs.ca/

Town of York Historical Society (In-Person and Virtual): "Death or Canada: The Irish Famine Migration to Canada, 1847" with Dr. Mark G. McGowan
2022-12-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Toronto’s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 1N1, Canada
We are thrilled to announce the speakers and dates for the Town of York Historical Society’s “Annual Author Series”! Presentations will begin promptly at 7pm and will be followed by a short question and answer period. This year, you have the option between joining us via Zoom or in-person.
About this event:
Dr. Mark G. McGowan will speak about his most recently published book, Death or Canada: The Irish Famine Migration to Canada, 1847, and his exploration of this migration’s impact on Toronto.
“Historian Mark McGowan delves beneath the surface of statistics and brings to light the stories of men and women who had to face a desperate choice: almost certain death from starvation in Ireland, or a perilous sea voyage to a faraway place called Canada.”
About the Author:
Mark G McGowan is a Full Professor of History & Celtic Studies at the University of Toronto. From 2002-2011 and from 2020-2022 he served as Principal and Vice-President of the University of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous award-winning books and articles on the Catholic Church in Canada and on Irish migration to North America. His most recent work focuses on 1,700 Irish Famine orphans who were received in Canada in 1847-1848. Mark is the recipient of four university teaching awards.
