Events Calendar

Upcoming Events Across Ontario
  • North Toronto Historical Society: The Don: Inmates, Guards, Governors and The Gallows

    Northern District Branch, Toronto Public Library 40 Orchard View Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    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...

  • North Toronto Historical Society: Out of the Shadows: Women and Their Work in 19th Century Toronto

    Northern District Branch, Toronto Public Library 40 Orchard View Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Our March programme will be in-person, presented in collaboration with our longtime co-sponsor, Northern District Library. Author and historian Elizabeth Gillan Muir will present an illustrated talk on the influential role women had in the life of the growing city of Toronto during the nineteenth century. Based on the extensive research Dr. Muir did for her...