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Archive for the ‘Heritage Events’ Category
Friday, November 9th, 2012
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Playing the Past: The Officers of the London Garrison and the Theatre Royal
London’s military garrison left a legacy not of war, but of culture — painting the first views of London, organizing balls and steeplechases, and building London’s first theatre, the Theatre Royal. Join Mark Tovey and friends for a richly illustrated history of London’s garrison and its theatre, with theatrical embellishments, and a behind-the-scenes peek at what is involved in re-enacting productions from the past.
Date: Sunday, November 11, 2012
Time: 2:00 pm 4:00pm
Location: Eldon House Interpretive Centre, 481 Ridout Street North, London (map)
Contact Info: http://www.eldonhouse.ca/
Admission by Donation
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Campbell House Museum and the Culinary Historians of Canada Lecture: Food Will Win the War
In this special lecture, presented a few days after Remembrance Day, Ian Mosby will discuss the importance of food and eating to Canadians’ everyday experience of the war on the home front. He will look at some of the different ways in which ordinary Canadians mobilized food to both show their support for the war effort and also to deal with the ever-present reality of rationing and shortages. At the same time, he will explore the contradiction between popular memory of the war as a time of austerity and the reality that, throughout the war years, Canadians on the whole were eating more – and better quality – food, than they ever had before.
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen Street West, Toronto (map)
$12 regular admission; $10 CHC members. Includes war-time refreshments!
To pre-register, contact:
Campbell House Museum
By email: @CampbellHouseTO
Phone: 416 597-0227 ext 3
Website: www.campbellhousemuseum.ca
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Anishinaabe First Nations in the War of 1812
Alan Ojiig Corbiere, former Executive Director of the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation in M’Chigeng, Manitoulin Island, comes to Toronto to detail his research, including interviews with elders, to uncover the names and experiences of Anishinaabe combatants in the War of 1812 – often left nameless in historical records.
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Native Canadian Centre 16 Spadina Road (west side, north of Bloor) map
Seating limited to 75 people. RSVP to rostep@toronto.ca.
Tags: Campbell House Museum, Eldon House Interpretive Centre, FYI, heritage events, London, Native Canadian Centre, Toronto
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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
The Celtic Studies Department at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, is hosting another installment in their Celtic Studies Speaker Series. This one will be of particular interest to Genealogists!
Topic: “Broken Down by Age, Sex and Religion: the Irish Census Online”
Speaker: Catriona Crowe, National Archives of Ireland
Date: Thursday, November 22, 2012
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Location: Robert Madden Auditorium, Room 100, Carr Hall, St. Michael’s College, 100 St. Joseph Street, Toronto (map)
CONTACT: celtic.studies@utoronto.ca
Free admission. All welcome. No registration required
Tags: Broken Down by Age Sex Religion:the Irish Census Online, Catriona Crowe, Celtic Studies Department, Celtic Studies Speaker Series, heritage events, St. Michael's College
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Monday, November 5th, 2012
Date: Sunday, November 18, 2012
Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Location: Sarnia Library Theatre, 124 Christina St., S, Sarnia (map)
Join Canadian author Sandra Joyce as she discusses the plight of the British Home Child and her personal connection. Her novel, The Street Arab, is based on her father’s life, a home boy sent to Canada from Scotland in 1925. A question and answer period will follow.
Admission is free.
Contact Info: http://www.lclmg.org/lclmg/Museums/LambtonRoom/tabid/110/Default.aspx
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Tags: heritage event, Lambton Room Archives, Plight of the British Home Child, Sandra Joyce
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Thursday, November 1st, 2012
The University of Toronto’s Celtic Studies Department is hosting another of their Celtic Studies Speaker events.
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Charbonnel Lounge, St. Michael’s College, 81 St. Mary Street, Toronto ON M5S 1J4 (map)
Topic: “Irish Women in 18th Century Newfoundland”
Speaker: Willeen Keough, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Admission is Free. All are welcome. No registration required.
Contact Info:
celtic.studies@utoronto.ca
phone: 416-926-7145
This series is made possible by the generosity of a grant from The Irish Cultural Society of Toronto.
Tags: Celtic Studies Department, Celtic Studies Speaker Series, heritage event, Irish Women in 18th Century Newfoundland, University of Toronto, Willeen Keough
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Friday, October 26th, 2012
It must be Halloween! Several Ontario Museums are hosting ghoulish events this weekend:
If you are going to be in the Newmarket area this Saturday, October 27, drop by the Elman W. Campbell Museum, between 7:00 and 8:30 pm, and join in their Spooktacular Halloween Party. Children aged 4 to 10 are invited to come in costume for games, craft, costume parade and a Hallowe’en story.
Admission is $5.50 per child. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
The Museum is located at 134 Main Street South, Newmarket. Pre-registration is required.
For more information, please call (905) 953-5314 or email elmanmuseum@rogers.com.
Over in Kirby, the Clarke Museum is holding its 10th Annual Historic Pumpkin Bee. The Clarke Museum is located at, 7086 Old Kirby School Road, Kirby Ontario. The event runs from 11:00 am – 4:00pm.
Throughout the day, you can watch a blacksmith work, carve your own pumpkin for Halloween, have your face painted, make a pioneer toy, or play traditional games from the 1800s. Treat your palette to seasoned pumpkin seeds roasted over an open fire. Tour our traditional one-room schoolhouse, sit at an antique desk, and try writing on a genuine slate board.
Admission to the event is $4.00 per person. The Museum Gift Shop will be open with a selection of local history books and unique Canadian handicrafts.
For more information, call the Museum office at 905-623-2734 or see our website www.claringtonmuseums.com
Have you ever wanted to go on a ghost hunt? Now’s your chance. On Sunday, October 28th, Eldon House in London, Ontario, is hosting the Great Eldon House Ghost Hunt. Tour the house with a special “ghost map” and visit Roxanne Lutz and Alex Chartrand in Eldon House’s Interpretive Centre to discover more about the most famous Eldon House ghost, Wenman Wynniatt.
You can hunt for ghosts between the hours of 1:00 pm – 4:00pm. Admission is by donation.
Eldon House is located at, 481 Ridout Street, London ON N6A 5H4 (map)
For information about Eldon House: Tel: 519.661.0333, or visit their website at: http://www.eldonhouse.ca/
Have a spooktacular weekend!
Tags: Clarke Museum, Eldon House, elman w. campbell museum, heritage events, Kirby, London, newmarket
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
The Halton-Peel Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and Heritage Mississauga invite you to attend a Genealogy Workshop.
Date: Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: The Grange, 1921 Dundas Street West, Mississauga (map)
Workshop: ”Breaking down the walls”
Guest Speakers: Co-Star of television’s “Ancestors in the Attic,” Fawne Stratford-Devai, and noted Halton-Peel OGS genealogists Dorothy Kew and Jane Watt.
Registration fee: $10 (must be pre-paid to reserve your spot).
Please note, you must make your own accommodations for lunch.
For more information or to reserve space, please contact Heritage Mississauga at 905-828-8411 ext.0
or email info@heritagemississauga.org
Website: http://www.heritagemississauga.com/promo/Genealogy-Workshop
Space is limited so reserve your spot now!
Tags: breaking down brick walls, Dorothy Kew, Fawne Stratford-Devai, Genealogy Day at the Grange, Halton-Peel Branch OGS, heritage event, Heritage Mississauga, Jane Watt
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
The Vankleek Hill Family History Weekend is taking place this Saturday, October 27th through to Sunday the 28th. The Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will be in attendance with some OGS publications and maybe an answer or two for some of your genealogical queries. Other activities to choose from include:
Antiques Appraisal at St. John Anglican Church Hall.
- Two Sessions:
- Morning 10:00 am – Noon
- Afternoon, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
- Appraiser: Janet Carlile, an independent, Sotheby’s-accredited antiques appraiser, best known for her tours with the Canadian Antiques Roadshow
- Pricing: As a fundraiser in support of the Vankleek Hill Museum, $10 per item for a maximum of 3 items per person. With three items you get free entry to Sunday’s paper conservation workshop!
- Tickets: Tickets for Janet Carlile are available at Scotiabank, Vankleek Hill or at the event door. Can’t make it to the Bank? Call the Museum to reserve: 613-678-2323.
Harold MacMillan brings ‘the Gaelic’ to life!
- Saturday, October 27, 2012
- Location: Musée Vankleek Hill Museum
- Time: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
- Overview: Harold returns to the Vankleek Hill Museum to introduce you to the unique history of this language in our region, and to teach you familiar Gaelic phrases.
Paper & Photo Preservation Workshop
- Date: Sunday, October 28, 2012
- Time: 1 :30 p.m.
- Location: Vankleek Hill Community Centre
- Pricing: For $10, bring your paper-based treasures to learn more about care, keeping and preservation methods.
- Overview: Kyla Ubbink, an accredited and certified conservator who has helped restore art by Picasso and Warhol, will be at the Community Centre. This is a 90-minute workshop presentation on how to preserve your photos, albums, scrapbooks for future generations. It finishes with a question period.
Contact Info:
More information will become available as the weekend activities develop.
Tags: heritage events, OGS, Ottawa Branch, Vankleek Hill Family History Weekend
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
As part of their Special and Distinguished Speakers Series, the Humanities Research Group at the University of Windsor has 3 outstanding lectures coming up in early November:
1.
- Topic: Tecumseh and the Quest for a Native Homeland
- Speaker: Author and Historian, Sandy Antal
- Topic: The Impact of the War of 1812 on the Native Tribes, particularly on the Moravian Delaware of Fairfield.
- Speaker: Daryl Stonefish, Member of the Moravian Tribe
- Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
- Time: 4:00pm
- Location: McPherson Lounge, Alumni Hall and Conference Centre (Map)
2.
- Topic: The Civil War of 1812 in the Detroit River Valley
- Speaker: Alan Taylor, University of California Davis
- Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012
- Time: 7:00pm
- Location: Freed Orman Centre, Assumption University Building (Map)
3.
- Topic: Constitutions: the Struggle for North America during the 1780s and 1790s
- Speaker: Alan Taylor, University of California Davis
- Date: Friday, November 9, 2012
- Time: 10:00 am
- Location: Freed Orman Centre, Assumption University Building (Map)
Contact Information:
Yvette Bulmer
ymebulm@uwindsor.ca
(519)253-3000 ext.3508
For complete information on these and other University of Windsor lectures and events, please consult their website: http://www.uwindsor.ca/hrg/
You will find the Upcoming Events Calendar on the bottom right of the page.
Tags: heritage events, special and distinguished speaker series, university of windsor
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Sunday, October 21st, 2012
The Waterdown East-Flamborough Heritage Society’s 22nd Annual Book Fair and Seminar is fast approaching.
Date: Saturday, November 10th, 2012
Times: 9:30 am – 3:00 pm, the Seminar begins at 10: 30 am.
Location: Fellowship Hall, St. James United Church, 306 Parkside Drive, Waterdown (Map to Book Fair)
Seminar Topic: “The Importance of the Battle of Stoney Creek.”
Speaker: James E. Elliott, author of Strange Fatality: The Battle of Stoney Creek.
Admission for the Seminar is $5. Reservations will be taken up to November 5th. Fee payable at the Door.
For more information on the Book Sale, Seminar, and placing your reservation, you may Contact the WEFHS by:
Email: wefhs@hpl.ca
Phone: 905-540-5161
website: www.wefhs.myhamilton.ca
Tags: 22nd annual book sale, heritage event, James E. Elliott, seminar, the importance of the battle of Stoney Creek, Waterdown East-Flamborough Heritage Society
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Friday, October 19th, 2012
On November 25th, the York Regency Society is hosting another event at Toronto’s First Post Office. This will feature a Christmas Card Party, Lecture and Tea. The topic for this month’s lecture is, “An introduction to the Regency: what is it, and why does it matter?” by Karen Millyard.
Admission for the lecture, meeting, card-writing party and holiday tea on November 25 is $20. This event is open to the general public: you do not need to be a member of the YRS to attend. However, space is limited, and York Regency Society members do receive priority. Tickets must be reserved ahead of time; please book early to prevent disappointment.
For more details on the Christmas Card Party, Lecture, Tea and how to obtain tickets, follow this link to the DanceWeavers website.
The last York Regency Society event sold out, so if you are interested in attending this event, check it out sooner rather than later.
Tags: christmas card party, lecture and tea, toronto's first post office, upcoming heritage event, york regency society
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