Guides : Agnès Manivit et Catherine Frelin Départ : Devant l’entrée du ROM sur la rue Bloor Arrivée: Osgoode Hall, rue Queen Comme toutes les grandes villes, Toronto recèle de légendes urbaines. Certains bâtiments seraient le théâtre de phénomènes inexpliqués ou d’apparences intempestives d’anciens locataires. Les profils de ces indésirables fantômes sont étonnamment variés, reflétant...

Guest Speaker Dominique Lajoie,   Historian, Lecturer In Ottawa, just beside the Rideau Canal locks that empty into the Ottawa River, lies an architectural treasure. For more than a century, it has opened its doors to the rich and famous, politicians and even the broadcast offices of CBC Radio. If the walls of the Château Laurier...

Please mark your calendars for the next meeting of the Swansea Historical Society, scheduled for 7:30 pm, Wednesday evening, November the 6th, 2024.  We hope you can join us, either in-person or on-line. Our speaker for November will be Ken Stark, discussing both the natural and human history surrounding the Grenadier Pond. The presentation will cover the...

Guides : Rolande Smith et Christine Rutland. Départ : 10h30 Grille d’entrée du cimetière sur la rue Yonge*, au nord de St. Clair. Métro St. Clair. Arrivée: retour à grille de la rue Yonge Marquons ensemble à notre façon l’Armistice du 11 novembre. En parcourant les allées du cimetière nous présenterons les tombes et cénotaphes...

Join us for an exclusive opportunity to explore our collection! On display for the first time will be the Museum's Wissa Wassef tapestry collection .... and  icons of the same period. The storage cupboards will be open to explore other treasures and volunteers will be there to share stories about artists, preservation  secrets and more.... First 10 visitors will receive a gift!

Conférencier : Jean-Louis Grosmaire, Écrivain, géographe   L’immense engagement du Canada lors des deux grandes guerres mondiales est connu de la majorité des gens.  Ce que l’on sait moins, c’est que des soldats canadiens, et plus particulièrement acadiens, furent envoyés loin du front, en Franche-Comté, pour contribuer à l’effort de guerre du Canada. Pourquoi et comment ces...

Speaker: Tim Speed Tim Speed from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum will be presenting "The Lorenz and Enigma." During WW2, Germany had two uncrackable coding machines used by the Army, Air Force and Navy. How did they work and how did the Bletchley Park cryptanalysts solve their secrets and develop "intelligent" GHS members: Complimentary Non-members:...

From a life-long passion for Canadian Inventors, Professor Mark Rector inspired his students with tales of great Canadian inventions. Mark will share many intriguing and poignant tales of amazing Canadian ingenuity. This multimedia road show presentation will have you cheering for Canada as he relates many stories from the book including the tragedy of the...

The Oshawa Museum invites you to the official launch of our newest publication, Untold Oshawa: An Expanded History. Untold Oshawa begins a more inclusive story. Here, you will find stories of some of Oshawa’s early settlers from marginalized communities, a look into the impact of labour unions in Oshawa, on the experiences of children who...

We are pleased to announce this upcoming HSO Special Event, an exclusive two-hour private tour of the historic NRC building at 100 Sussex Drive. Please note, however, tour spaces are extremely limited so please confirm your attendance as soon as possible if you are interested so as to avoid disappointment. There is no charge to...