Celebrate Toronto's 188th birthday! Join us as we gather to celebrate the 188th anniversary of Toronto’s incorporation as a city. Featuring presentations by: DON LOUCKS! Don Loucks is an architect, urban designer, and cultural heritage planner, with forty years of project experience. He is committed to environmental, economic, and cultural sustainability, and to preserving the variety...
CFHA's biweekly winter and spring lecture series based on Quakerism in the Atlantic World, 1690-1830 The Canadian Friends Historical Association is excited to announce our lecture series by the chapter authors of Quakerism in the Atlantic World, 1690-1830 (Penn State University Press, 2021. The virtual series begins Saturday, January 15th, and will run every second Saturday. All...
INSTRUCTOR: SIMONE GERES Simone Geres has had a life long love for the arts. She has a B.A.in Fine Arts from Alexandria University (Egypt), Painting Section. She is the founder of Simone’s Academy and serves as director/instructor. Over the past four years she has taught 1493 students in one-on-one classes and 375 group classes. THREE-SESSION...
Speaker: Michael Chappell Michael Chappell is a Civil Engineering Technologist and Occupational Health and Safety expert who in 2021 helped mobilize citizens to save the historic Old Stone Mill House in Lakefield. A demolition permit already having been issued by the Township of Selwyn and an outside buyer having made an offer on condition of...
The NYHS is pleased to welcome Brian Weller on March 16, 2022 at 7 pm who will be presenting the Thompson Pioneer Family, beginning with the arrival of William John from Inverness, Scotland in 1830….and what effect the Family had on Willowdale! Grandson of Wesley Thompson who was willed the Thompson Family Farm in 1948,...
