Nigel Biggar and Margaret MacMillan “In Conversation on Colonialism” Saturday, March 1st at 10:00 AM Cameron Hall at Yorkminster Park Church – 1585 Yonge Street Toronto (one block north of St. Clair Avenue) Also available as a live webcast For more information please visit the CIHE website here.
The Weston Historical Society is hosting the following event. “FINDING 19th CENTURY BLACK HISTORY IN TORONTO AREA” Celebrate Black History Month Guest Speaker will be Hilary J. Dawson Central Kings Senior Residence, 15 King Street 7:30 p.m. Thursday February 6, 2025 All are welcome!
2024 was NYHS’s 64th year. NYHS played a major role in the opening of The North York History Room in the Society and Recreation Department, 5th floor, North York Central Library. NYHS donated newspaper article scrapbooks, maps, books, and documents on North York’s history. The Board presented Gibson House Museum with a cheque on behalf …
McQUILLAN, ELIZABETH JEAN (nee Jackson) “Betty” On November 30, 2024, Betty McQuillan died peacefully at home, surrounded by family. Born in Toronto, Ontario, in December 1930 to George C. Jackson and Florence Rowntree, Betty grew up on Lonelm Holstein Dairy Farm in Elia, North York. Betty taught at Downsview Public School until her marriage in …
Susan Goldenberg (Nov. 25, 2024) UPDATE-PRESERVATION OF NORTH YORK HOUSE OF ACCLAIMED CANADIANA ARTIST C.W. JEFFERYS- RECENT TALK BY HIS GRANDDAUGHTER NANCY BAINES ABOUT HIM AND THE HOUSE On November 20 (2024) NYHS chair Glenn Bonnetta, vice-president Marla Weingarten, and membership director Susan Goldenberg attended a presentation by Nancy Baines about her grandfather acclaimed Canadian …
The Ontario Historical Society is pleased to present an Honourable Mention in the Dorothy Duncan Award category to the Willow Theatre Project, a documentary exploring the history of The Willow Theatre, the first movie theatre in North York. This documentary was produced by the Youth Committee of the North York Historical Society. This student documentary …
With Remembrance Day just three days away, tonight’s lecture by well-known Canadian actor and author R. H. Thomson, By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory and Families, based on his book of the same title, examines how we speak about war and its aftermath. Using the letters from his great uncles who served in World War One as a starting …
Please enjoy this documentary about North York and Canadian Athletes created by our Youth Director and board member Grace Sun
In 1898 George Stewart Henry, later the force behind the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) and an Ontario premier, bought 400 acres of farmland in northeast North York for $14,500. He was 27. It was a lot of territory – Sheppard-Highway 401- Don Mills Road- East Don River. Sixty years later in 1958, …
176th Annual Memorial Day Celebration Pine Ridge Cemetery Friends and descendants of the Humber Summit Area Pioneers are invited to an informal gathering at the cemetery SUNDAY 25 AUGUST 2024 1:30 P.M. to 3 P.M. Rain or shine 2910 Islington Ave. (at Rowntree Mill Road) Lot 7, Concession 7, North York, Ontario This year’s speaker …
