The single-family houses of Toronto’s former boroughs are often thought to lack both architectural merit and heritage value. Alessandro Tersigni, researcher at the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario’s Toronto branch, will offer a different perspective on suburban homes by showcasing a project documenting over 2,000 detached houses built in North York between 1940 and 2000. REGISTER...

Guest Speaker: Arthur Milnes, Author, Editor, Journalist, and Historian When, as a young U.S. naval officer, Jimmy Carter played a courageous role in repairing the damage from the world's first nuclear meltdown — here in the Ottawa Valley — it was the beginning of a lifelong connection with Canada for the future U.S. president. This speaker series...

"Toronto was all bustle and excitement": The 1852 Agricultural Exhibition and the Agricultural Association of Upper Canada Another year’s Canadian National Exhibition has come and gone. But when did exhibitions become an annual tradition and who first organized them? To answer these questions, the talk will centre on the Agricultural Association of Upper Canada (founded...

Ontario Women’s History Network Annual Conference and AGM October 21-22, 2022 Hybrid conference: Online and in Ottawa Historically, war has been a profoundly gendered experience, as traditional dichotomies put women securely on the “Homefront,” as supporters, caregivers and afterward, as mourners of the dead. Much scholarship has reflected on the historical experiences both on the...

In honour of the upcoming Remembrance Day, Greg Childs of London Branch will speak to us via Zoom on Thursday, October 20th at 7:30 pm about our famous Canadian war hero, Billy Bishop, who was himself descended from three proven lines of United Empire Loyalists. He is widely known as the top Canadian flying ace...