The Ontario Historical Society

Myseum of Toronto Presents "Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth in the GTA (Part Two)"
2021-03-18 19:00 - 20:15 (America/Toronto) | online
Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth in the GTA is a two-part online storytelling event series exploring the past and present experiences of disabled and chronically ill youth growing up in Toronto. Featuring personal narratives and artwork, this program is a space for recognition, solidarity, and celebration, exploring how the landscape for disabled youth has shifted over time.
For more information please visit this website: http://www.myseumoftoronto.com/programming/making-space-stories-of-disabled-youth-part-two/

Peterborough Historical Society March 2021 Talk
2021-03-16 | online
PHS Monthly Meetings and Speakers Program go Virtual
In face of the challenges and continued risks of resuming on-site monthly meetings, we have decided instead to produce monthly virtual PHS Talks that may be viewed on the YouTube channel of Hutchison House Museum. The plan is to schedule them to be posted on the third Tuesday of the month, the traditional date of the regular monthly meetings. Notices of the talks will be publicized in the usual manner, including on this webpage.
March 2021: Dennis Carter-Edwards, “The Peterborough County House of Refuge: Caring for the Elderly Poor 1907-1921”

Myseum of Toronto Presents "Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth in the GTA (Part One)"
2021-03-11 19:00 - 20:15 | online
Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth in the GTA is a two-part online storytelling event series exploring the past and present experiences of disabled and chronically ill youth growing up in Toronto. Featuring personal narratives and artwork, this program is a space for recognition, solidarity, and celebration, exploring how the landscape for disabled youth has shifted over time.
For more information please visit this website: http://www.myseumoftoronto.com/programming/making-space-stories-of-disabled-youth-part-one/

Friends of Wesleyville Village 2020 AGM
2021-03-11 19:00 | online

Town of York Historical Society: The Old Town Revue: A Love Letter to Toronto
2021-03-06 19:30 - 21:00 | online
Gather online to celebrate Toronto’s 187th birthday with an ode to our wonderful city!
Emceed by popular local historian Bruce Bell, the evening will be in the form of a revue with a top-notch array of entertainers all coming together to celebrate our city.
Please see this website for further details: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-old-town-revue-a-love-letter-to-toronto-tickets-137865979857.

Kingston Historical Society Presents Marc Seguin: "The Lighthouses of Kingston: Guiding Ships through the Graveyard of Lake Ontario, 1828 to 1914"
2021-03-03 19:00 | online
Throughout the 19th century, Kingston was the most important shipping port on the Great Lakes and ships sailing to or from Lake Ontario had to navigate through some of the world’s most dangerous waters, an area that became known as “the graveyard of Lake Ontario.” Over the course of 85 years, more than 45 lighthouses were built on the Canadian side of eastern Lake Ontario. These aids to navigation contributed immeasurably to the prosperity of Kingston and to the economic development of Canada. This talk is drawn from the speaker’s book For Want of a Lighthouse: Guiding Ships Through the Graveyard of Lake Ontario.
Marc Seguin brings his lifelong interest in history together with a passion for Canada’s built heritage to this talk on the early lighthouses of Kingston and eastern Lake Ontario. Marc holds a degree in history from the University of Western Ontario and is a founding member of the lighthouse preservation organization “Save Our Lighthouses.” He has authored two books focusing on Lake Ontario: For Want of a Lighthouse: Guiding Ships through the Graveyard of Lake Ontario & The Cruise of The Breeze: The Journal and Life of a Victorian Soldier in Canada. Marc lives on the shores of Wellers Bay in Prince Edward County with his wife and two sons. Please visit his website at ontariohistory.ca.
To register, and to receive all the details of how to connect, please email Paul van Nest at pvannest@cogeco.ca.

Myseum of Toronto Presents "Beyond Just Words: A Land Acknowledgement Workshop"
2021-02-25 19:00 - 21:15 | online
A participatory workshop that explores our relationship(s) to land acknowledgements and re-evaluates how we can make them more meaningful.
You’ve heard them before. From attending an event in the city, or hearing one online you hear: “Welcome, thank you for coming”, a brief land acknowledgement read from their phone is recited for the one hundredth time, and finally housekeeping notes before the event begins. And while what land acknowledgements represent are beyond important, they can often feel impersonal and superficial.
Join facilitators Leslie McCue and Lindy Kinoshameg for this virtual “hands on” participatory workshop where you will learn:
The history of agreements and treaties that were made and broken.

Pronunciations of Nations.
Examining who you are, and your relationship with the land that sustains you.
You will have the opportunity to work independently and in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms) to explore, research, and develop a more meaningful connection when you are acknowledging and caring for this land.

This workshop aims to not only help you look beyond your current relationship with land acknowledgements, but realize deeper possibilities for them; enhancing your appreciation for and understanding of Indigenous histories and cultures.
While this workshop provides some necessary knowledge and resources, it is intended to be an entry point into lifelong learning.
For more information, please visit this website: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-just-words-a-land-acknowledgement-workshop-tickets-141885269661.

Bruce County Historical Society Presents "British Home Children: Sharing the Stories"
2021-02-25 19:00 | online

Thunder Bay Museum Presents "Black Business: An Evening with Local Black Women that are Leaders in Business"
2021-02-23 19:30 | online
Free Public Lecture – The Caribbean African Multicultural Association of Thunder Bay (CAMAT) Presents Black Business: An Evening with Local Black Women that are leaders in Business
Free to view and will be recorded and posted to the Thunder Bay Museum’s YouTube at a later date.
Please join us with our partners from the Caribbean African Multicultural Association of Thunder Bay (CAMAT) for a Free Public Lecture featuring a panel of local black women that are leaders in business.
Panelists:

Annette Pateman – Local Author
Shannon Skinner – Co-owner of Salonki Salon & Ethnic Beauty Supply
Sharon Bon – Owner of Dame Mas Dance Dance Studio
Annissea Hopkins – Co-Owner of Superior Hearing
Liliane Honorine Breiland – Owner of The African Boutique Thunder Bay

This lecture session is part of a the Society’s long tradition of holding free public lectures. Talks on a wide range of topics are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum from September to April. When the lectures are able to be held in person light refreshments are served after the speaker’s presentation.
2020-2021 Thunder Bay Museum lecture series is sponsored by the Lakehead University Department of History.

Kingston Historical Society Presents Victoria Cosby: "Kingston through Her Eyes: Harriett Dobbs Cartwright and Her Adopted Home"
2021-02-17 19:00 | online
Harriett Dobbs Cartwright emigrated from Dublin. Ireland to Upper Canada upon her marriage to Anglican minister Robert David Cartwright in 1832. Her voluminous correspondence chronicles her active engagement in the local affairs of her new ‘home’ in the colony of Upper Canada: as a wife, as a mother, and as a social activist. Cartwright played an incredibly important role in Kingston’s upper class community. She volunteered in the Female Benevolent Society and Orphans’ and Widows’ Friend Society, through which she contributed to the establishment of such major Kingston institutions as Kingston General Hospital, St. George’s Anglican Church, the Kingston Penitentiary, and Rockwood Asylum for the Insane. Harriett Dobbs Cartwright’s contributions to the community have had a lasting impact on the city of Kingston as we know it today.
Victoria Crosby is a fourth year doctoral student in the Queen’s History Department. Her research interests include nineteenth-century Canadian women, the British World, as well as gender and sexuality studies. She is currently working on a biography of Harriett Dobbs Cartwright.
To register, and to receive all the details of how to connect, please email Paul van Nest at pvannest@cogeco.ca.

Peterborough Historical Society February 2021 Talk
2021-02-16 | online
PHS Monthly Meetings and Speakers Program go Virtual
In face of the challenges and continued risks of resuming on-site monthly meetings, we have decided instead to produce monthly virtual PHS Talks that may be viewed on the YouTube channel of Hutchison House Museum. The plan is to schedule them to be posted on the third Tuesday of the month, the traditional date of the regular monthly meetings. Notices of the talks will be publicized in the usual manner, including on this webpage.
February 2021: Erin Panepinto, “‘These are a Few of My Favourite Things’: An Inside Look at Select Artifacts from the Hutchinson House Collection”

Ontario Black History Society: 2021 Black History Month Kick-Off - History…Who We Are!
2021-01-31 13:00 - 14:30 | online
Join us as we Kick-Off Black History month virtually on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 1pmEST. History…Who We Are!
About this Event
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained the heritage sector, including the OBHS. Additionally, the Black community has been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. With these unprecedented events happening simultaneously with the global reckoning of anti-Black racism sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s even more important to know HISTORY!
This history continues, from the past to the present, even amidst a pandemic. History anchors us, especially during times like this.
Join us as we feature community recognition profiles, Black history, entertainment, museum tours and so much more.
History…Who We Are!
Lead Sponsor TD Bank
Take a look back at the 2020 Black History Month Kick-Off Brunch https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/debriefing-the-ontario-black-history-society-kick-off-brunch/

Catharine Parr Traill on Enjoying and Surviving a Canadian Winter
2021-01-21 19:30 - 21:00 | online
Catharine Parr Traill’s genteel life in England did not prepare her at all for life on the frontier in Ontario in the mid-1800s. But one of the ways she found to support her family in her new world was to write about her experience for other immigrants. Her writings both public and private deal with the many joys and tribulations of the wintery backwoods in early Canada.
Traill had practical advice for her readers, from maintaining a yeast supply to choosing a parlour stove to sewing a warm cloak. She revealed much about bottling, pickling, smoking and hunting foods for the mid-nineteenth century pantry, then making winter meals. Her how-to advice benefited many immigrants unprepared for the cold and ice, as she had been once unprepared, but she also came to love the sparkling snow in her Canadian wilderness.
Fiona Lucas, who with Nathalie Cooke, co-edited Catharine Parr Traill’s Female Emigrant’s Guide: Cooking with a Canadian Classic (2017), speaks knowledgeably and entertainingly on Traill’s experience and writings. Her half hour presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Kingston Historical Society Presents Dr. Tim Cook: "Forgetting, Remembering and Remaking Canada's Second World War"
2021-01-20 19:00 | online
In this lecture, best-selling author Tim Cook will talk about his book, The Fight for History, and will discuss the strange way that Canada chose to ignore for decades its epic contributions during the Second World War. Despite 1.1 million Canadians who served in uniform, and millions more who supported the total war effort from the home front, Canada rapidly left the war behind, publishing few histories, building fewer monuments, and advancing into the prosperous second half of the twentieth century, Dr. Cook will talk about the neglect of our Second World War history until quite recently, and highlight the key role of veterans in reclaiming this important legacy of service and sacrifice.
Dr. Cook is the acting director of historical research at the Canadian War Museum. He was the curator of the museum’s First World War permanent gallery and he has curated numerous temporary, travelling and digital exhibitions. Cook is the author or editor of 13 books and they have won the C.P. Stacey Prize for Military History (twice), the Ottawa Book Prize (three times), the RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, and the L.W. Dafoe Book Prize (twice). In 2012, Dr. Cook was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to Canadian history and in 2013 the Governor-General’s History Prize. He is a frequent commentator in the media, a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Member of the Order of Canada.
To register, and to receive all the details of how to connect, please email Paul van Nest at pvannest@cogeco.ca.

CBHA Talk: Professor Brian Gettler, "Unmaking the Made Beaver: Money and Monopoly in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fur Trade"
2021-01-20 17:30 - 18:00 | online
Professor Brian Gettler, “Unmaking the Made Beaver: Money and Monopoly in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fur Trade”
Brian Gettler is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto.
His several articles and book chapters focus on the political and socioeconomic history of colonialism in Quebec and Canada. Brian’s new book, Colonialism’s Currency: Money, State, and First Nations in Canada, 1820-1950, analyzes the distinct experiences of three First Nations alongside the monetary dimensions of British and Canadian Indian policy and corporate policy in the fur trade. Rather than focusing on the perhaps obvious ways in which wealth shaped politics, it concentrates on money as both a symbol around which discourses of appropriate behaviour were articulated and as a concrete tool in the governance of peoples and lands.
His current research explores public finance and Crown-First Nations fiscal relations as well as Indigenous participation in the credit economy of the St. Lawrence Valley, both in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Attendees will need to register to attend. Participants can attend the AGM and/or the CBHA/ACHA Talks presentation. All registered participants will be given login information on January 19th.

Peterborough Historical Society January 2021 Talk
2021-01-19 | online
PHS Monthly Meetings and Speakers Program go Virtual
In face of the challenges and continued risks of resuming on-site monthly meetings, we have decided instead to produce monthly virtual PHS Talks that may be viewed on the YouTube channel of Hutchison House Museum. The plan is to schedule them to be posted on the third Tuesday of the month, the traditional date of the regular monthly meetings. Notices of the talks will be publicized in the usual manner, including on this webpage.
January 2021: Robert Ganton Clarke, “‘Packed to the Doors’: The Electric City Goes to the Movies”

Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation "Opening the Schoolhouse to All" Online Lecture Series: 4 of 4
2021-01-19 | online
Lecture 4: Does Liberal Education Matter in the 21st Century?
The final session (January 19), turns to higher education, and asks “Does Liberal Education Matter in the 21st Century?” Lorna Marsden, former President of York University, is joined on the panel by Paul Gooch, past president of Victoria University in the University of Toronto and author of Course Correction: A Map for the Distracted University; the University of Waterloo’s Ian Milligan, author of History in the Age of Abundance? How the Web is Transforming Historical Research; and Qiang Zha, York University professor, and co-editor of International Status Anxiety and Higher Education: The Soviet Legacy in China and Russia.

By law and custom, everyone in Canada attends school. Some two-thirds of Canadians have been to college or university, among the highest participation rates in the world. Yet the achievement of full and equal access to schooling is an ongoing and unfinished project.
How has the pursuit of wider educational opportunity evolved historically? How do educational experiences educational vary by race, gender, neighbourhoods, and special needs? What kinds of teaching and learning will best serve individuals and communities in the years ahead? How is the COVID-19 affecting access to schools and the experiences of students, teachers, and families?
These and other questions will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
Speakers include academics, teachers, and community leaders whose work, writing, and public engagement have enhanced our understanding of the schooling world.
Through provocative questions and informed discussion, the series will probe the achievements, limitations and prospects of schooling and higher education in disquieting times.
Contacts:

Paul Axelrod, series co-coordinator paxelrod@edu.yorku.ca
Miriah Bough, Enoch Turner Foundation

Stay tuned for information on how to register for this free series.

Forgotten Squadron: The Royal Navy on Lake Ontario During the War of 1812
2021-01-14 19:00 - 20:30 | online
“Enemy in Sight!”, Print by Peter Rindlisbacher.
About this Event
Join us on January 14th for an evening with Gurth Pretty, Director of the HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society. In this virtual presentation, travel back in time to 1812 to when a battle was raging in a war that would shape our history. Far from the eyes of Upper Canadian residents on shore, the Royal Navy was performing a vital role in defending the colony from the Americans. Discover the actions of the officers and seamen that crewed the vessels of Lake Ontario’s naval squadron.
How to attend:
This is a virtual event. Registration is required as space is limited. Details on how to join are included in the confirmation email. Participants can attend via computer, tablet, smartphone or dial-in via phone.
About the HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society:
The HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society is a labour of passion and love in exploring and preserving the history of traditional maritime skills in Canada, prior to Confederation. The organization promotes historic interpretation of traditional maritime activities as well as teamwork, safe boating, and fun. Many of our activities revolve around the sailing and maintenance of our replica, late 18th century, Royal Navy longboat. HMS Psyche C.M.H.S. is open to anyone interested in boating, sailing, rowing, and/or naval re-enactment. Join us for adventure and fun!
The Port Credit-based Society is a registered not-for-profit corporation with Corporations Canada. Find out more here.

Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation "Opening the Schoolhouse to All" Online Lecture Series: 3 of 4
2021-01-12 | online
Lecture 3: Doing the Right Thing: Disability, Autism and Special Education
The third Session (January 12, 2021), is entitled: Doing the Right Thing: Disability, Autism and Special Education. Panelists include University of British Columbia Professor, Jason Ellis, author of A Class By Themselves: The Origins of Special Education in Toronto and Beyond; Natalie Spagnuolo from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, and co-founder of Memory Witness and Hope: Sharing Stories About Surviving Institutions; Gillian Parekh, Canada Research Chair: Inclusion, Disability and Education at York University; and Margaret Spoelstra, President of Autism Ontario.

By law and custom, everyone in Canada attends school. Some two-thirds of Canadians have been to college or university, among the highest participation rates in the world. Yet the achievement of full and equal access to schooling is an ongoing and unfinished project.
How has the pursuit of wider educational opportunity evolved historically? How do educational experiences educational vary by race, gender, neighbourhoods, and special needs? What kinds of teaching and learning will best serve individuals and communities in the years ahead? How is the COVID-19 affecting access to schools and the experiences of students, teachers, and families?
These and other questions will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
Speakers include academics, teachers, and community leaders whose work, writing, and public engagement have enhanced our understanding of the schooling world.
Through provocative questions and informed discussion, the series will probe the achievements, limitations and prospects of schooling and higher education in disquieting times.
Contacts:

Paul Axelrod, series co-coordinator paxelrod@edu.yorku.ca
Miriah Bough, Enoch Turner Foundation

Stay tuned for information on how to register for this free series.

Christmas in the Town of York 2020
2020-12-17 19:00 - 20:30 | online
Join us on December 17th for a festive evening as we learn about the Christmas traditions of days gone by!
About this Event:
Many of us who celebrate Christmas have traditions that we feel are steeped and time honoured. But most of them aren’t as old as we might think. Hardly any of the Christmas traditions that we know today were widely celebrated when the Town of York was founded back in 1793, and can instead be dated to the Victorian era. But we’ll also look back at a time, before the Town of York even started, that Christmas was outlawed and celebrating it was illegal. Whether you’re passionate about putting up the Christmas decorations, or like to channel your inner Scrooge, you’ll be sure to find something of interest in this presentation!
About the Speaker:
Richard Fiennes-Clinton has been involved in the local Toronto historical community for over 30 years. He gives walking tours all across Toronto, but has also organized a lot of archival material, which he uses to give illustrated talks on more than 200 years of Toronto history. He is also the author of a book called Muddy York – A History of Toronto Until 1834, copies of which are available for purchase at Toronto’s First Post Office.

Virtual Workshop: Baking for the Victorian Christmas Table - Plum Pudding & Mincemeat Tarts!
2020-12-10 19:30 - 21:00 | online
Historic cook Sherry Murphy demonstrates Victorian Christmas plum pudding & mincemeat tarts, with Q&A to follow. Recipe booklet included.

About this Event
Culinary Historians of Canada’s 5th annual Baking for the Victorian Christmas Table is going digital this year! This Christmas baking workshop features CHC’s star baker and historic cook, Sherry Murphy. She’ll be demonstrating recipes for traditional plum pudding and mincemeat tarts from Eliza Acton’s Modern Cookery for Private Families, a cookbook that was current during the Victorian period (1837–1901), all made over the open hearth in the historic kitchen at Montgomery’s Inn in Etobicoke, Ontario.
This virtual workshop will include a beautifully filmed recording of Sherry and her assistant Pat Currie demonstrating both recipes, along with an introduction to Montgomery’s Inn. A live question and answer period with Sherry will follow the video presentation. A booklet of 12 Victorian recipes will be available for participants to download and save. In addition, participants will have access to the workshop video for one month following the event.

Town of York Historical Society 2020 AGM with Adam Bunch
2020-12-03 19:00 - 21:00 | online
Join us VIRTUALLY on December 3rd for our annual AGM!
About this Event
The Town of York Historical Society will hold its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, December 3rd online via ZOOM. Following the business meeting, there will be a special talk by guest speaker Adam Bunch on his new (and much anticipated) book The Toronto Book of Love.
The Toronto Book of Love brings the history of the city to life with fascinating true tales of romance, marriage and passion — from the scandalous love affairs of the city’s early settlers to the prime minister’s wife partying with rock stars on her anniversary. The talk will share a few stories from the book as well as exploring the evolution of Toronto’s ever-changing attitudes toward love.
FREE for TYHS members, $10 for non-members.
About Adam Bunch:
Adam Bunch is the author of The Toronto Book of the Dead, the creator of The Toronto Dreams Project, and the host of the Canadiana documentary series. He’s spoken at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the University of Toronto among other places; his historical writing has appeared in Spacing Magazine, The Huffington Post and Torontoist; and his work has earned an honourable mention for a Governor General’s History Award.

All are welcome 🌈 but space is limited. Please RSVP!

Scarborough Historical Society 2020 AGM and November Program
2020-11-24 19:30 - 20:30 | Bendale Branch, Toronto Public Library, 1515 Danforth Rd., Scarborough, Ontario, M1J 1H5, Canada
Annual General Meeting (followed by)
“Liberation of Holland – Canadians from D-Day to VE-Day”
Douglas Phillips, guest speaker

Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation "Opening the Schoolhouse to All" Online Lecture Series: 2 of 4
2020-11-24 | online
Lecture 2: Are We Moving Closer to Gender Equity in Education?
Session Two (November 24) asks “Are We Moving Closer to Gender Equity in Education?” Former Premier and Minister of Education, Kathleen Wynne, will be joined on the panel by University of Waterloo Professor Kristina Llewellyn, author of Democracy’s Angels: The Work of Women Teachers; Elizabeth Smyth, from OISE/University of Toronto, co-editor of Women Educators, Leaders and Activists; and Toronto teacher Sachin Maharaj, a Toronto Star contributing columnist.

By law and custom, everyone in Canada attends school. Some two-thirds of Canadians have been to college or university, among the highest participation rates in the world. Yet the achievement of full and equal access to schooling is an ongoing and unfinished project.
How has the pursuit of wider educational opportunity evolved historically? How do educational experiences educational vary by race, gender, neighbourhoods, and special needs? What kinds of teaching and learning will best serve individuals and communities in the years ahead? How is the COVID-19 affecting access to schools and the experiences of students, teachers, and families?
These and other questions will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
Speakers include academics, teachers, and community leaders whose work, writing, and public engagement have enhanced our understanding of the schooling world.
Through provocative questions and informed discussion, the series will probe the achievements, limitations and prospects of schooling and higher education in disquieting times.
Contacts:

Paul Axelrod, series co-coordinator paxelrod@edu.yorku.ca
Miriah Bough, Enoch Turner Foundation

Stay tuned for information on how to register for this free series.

Ontario Barn Preservation Online Presentation: An Evening with Cathy Johnston Walton and her Book Vanishing Barns
2020-11-18 19:00 - 20:30 | online
Join us for a live chat with Cathy Walton she shares her experiences with writing her book Vanishing Barns: Remembering the Gentle Giants.
Vanishing Barns is a beautifully illustrated book of black and white photographs. It unearths rich stories of rural life in southern Ontario as told by family members. Each of the 162 barns recorded includes photos both recent and historical, genealogy beginning around 1880, barn dimensions and water sources. Other articles of interest include barn tools, petitioning for Crown land, a contract for building a 1904 barn and an 1875 mortgage sale poster.
When she was only two, Cathy cried “cow…pig…horse!” when she had to leave the farm that soon after became her family’s home. Retiring from teaching Cathy’s attention was drawn to the silent disappearance of barns. Making a record of the ones that were left became a passion.
This is a by donation event for the non-OBP-members, and free for our members.
Date: November 18, 2020 at 7PM
Where: online via Zoom video OR via phone in
How: You can get tickets by registering at Eventbrite and the attendance links and info will be sent to you. Or consider joining with a membership and receive a free ticket and other benefits as you support our organization!

Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation "Opening the Schoolhouse to All" Online Lecture Series: 1 of 4
2020-11-17 | online
Lecture 1: The Promise of Equity: Race, Multiculturalism, and First Nations Education
The first session (November 17) explores The Promise of Equity: Race, Multiculturalism, and First Nations Education, and features panelists: Carl James, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University; Natasha Henry, President of the Ontario Black History Society; University of Toronto’s, Rob Vipond, author of Making a Global City: How One School Embraced Diversity; and Ryerson University historian, Ian Mosby, a specialist in the study of indigenous health and the politics of settler colonialism.

By law and custom, everyone in Canada attends school. Some two-thirds of Canadians have been to college or university, among the highest participation rates in the world. Yet the achievement of full and equal access to schooling is an ongoing and unfinished project.
How has the pursuit of wider educational opportunity evolved historically? How do educational experiences educational vary by race, gender, neighbourhoods, and special needs? What kinds of teaching and learning will best serve individuals and communities in the years ahead? How is the COVID-19 affecting access to schools and the experiences of students, teachers, and families?
These and other questions will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
Speakers include academics, teachers, and community leaders whose work, writing, and public engagement have enhanced our understanding of the schooling world.
Through provocative questions and informed discussion, the series will probe the achievements, limitations and prospects of schooling and higher education in disquieting times.
Contacts:

Paul Axelrod, series co-coordinator paxelrod@edu.yorku.ca
Miriah Bough, Enoch Turner Foundation

Stay tuned for information on how to register for this free series.

Esquesing HS November 2020 Meeting: Memorials to Military Service
2020-11-11 19:30 | Knox Presbyterian Church, 116 Main St. S., Georgetown, ON, L7G 3E6, Canada
Richard Ruggle, local historian, will attend our Remembrance Day meeting to share with us examples and stories connected with the memorials dedicated to those in our military who served our country.

Digital Panel Presentation, Home and Away: Sarnia-Lambton at War
2020-11-11 19:00 - 20:00 | online
Join Heritage Sarnia-Lambton on Wednesday, November 11 for the digital panel presentation Home and Away: Sarnia-Lambton at War.
In this third digital panel presentation, heritage professionals from across Lambton County will be recognizing our war veterans. Join us as we discuss the incredible stories about the sacrifices that were made by our military overseas, as well as the contributions of brave, local men and women on the home front. This presentation is a great opportunity to participate in a virtual celebration of our men and women in the military this Remembrance Day.
“Participants will hear stories and discussions that provide a local context and connection to historical events,” said Dana Thorne, Curator/Supervisor, Lambton Heritage Museum, who will also be moderating the event. “We will learn about five men from Plympton-Wyoming who died in the last 100 days of WWI, fundraising efforts in Arkona by the local women’s institute and the Red Cross, Imperial Oil’s contributions to WWII, the role of Lambton County’s regimental bands and more.”
The presentation will be held on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 from 7 – 8 p.m., and pre-registration is required online through Zoom.
Panelists include: Erin Dee-Richard, Oil Museum of Canada; Nicole Aszalos, Lambton County Archives; Laurie Mason, Moore Museum; Kailyn Shepley, Sombra Museum; Glenn Stott, Arkona-Lions Museum; Gord Mackenzie, Plympton-Wyoming Museum; and David McLean, Forest Museum.
If you are unable to attend the live event, the panel presentation will be recorded and available to view on the Lambton County Archives YouTube channel and the Heritage Sarnia-Lambton website.

Coptic Museum of Canada 2020 Annual Coptic Studies Symposium
2020-10-31 09:00 - 15:00 | online

CBHA/ACHA Talks Presents Pandemics and Business (History): Lessons from the Past
2020-10-30 14:00 - 15:00 | online
The 1918-20 influenza pandemic has been cited often as one of the few relatively recent events that is comparable to the current pandemic. Coming between the end of the Great War and the Roaring Twenties, the 1918-20 pandemic had a profound impact upon a generation of Canadians already scarred by the trauma of war. What lessons can we learn from this earlier episode that might provide clues as to how our current situation with COVID-19 may develop, not just in terms of the social and political response, but in its impact upon the economy and business?
Bringing medical, social and business history together, join us for a discussion with Professors Magda Fahrni of the Université du Québec à Montréal, Dimitry Anastakis from the University of Toronto and James Onusko from Northern Lakes College on what the pandemics of the past can tell us about how the economy and business are shaped by major health crises.
