Nov 6, 2024 | Events & Presentations
Recording September 2024 marked the 75th anniversary of the fire that destroyed the passenger ship S. S. Noronic in the early morning of Sat. Sept. 17th, 1949, while it was docked at the old Pier 9 in Toronto harbour. Of the 524 passengers on board, 119 died. The...
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...
