The Ontario Historical Society

Canada Black Music Archives - The Little Jamaica Music History Walking Tour
2025-08-03 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-07 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
The highly anticipated Little Jamaica Music History Walking Tour is back in action! This unique and immersive look at Eglinton West’s cultural district dives into music landmarks and figures that helped create the ‘Toronto sound’.
The Canada Black Music Archives (CBMA) is pleased to announce a special addition to the 2025 season. The tour will now conclude at Monica’s Gallery with an exciting performance piece by local talents and a specially curated exhibit featuring vinyl’s, CDs, magazines, and flyers.
Performers slated so far include international reggae star, Papa Levy (July 13th); the bilingual reggae fusion stylings of Dahlia Anderson (July 27th) ; educator and pannist, Pat McNeilly, aka Panman Pat (August 1st), and former lead singer for the Arsenals, Dave Vassell, aka Comfort (August 3rd).
Don’t miss your chance to witness living history. Join the CBMA this summer and feel the beat of Little Jamaica!
This year’s remaining dates are July 13th & 27th, August 1st, 3rd & 17th, and September 7th & 21st.
To sign-up or learn more visit our website.

Historical Society of Ottawa - Museum Club Event: Cumberland Heritage Village Museum
2025-08-03 13:00 - 17:00 | Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, 2940 Old Montreal Road, Cumberland, ON, K4C 1G3, Canada
Join us for a special afternoon, mingling with fellow members and exploring this fascinating historic village — stepping back in time to the 1920s and 1930s.
Adults: $9.14
Seniors (65 and over)/Students (with full-time ID)/Youth (17 and under): $6.47
Children (5 and under): Free
Family (Up to 2 adults, accompanying children from same household): $23.15
All are welcome! Pre-payment not required.
We would appreciate if you would send us an email to let us know that you’ll be joining us: museumclub@historicalsocietyottawa.ca
Transportation not included. Free parking on-site.
Please contact us by July 28. 2025 if interested in participating in carpooling (as driver or passenger).
Canteen and gift shop on-site.
The Cumberland Heritage Village Museum is a living-history museum that showcases life in the 1920s and 30s with dozens of heritage and true-to-the-era reproduction buildings.
Accessibility:
14 exhibition spaces are accessible
Wheelchair available for visitors
Accessible seating available
Bilingual content & staff available
High-contrast and large text signage available.
Directional signage available
Free admission for support person

Nine Ships 1825 - The Story of Peterborough's First Cemetery Downtown Walking Tour
2025-08-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Ontario
This downtown walking tour, led by local historians Elwood Jones and Don Willcock, will tell the story of Peterborough’s first cemetery, which was located in what is now the site of Confederation Park, the Armouries, and the former Peterborough Collegiate. Established in 1825 and used as a cemetery until 1854, the grounds have had a long history which will be highlighted in detail on this tour.

Tickets to this tour cost $20 each and can be purchased on Eventbrite. The tour is selling out quickly and will only be run once this year, so we recommend you purchase your tickets soon to avoid disappointment.

NOTE: The tour will run rain or shine so please dress appropriately for the weather. The tour route is on relatively flat ground but requires some walking and standing for long periods of time, so it may not be appropriate for everyone.

Simcoe Day in Toronto
2025-08-04 13:00 - 16:00 | St. Matthew’s Clubhouse, 450 Broadview Ave., Toronto, ON, M4K 2N1, Canada
Join Toronto’s First Post Office, the York Pioneer Historical Society and the Riverdale Historical Society to commemorate Simcoe Day, named in honour of the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and a leader of the early Anti-Slavery movement. Enjoy artefact displays, learn about the early history of our City from local authors and purchase their books, explore the east end on a walking tour, and more!
Attending Authors

Adam Bunch
Richard Fiennes-Clinton
Elizabeth Gillan Muir

Walking Tour Leaders

Bob Georgiou, Castle Frank and the Scadding Estate
Patricia Stowe, Riverside Area and the Development of the Scadding Estate

Special Guest

Adam Waiser, Muddy York Podcast

The event is free admission although registration is encouraged. Sign up for the walking tours will be first come first serve on the day of the event.
Please Note: Some book purchases will be cash only.

Nine Ships 1825 - Teatime Tours
2025-08-04 15:00 - 18:30, 2025-08-08 14:00 - 17:30 | Ontario
Enjoy an afternoon tea and tour in storied Hutchison House, one of Peterborough’s oldest stone buildings. Initially inhabited by the town’s first resident doctor; John Hutchison provided care for some of the Peter Robinson immigrants after their arrival. During the course of this bus tour you’ll also partake in more intriguing visits. Kawartha Ancestral Research Association (KARA) is ‘a genealogy and heritage site for family historians’ researching in the region. While there, you’ll have an opportunity to view KARA’s photography exhibit, Descendants in Our Time, curated for visitors for this Bicentennial year. Trent Valley Archives (TVA) will also welcome the group. TVA is an organization advocating for the preservation and accessibility of historic archives of the region, housing more than 1000 cubic feet of ‘documents relating to the people, events and places connected with the Trent Valley.’ This intriguing afternoon will include a view of the magnificent Peterborough Lift Lock, a National Historic site and part of the Trent Severn Waterway. The Lift Lock represents engineering feats of the early 20th century, as well as the immense grit of those who took part in its construction, including grandchildren of the Peter Robinson Emigrants.
Good to Know: This bus tour requires ticket purchase in advance and is subject to availability. Tickets include transportation from Market Hall and return to Holiday Inn, entrance to museum and archives visit and a light afternoon tea-time fare. Please Note: you can visit these locations independently during your stay. Please visit their websites directly or refer to the Multi-Day & All-Week Activities listed at www.nineships1825.com for more details.

Toronto Branch OGS - The Toronto History Lecture "Toronto’s Streetcars – How the Past Shapes the Present"
2025-08-05 19:00 | online
The Toronto History Lecture was inaugurated in 2011 in memory of well-known local and family historian Paul McGrath and his love for telling people about Toronto and its past. Toronto Branch assumed responsibility for the lecture series in 2012, ensuring that it will continue as an annual event for years to come. It is free to attend and open to the public.
Speakers: Brian and Michael Doucet
Online via Zoom. August 5 at 7:00 pm
Toronto’s streetcars are an icon of the city and one of Canada’s busiest transit networks. Since the 1960s, the city has been home to North America’s largest streetcar system. Both today’s streetcar network and the wider city in which they run are heavily influenced by 150 years of transit and transportation history. The creation of the Toronto Transit Commission in 1921 was one of the first examples of a municipally owned transit system and the investments the TTC made throughout the 1920s created a state-of-the-art network that extended service into new suburbs.
Presenters Brian and Michael Doucet will weave the story of the streetcars with one of an ascendant city which transformed over the past 75 years from a modest, predominantly British and provincial city, to Canada’s leading metropolis and one of the world’s most multicultural cities. The streetcars have shaped many neighbourhoods and have ensured that they have remained connected and liveable places. Today, as a new generation of light rail transit lines is being developed, this connectivity also shapes a new geography of inequality, with streetcar lines anchoring waves of new investment and gentrification.
Head and shoulders photo of speakers Michael and Brian Doucet with iron gridwork of the Bathurst Street bridge in the backgroundDr. Brian Doucet and Dr. Michael Doucet are a father-son team of academics who have spent their careers researching cities and urban change. Michael is lifelong Torontonian and an Emeritus Professor of Geography who spent his career at Ryerson (now Toronto Metropolitan University). Son Brian is an Associate Professor of Planning at the University of Waterloo and one of Canada’s leading housing experts.
The Toronto History Lecture is free to attend. Please click here to register in advance.

La Société d'histoire de Toronto HISTORITOUR - Harbourfront ouest – Partie 1 - 6 août 2025 à 18h30
2025-08-06 18:30 | Ontario
En partenariat avec Lost Rivers
Harbourfront ouest – Partie 1
Le mercredi 6 août 2025 à 18h30
Départ: Le quai Spadina, à l’angle sud-ouest de l’avenue Spadina et Queen’s Quay, devant le marais.
Arrivée: À l’intersection des rues Bathurst et Queen’s Quay.
Guide: Paul Overy
Cette marche sur le bord du lac nous permettra de découvrir comment cette partie du bord du lac a été aménagée dans ce qui était un espace industriel désolé depuis des décennies. Nous marcherons du quai Spadina vers l’ouest jusqu’à l’aéroport Billy Bishop, en explorant des espaces naturels, artistiques, bâtis et historiques inspirants et importants. Cette visite se poursuivra le 14 août jusqu’au parc de la Coronation.
Habillez-vous en fonction de la météo, sachant que le bord du lac peut être plus venteux et frais que dans le centre-ville. En TTC : Le tramway 509 Harbourfront ou 510 Spadina. En voiture, stationnement public au coin nord-ouest des rues Rees et Queen’s Quay. Visite sur des sentiers bétonnés et largement plats; pas d’escaliers ni d’empêchements conséquents pour personnes en fauteuil roulant ou marchette. Toilettes en cours de chemin.
Historitours 2025 – pas nécessaire de réserver – beau temps, mauvais temps
Nous passerons le chapeau à la fin de la visite
Pour informations: paulovery@sympatico.ca, texto à 647-229-1191 et/ou info@sht.ca

Toronto's First Post Office presents Canada’s 1985-1989 50 cent Parliament Books Presentation
2025-08-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Toronto’s First Post Office, Adelaide Street East 260, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 1N1, Canada
Join guest speaker, Ingo Nessel, FRPSC, FRPSL, Vice-President & Secretary, Executive Director of the Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation, as he explores the history and release of Canada’s 1985-1989 50 cent Parliament Stamp Books. Pre-registration is required and spots are limited!
About Our Speaker:
International exhibitor, author and speaker, Ingo G. Nessel has been collecting stamps since childhood. While growing up in his native Montreal, early collections in the 1950’s were formed from his parents’ origin of Germany, as well as his own roots in Canada. In addition to his home club, the Bramalea Stamp Club, Ingo is Past President of the Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada; a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and the Royal Philatelic Society London.
He is currently Vice President at Vincent Graves Greene Philatelic Research Foundation. His collecting specialties include Hong Kong; Canada’s 1985-1991 50c Parliament Booklets; a topical collection of sheep; Queen Elizabeth stamp and Royal Household mail; and any philatelic stamp or cover that catches his fancy. He considers the acquisition and sharing of philatelic knowledge to be a delightful way to feed his passion for lifelong learning. You can follow him on Instagram @JustBeautifulStamps.

Nine Ships 1825 - Peter Robinson's Peterborough, Downtown Walking Tour
2025-08-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Ontario
This downtown walking tour led by local historians Elwood Jones and Don Willcock will paint a picture of what Peterborough looked like in Peter Robinson’s day, which he referred to as “The Depot” in 1825. The tour will end in the aptly named Peter Robinson Room at Princess Gardens for refreshments.

On Friday, August 1, the tour will also include a stop in Millennium Park to attend the Peterborough Canadian Irish Club’s unveiling of a commemorative plaque in honour of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Peter Robinson Irish emigrants to our region, in combination with the 50th anniversary of the PCIC.

Tickets to both tours cost $20 each and can be purchased on Eventbrite. Click here to purchase tickets to the tour on August 1: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/peter-robinsons-peterborough-walking-tour-tickets-1291580404759?aff=oddtdtcreator and here to purchase tickets to the tour on August 8: www.eventbrite.ca/e/peter-robinsons-peterborough-walking-tour-tickets-1297553319909?aff=oddtdtcreator Both tours are selling out quickly and will only be run twice this year, so we recommend you purchase your tickets soon to avoid disappointment.

NOTE: The tour will run rain or shine so please dress appropriately for the weather. The tour route is on relatively flat ground but requires some walking and standing for long periods of time, so it may not be appropriate for everyone.

Toronto's First Post Annual Summer Walking Tour Series: Uprisings & Upsets: Early Riots
2025-08-08 10:30 - 12:00 | Cathedral of St. James, 106 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2E9
Join our Museum Coordinator as we explore some of the major riots, uprisings, and upsets that occurred in the Town of York and the early City of Toronto throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, and the outcomes that led to lasting societal and political changes.
This tour is part of our Annual Summer Walking Tour Series. It begins on the steps of St. James Cathedral (facing King Street East) and end at Toronto’s First Post Office Museum (260 Adelaide Street East). Tours run rain or shine, and may cover rough ground, so please dress accordingly.
–Please Note–
Information, histories, and stories included our Annual Summer Series may overlap between tours.

Guelph Black Heritage Society - Bloom & Belong Summer Drop-In for BIPOC Youth
2025-08-08 16:30 - 18:30, 2025-08-15 16:30 - 18:30, 2025-08-22 16:30 - 18:30, 2025-08-29 16:30 - 18:30, 2025-09-05 16:30 - 18:30 | Heritage Hall, Essex Street 83, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 3K9, Canada
Fridays in July & August
Heritage Hall, 83 Essex Street, Guelph
Open to youth ages 12–18
Free refreshments provided
Join us for a welcoming and empowering space where BIPOC youth can connect, create, and celebrate community all summer long. All are welcome.
Special thanks to the Upper Grand District School Board and Wellington Catholic District School Board for their generous support of this initiative.
For more information, contact: info@guelphblackheritage.ca

Toronto's First Post Annual Summer Walking Tour Series: War & Terror in the Town
2025-08-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Cathedral of St. James, 106 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2E9
Join our Museum Coordinator and explore the beginnings of the area that would become the Town of York, the events leading up to the War of 1812, the Battle of York, its aftermath, and everyday living conditions while we walk the original 10 blocks of the early city.
This tour is part of our Annual Summer Walking Tour Series. It begins on the steps of St. James Cathedral (facing King Street East) and end at Toronto’s First Post Office Museum (260 Adelaide Street East). Tours run rain or shine, and may cover rough ground, so please dress accordingly.
–Please Note–
Information, histories, and stories included our Annual Summer Series may overlap between tours.

Culinary Historians of Canada Lecture and Tour at the Oshawa Museum
2025-08-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Oshawa Museum, 1450 Simcoe St South, Oshawa, ON, L1H 8J7, Canada
Milk Stories: Remembering the Dairies of Oshawa
Do you remember the days of horse-drawn milk deliveries? When the milkman would quietly leave fresh milk and dairy products on your door step while you slept? Between 1907 and 1970, Oshawa was home to numerous dairies that made this tradition possible.
Join us by the shores of Lake Ontario for a visit to the Oshawa Museum to hear about commercial dairies of the past from museum curator Melissa Cole. In addition to the lecture, the visit will include a guided tour of the museum.
Sunday, August 10
10 am – noon
Oshawa Museum
1450 Simcoe Street South
Tickets available through Eventbrite
$10.92 – CHC members
$13.05 – Culinary Tourism Alliance members
$15.18 – General admission
(Prices include service fee)
The tour of the museum is by donation on the day of the visit. Please support the museum by providing a donation ($5 suggested).
Train service from Toronto to Oshawa is available on the GO Lakeshore East Line or by VIA Rail. Carpool from Toronto, or from the Oshawa train station to the museum can be arranged informally through the CHC Facebook group.

Historical Society of Ottawa - Free Walking Tour: Chief William Commanda Bridge
2025-08-12 17:30 - 18:30 | Ontario
Meet at south end of Chief William Commanda Bridge @ 5:30 p.m. Tour of the bridge and discussion of life & legacy of Chief William Commanda.
Approximately 60 minutes. Walking tour led by HSO member Abbie Simpson.
All are welcome, but capacity is limited to 15 participants per tour. Early registration is advised. Please email us: museumclub@historicalsocietyottawa.ca
Note there’s a small parking lot, Water Plant, just off of Onigam Street or parking available at the Tom Brown Arena. The Bayview LRT Station is a short distance via the multi-use pathways.
The tour will be approximately 1 km in length.

La Société d'histoire de Toronto HISTORITOUR - Harbourfront ouest – Partie 2
2025-08-14 18:30 | Ontario
En partenariat avec Lost Rivers
Harbourfront ouest – Partie 2 Le jeudi 14 août 2025 à 18h30
Départ : À l’angle sud-ouest des rues Bathurst et Queen’s Quay, devant le mémorial pour le parc de la Petite Norvège
Arrivée : À l’angle du boulevard Lakeshore et l’avenue Strachan.
Guide : Paul Overy
Cette visite nous permettra d’explorer comment cette partie du bord du lac a été transformée et rendue plus accessible et diversifiée, selon les besoins au fil de l’histoire de la ville. Nous marcherons du parc Little Norway vers l’ouest jusqu’au parc de la Coronation, en explorant des espaces artistiques, bâtis, historiques et naturels inspirants et importants.
Habillez-vous en fonction de la météo, sachant que le bord du lac peut être plus venteux et frais que le centre-ville. En TTC : Le tramway 509 Harbourfront jusqu’à Bathurst. En voiture, stationnement public au coin sud-est du boulevard Lakeshore et la rue Bathurst.
Visite sur des sentiers largement plats, un mélange de surfaces bétonnées et quelques sections sur le gazon ou un sol qui pourrait être boueux en cas de pluie; ce sont les empêchements prévisibles pour personnes en fauteuil roulant ou marchette. Toilettes en cours de chemin.
Historitours 2025 – pas nécessaire de réserver – beau temps, mauvais temps
Nous passerons le chapeau à la fin de la visite
Pour informations: paulovery@sympatico.ca, texto à 647-229-1191 et/ou info@sht.ca

Lang Pioneer Village Museum - Corn Roast
2025-08-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Lang Pioneer Village Museum, 104 Lang Rd, Keene, ON, K0L 2G0, Canada
Celebrate the heart of the summer harvest season with a good old-fashioned Corn Roast on Sunday, August 17 from 10 am to 4 pm at Lang Pioneer Village Museum! It will be a day filled with summer harvest-themed fun that the whole family is sure to enjoy. Hop aboard a horse-drawn wagon ride and tour the historic village in style as you discover the many ways early settlers used corn. View a variety of summer harvest-related demonstrations including threshing, bagging, fanning mill, corn husk braiding, and corn shelling.
Throughout the village there will be a variety of historic demonstrations on display, including natural dyeing using
native plants, flop mattress repairing and stuffing, stitching with the Northumberland Hills Stitchery Guild, weaving on
the Jacquard loom, wood turning with the Kawartha Woodturners Guild and the Peterborough Artisan Centre Wood
Turners, rug hooking with the Northumberland Rug Hookers, grinding at the Grist Mill, and more.
Stop and rest for a while as you enjoy some steaming fire-cooked corn smothered in butter at the fire pit, or visit the
Keene Hotel for a sweet treat and cold beverage. The Keene Lions Club food truck will be located in the Peterborough
County Agricultural Heritage Building courtyard selling BBQ goods (cash only), and Ben’s Kettle Corn will be popping
up fresh kettle corn. If you are feeling adventurous, enter the corn-on-the-cob eating contest taking place on the
Village Green at 2 pm. Be sure to stop by the Cheese Factory for some fresh Empire Cheese curd and bread to take
home with you.
Check out the many entries that were submitted for the Peterborough Agricultural Society’s Homecraft Show in the
Peterborough County Agricultural Heritage Building. Participate in some old-fashioned schoolyard games, and make a
summer harvest craft at the Ayotte Cabin. Listen to summer harvest songs being played on the organ in the Glen Alda
Church, and enjoy traditional music performed by Glen Caradus on the Weaver Shop porch.
Celebrate the heart of the summer harvest season with Corn Roast, August 17 from 10 am to 4 pm at Lang Pioneer
Village Museum. Admission is $17 for adults, $12 for students and seniors (60+), $9 for youths (ages 5-14), and free for
children under 5. Family admission is also available for $45 and includes 2 adults and up to 4 youths ages 5-14. For more
information, please visit www.langpioneervillage.ca.

Thunder Bay Museum: Movie Night: Drowning in Dreams
2025-08-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Thunder Bay Museum, 425 Donald St E., Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 5V1, Canada
This will be an in-person event.
Description:
Get ready to immerse yourself in a unique cinematic experience. Drowning in Dreams, a captivating documentary, follows Thunder Bay businessman Fred Broennle as he becomes consumed by a near-mythical mission: to raise the luxurious steam yacht Gunilda–considered the most beautiful shipwreck in the world–from its resting place 300 feet beneath Lake Superior. This is a rare chance to see this film at the Thunder Bay Museum, an event that promises to be a high-stakes odyssey of greed, guilt, and devastation.
Drowning in Dreams is provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.
Drowning in Dreams is not rated by the Motion Picture Association. The film contains scenes that may not be suitable for children, including discussions of drowning, diving accidents, and death, as well as a brief depiction of a deceased person and brief partial nudity. Viewer discretion is advised.
Tickets are included with admission to the Thunder Bay Museum (by donation):

$8.00 for Adults
$3.00 for Children (6-17)
Free for Children (5 and under)
Free with Membership

Limited seating is available. To secure your spot, please pre-register here: https://thunderbaymuseum1.wildapricot.org/event-6258463. Admission is payable at the door on the day of the event. Please note that pre-registration does not guarantee admission if the event is fully booked, so we recommend arriving early.

Toronto's First Post Annual Summer Walking Tour Series: Violence & Scandal in Muddy York
2025-08-22 10:30 - 12:00 | Cathedral of St. James, 106 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2E9
Join our Museum Coordinator and explore the scandalous side of Little Muddy York as we walk through the surviving built environment of the original 10 blocks of Toronto and learn about the intriguing stories that would have been the gossip of the day. Invasions, epidemics, and hangings, oh my!
This tour is part of our Annual Summer Walking Tour Series. It begins on the steps of St. James Cathedral (facing King Street East) and end at Toronto’s First Post Office Museum (260 Adelaide Street East). Tours run rain or shine, and may cover rough ground, so please dress accordingly.
–Please Note–
Information, histories, and stories included our Annual Summer Series may overlap between tours.

Toronto's First Post Annual Summer Walking Tour Series: On the Edge of a City
2025-08-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Cathedral of St. James, 106 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2E9
Join our Museum Coordinator on this walking tour and explore the surviving built environment of the original 10 blocks of Toronto and discover how the Town of York, which started with a population of a couple hundred residents, became the City of Toronto in 1834, with a population of just under 10,000.
This tour is part of our Annual Summer Walking Tour Series. It begins on the steps of St. James Cathedral (facing King Street East) and end at Toronto’s First Post Office Museum (260 Adelaide Street East). Tours run rain or shine, and may cover rough ground, so please dress accordingly.
–Please Note–
Information, histories, and stories included our Annual Summer Series may overlap between tours.

Guelph Black Heritage Society - A Joy in the City Gospel Music Workshop
2025-08-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Heritage Hall, Essex Street 83, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 3K9, Canada
Lift Every Voice and Sing at “Music Speaks” – A Joy in the City Gospel Music Workshop
Whether you’re an experienced performer or someone who sings in the shower, Joy In The City Guelph welcomes you to join a joyful, soulful, and uplifting experience. Music Speaks is a FREE gospel music workshop that is open to everyone. No experience is needed, just a love for music
and community.
Our first clinician and workshop presenter is the incomparable
Dr. Darren Hamilton:
Music Educator – Choral Director – Clinician – Gospel Music Practitioner
Assistant Professor, Music Education, University of Toronto
2024 Black Diamond Award Recipient
2022 JUNO Award Recipient for MusiCounts Teacher of the Year
Join us as Dr. Hamilton shares his love for gospel music through his lecture on The Evolution of Gospel Music. He will guide our registered participants through a powerful, hands-on musical experience where the message and emotion behind the music are just as important as the notes.
Hosted by Joy in the City Guelph
FREE ADMISSION
When: August 23, 2025
Time: 10am -12pm
Where: Heritage Hall, Guelph Black Heritage Society, 83 Essex Street, Guelph ON N1H3K9
About the Host:
Joy in the City Guelph is the vision of Artistic Director & Founder Verese Vassell-Bowen, an acclaimed vocalist behind the sold-out annual event Joy in the City: A Gospel Christmas Celebration, now in its 7th successful year. Her talent for bringing together professional, aspiring, and amateur singers and musicians has built a vibrant, inclusive musical community.
Now, through Music Speaks, Verese continues her mission to connect people through the power of gospel music – and you’re invited.
Come ready to sing. Come ready to learn. Come and experience JOY.
RSVP Link or Registration here.
We can’t wait to sing with you,
Joy in the City Guelph

Ontario Steam & Antique Preservers Association - Steam-Era 2025
2025-08-29 - 2025-09-01 | Hume’s Auction Farm, 9313 Fourth Line, Milton, ON, L9T 2X9, Canada
Get Ready for Steam-Era 2025 – Labour Day Weekend in Milton!
📍 Hume’s Auction Farm | August 29–September 1, 2025
Canada’s top heritage machinery show is rolling back into town! Steam-Era brings over 60 years of history to life with a full weekend of vintage power, farm equipment, and hands-on fun for all ages.
This year’s must-see events include:
✅ Steam-Powered Tractors & Early Tractors in action
✅ Antique Cars and Trucks on display
✅ Truck & Tractor Pulls – Don’t miss Friday night’s Lawn & Garden Pulls and the big Saturday Heavy Truck and Tractor Pulls!
✅ Antique Farm Engines and Hit-and-Miss Motors
✅ Miniature Steam Tractors and Rideable Miniature Railroad
✅ The Old Saw Mill and a real Threshing Demo
✅ Military Vehicles & Heritage Displays
✅ Rumely Oil Pull Tractors
✅ Historical Construction Equipment
✅ Hobbies, Models & Garden Tractor Pulls
✅ The “Trading Post” Market – Find tools, parts, antiques & treasures!
Bring the whole family and step into a world gone by.

Wellington County Museum and Archives - Genealogy Fair
2025-09-06 09:00 - 16:00 | Wellington County Museum and Archives, Wellington Road 18 536, Fergus, Ontario, N1M 2W3, Canada
Uncover your family’s story! Join us for a Genealogy Fair at the Wellington County Museum and Archives—a day dedicated to exploring your ancestry and connecting with fellow family history researchers. Learn new research techniques, discover helpful resources, and share your family’s unique heritage with others. Whether you’re a seasoned genealogist or just starting your journey, this fair offers something for everyone. Come discover the fascinating stories waiting in your family tree!
Pre-registration: $20
Lunch available for purchase.
Family history vendors onsite.

Culinary Historians of Canada Masterclass - Maize in Mexican Cuisine
2025-09-07 12:00 - 14:30 | The Depanneur, 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5T 2C2, Canada
Iván Wadgymar will lead the masterclass, beginning with the origins of maize in Mesoamerica. Agricultural practices co-evolved with technologies like nixtamalization, which transforms the nutritional profile of corn, and creates the masa used in tortillas, tamales, and even the ubiquitous supermarket corn chips..
This masterclass will include a delicious tasting menu showcasing the versatility of maize in Mexican cuisine featuring corn, beans and herbs grown by Ivan. This exclusive CHC event is offered in collaboration with The Depanneur.
Tickets available at The Depanneur website.
