Oct 21, 2024 | Oral History Project
Roger began teaching in England. He moved to Canada after marrying Margaret Wilson, a secondary teacher activist. Almost immediately upon arriving in this country, he was elected an executive member of the Toronto local of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’...
Oct 20, 2024 | Events & Presentations
Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been a dedicated chronicler of Toronto for more than fifty years. In 2023, he published a landmark book called Toronto as Community: Fifty Years of Photographs. The photographs are grouped around 40 short essays that explore Vince’s particular...
Oct 10, 2024 | Oral History Project
Margaret Wilson has had a rich career in the politics of education. She started teaching in 1958. Immediately upon being hired as a secondary teacher in Windsor, she was elected to the school representative position. On moving to Toronto, she again became the Parkdale...
Oct 10, 2024 | Oral History Project
Ruth Baumann Like many teachers, for Ruth being in the classroom was “somewhat accidental.” After graduation, she spent a year working with adolescent boys in a USA residential treatment centre – not always a “happy experience,” but the year did...
