Speaker Harvey Low, NTHS member and long-time resident of North Toronto.
A true crime story with a North Toronto connection presented by award-winning author Nate Hendley.
Author Scott Kennedy will take us on a journey through the history of Hogg’s Hollow and York Mills from its beginnings to the present day in this illustrated presentation. Along the way we will discover early pioneers and the farms they established, how St. John’s Anglican Church welcomed its first worshippers over 200 years ago,...
Join Chef Leo Chan as he presents the stories of two Chinese men who worked for Canadian families in Toronto in the first half of the twentieth century. The men were employed as home cooks outside of Chinatown and interacted with households in an environment unfamiliar with Chinese immigrants. Mr. Wong Dong Wong worked for...
Join writer and researcher Lorna Poplak as she presents facts behind the Don Jail's location and construction and shares tales about inmates, guards, governors, gangs, officials and even a pair of star-crossed lovers whose doomed romance unfolded in the shadow of the gallows. The illustrated talk will highlight the Don's tumultuous descent from palace to...
