Events Calendar

Jane Thomas, Laura Heidman & Daniel Laxer from the Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Affairs will speak about Treaties & Land Claims. On Zoom - registration is required.

Get the herd together and experience a virtual Zoom chat hosted by Steven Hellmann, founder of The Foodies Group, with panelists Will Stoneman and Kasey Whitwell from First Line Angus cattle farm and Dr. Kim Stanford and Dr. Tim McAllistar, hosts of Cows on the Planet. Presented by Taste Canada and Canada Beef, join the...

Middlesex County Library presents a special author session with John Little. Little is the author of two new volumes on The Donnellys of Biddulph Township, "Vol. I: Powder Keg" & Vol. II: "Massacre, Trial, and Aftermath". Vol I & II will be available in the Middlesex County Library collection. To purchase your own copies, the...

The next regular meeting of the Lundy's Lane Historical Society will be held Thursday November 4th at 7 p.m. at the Niagara Falls Military Museum, 5409 Victoria Avenue. Parking is in the rear. The speaker for the evening will be Past President of the Lundy's Lane Historical Society and former City Historian, our own Mr....

The Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project invites you to join us for a distanced “Fall Visit and Clean-Up.” Saturday November 6, 2021 (Rain or Shine) 1:00pm To remember and honour in a dignified and respectful way the lives of the 1511 people buried in the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery and to acknowledge their contributions to our community....

On November 9th at 2pm, join us at the Museum of Lennox & Addington for a live screening of episode four, The War at Home, from Dale Morrisey's documentary series Heroines in the Storm. The live screening will be followed by a talk and question period by filmmaker Dale Morrisey. Episode four focuses on the...

On November 9th at 7pm, join us at the Museum of Lennox & Addington for a live screening of episode four, The War at Home, from Dale Morrisey's documentary series Heroines in the Storm. The live screening will be followed by a talk and question period by filmmaker Dale Morrisey. Episode four focuses on the...

The following presentation will be the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust / Monarchy Canada November Zoom lecture on Wednesday, 10th November, 2021, with the choice of two times for attending - 2:30 p.m. EST or 7:30 p.m. EST. This month's lecture is changed from the usual day of Thursday to avoid conflicting with Remembrance Day observances....

Guest Speakers Peter Stockdale, Founder Kichi Sibi Trails Details Dr. Stockdale's project brings back to life the Indigenous trails of Ottawa-Gatineau, eastern Ontario and western Quebec—fostering awareness of the communities that lived and travelled along these ancient pathways—and the lands and waters that are their traditional home and territory. This speaker series will take place...

The following presentation will be the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust / Monarchy Canada November Zoom lecture on Wednesday, 10th November, 2021, with the choice of two times for attending - 2:30 p.m. EST or 7:30 p.m. EST. This month's lecture is changed from the usual day of Thursday to avoid conflicting with Remembrance Day observances....

Bolton and District Probus Club is pleased to invite you to our Probus Club meeting, via Zoom, on November 11th. We recognize it's Remembrance Day and we will have two minutes of silence at 11:00 am. This meeting will also be recorded so Club Members and guests may watch the presentation at a later date....

Join us on Remembrance Day! ResearchTV is partnering with Friends of the Finnish Labour Temple to host a free livestream Remembrance Day event this November 11th, 2021. Starting at 10:30 am EST, join us as we livestream interviews, ceremonies and ResearchTV films throughout the day. Did you know that the poppy celebrated its 100th anniversary...

The Canadian Council of Heritage Rail Alliance offers this conference to Canadian HRA members and other Canadian railway heritage organizations by means of the Zoom video-conferencing platform. Today, most Canadians, especially younger generations, have little direct experience with railways and only a limited understanding of their role in building and sustaining the Canadian economy. This...

Just 13,000 years ago, people lived on the north shore of Lake Erie and may have been the first people to populate south-central Ontario. “Researchers are looking for answers,” said John Benson, who will speak about Stone Age People of Norfolk County. The Norfolk Historical Society will host the talk on Sunday, November 14, 2:00...

Join us on Sunday, November 14th at 7pm EST when the Taste Canada Awards Virtual Ceremony will premiere on the official Taste Canada Facebook page. We are thrilled to kick-off this year's awards season by sharing the details of the much-anticipated Taste Canada Awards Virtual Ceremony! Taste Canada Hosts, Shahir Massoud and Ariane Paré-Le Gal,...

Do you have a gap that looks like a missing tooth in your family tree? Were you adopted and wondering how to make sense of your DNA testing results? On November 16th at 7pm, join the Museum of Lennox & Addington as we discuss the sources we use, online or in libraries and archives to...

This fall’s PHS monthly meetings and speaker series will remain virtual but will be conducted on Zoom in real time with a question-and-answer period following the speaker’s presentation. Attendees will be provided with the link to join meetings when they register by email as instructed below. Speaker: Janet Higgins Jim Higgins was an English orphan...

Listen Hear Our Voices Workshop Series: Looking for a simply way to digitize cassettes and old audio? As part of the Listen Hear our Voices project, join Stephanie Pile, and Dwadwenaga:dat Language Centre Digitizer, Eiwaihe Powless for a how-to tutorial on digitizing language materials and other important resources that yo may have.

Presented by Peter Mulcaster. On Zoom - registration is required.

FREE **One hour session** Municipal elections offer golden opportunities to get heritage conservation issues in front of community residents and prospective elected officials alike. Join a panel of municipal heritage leaders as they discuss their strategies in recent elections, and unpack their takeaways on what worked, and what didn’t.

An evening of storytelling that explores overlooked, unseen, and forgotten stories in Toronto’s history. Join Myseum of Toronto for an evening of storytelling that explores overlooked, unseen, and forgotten stories in Toronto’s history. These fascinating stories will be told by notable Torontonians who have their own special connection to these stories. The storytelling portion of...

Speaker: Ray Peacock Ray Peacock will talk of the historical background leading to the building and launch of the ship near what is now Kingston in 1780, her involvement in the defence of the border, and her subsequent loss and discovery in Lake Ontario. His slides include stills of the sunken ship when she was found and...

Halifax-based archivist and historian Barry Cahill will discuss his upcoming biography of Norman McLeod Rogers, one-time Queen’s political economist, policy advisor to Mackenzie King and Kingston MP, with special focus on Rogers’ Kingston affiliation. Non-members, please contact kingstonhs@gmail.com for the link to Zoom.

Most of the stories we learned about the "first Thanksgiving" in the Americas in 1621 are wrong. John Ota explains what really happened. As part of the research for his recent book, The Kitchen, Culinary Historians of Canada member and author, John Ota traveled to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he cooked a meal over an open...

The Artist Voice Online Lecture Series DAVID KAYE PROJECTS WEBSITE “My presentation will illustrate an overview of the many artists that I had the pleasure to work with. My original interest was in exhibiting object-based work in a variety of media which then veered showing some painting. I was a practicing artist in textiles before...

Join us on November 18th for the next evening in our author's series! Join author Robin Blackburn McBride as she discusses Toronto’s history via a tour of selected settings and passages in her debut novel, The Shining Fragments (Guernica, 2018). Recognized as an Editors’ Choice book with the Historical Novel Society in North America, The...

Join us for our next online lecture, “George Paginton: Life and Work”, on November 18! On November 18th, join the Toronto Railway Museum for the eighth installment in our Railway Ties lecture series. We are happy to partner with the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) to present George Paginton: Life and Work on November 18th...

The Woodland Cultural Centre is inviting the community out to their first virtual concert, showcasing Nationally renowned Indigenous Singer Songwriters from across Turtle Island on November 20th, 2021 from 7PM. Unplugged is a virtual concert as part of the Tehonkieron:nions (They are Entertaining) performing art series. This acoustic concert is highlighting the Indigenous singer-songwriters voices...

At Lambton House/Tavern, we will have our sales tables on the front verandah if weather permits, or in the Howland Room in inclement weather. We will open at 9:00 a.m. for anyone who wishes to preview our sale items. As a City-owned facility, in compliance with Covid protocols, we will require your name and either...

On November 23rd at 7pm, Adele Crowder takes us through Lucy Stover Davison's year with details gleaned from daily records she kept in exercise books. Meet a farm family from Chipmunk Ridge, with a focus on their animals, harvests, family and social world. Fred Brown's photographs of the immediate district of Odessa and its people...

Presenter: Bill Reist, Friends of Grain Elevators, Board of Directors This webinar will be presented in person and virtually. CLICK HERE to watch the free webinar! Join the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society and our partner the Friends of Grain Elevators as Bill Reist presents the fascinating construction of the twin Bawlf and Stewart grain...

FREE **One hour session** The Climate Heritage Network and many others have created events and tools to place heritage conservation at the centre of climate action discussions at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland (Oct.31 – Nov.12). Join this panel discussion to explore COP26 outcomes and how cultural heritage can seize its moment.

Join Dr. Rick Monture as he discusses his research about 1924; following the presentation there will be time for a guided community conversation, participants are welcome to bring stories and questions about this historical moment to share with the group.

Guest Speakers Randy Boswell, Journalist and Carleton University Professor Details A column by Randy Boswell in the Ottawa Citizen led to Ottawa Council this year renaming the Prince of Wales Bridge as the "Chief William Commanda Bridge". We are surrounded by statues and place names honouring the architects of Canada's residential school system. Others commemorate...

We are very pleased to bring you guest speaker David Nairn who is currently in his 23rd season as Artistic Director of Theatre Orangeville. Theatre Orangeville is a fully professional artist-driven organization dedicated to the creation, development, production, and presentation of full-scale Canadian dramatic and musical works of theatrical art. Each of our shows is...

Presented by author Peter Mulcaster of Niagara-on-the-Lake, based on his book. The third steam railway to be built in Ontario, then known as Upper Canada, came to Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1854. As with many railways of that era, it went through a period of various owners and financial instability. Towards the end of the nineteenth century,...

Friends of the Mindemoya Old School will have 2 tables at the sale and will be selling Old School Memorabilia. PLUS we will also be selling baked goods. We would greatly appreciate any items you wish to donate. Baking can be taken to the sale on either days or if you can’t make it, your...

Friends of the Mindemoya Old School will have 2 tables at the sale and will be selling Old School Memorabilia. PLUS we will also be selling baked goods. We would greatly appreciate any items you wish to donate. Baking can be taken to the sale on either days or if you can’t make it, your...

Join the Ontario Museum Associaton for an information session on the Making Cultural Spaces Safe During COVID-19 Initiative from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, Department of Canadian Heritage. The Initiative will provide 1-time project-based support to arts and heritage organizations to upgrade their spaces and purchase specialized equipment needed to safely reopen while following public...

Tuesday, November 30, 2021: Today’s NHL teams regularly celebrate the service and sacrifices of military men and women. Armored cars invade pre-game ice, players take warm-ups in camo. But the hockey’s top league has never seen anything like the episode that unfolded in Toronto in the turbulent years of the First World War when in...