Rick Barrett: History of the OFD 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
