Expressive Acts

Oct 5, 2023 | Event, Events & Presentations

TWHP presents IN THE STREETS Historian Ian Radforth will talk about his new book, EXPRESSIVE ACTSCelebrations and Demonstrations in the Streets of Victorian Toronto In nineteenth-century Toronto, people took to the streets to express their jubilation on special...

Workers Graphic Histories: New Ways to Tell Our Stories

Sep 13, 2023 | Event, Events & Presentations, Video

Recording Join us for a Live Zoom Event! Tuesday, September 19th, 7 PM (ET) Join us Tuesday, September 19th, at 7:00 PM (ET) for an exciting and informative Zoom presentation exploring Graphic Histories. Topics include: The history of labour comics/graphic histories,...

Book Launch: The Letters by Sheila White

Jun 9, 2023 | Event

TWHP is pleased to promote the book launch of supporter, Sheila White. Yorkland Publishing, Sheila White & Don Heights Unitarian Congregation invite you to a book launch: a Canadian story for the times. Tuesday, July 186:30 pm ETDon Heights Auditorium 18 Wynford...

Honouring Elder Vern Harper and the Native People’s Caravan

Jun 6, 2023 | Event, Events & Presentations, Video

Recording Join us for a Live Zoom Event! Tuesday, May 9th, 7 PM (ET) June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time to recognize the rich history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Join us next Tuesday, June 13th, to...

Spadina on Strike: The 1986 Garment Workers’ Win

May 1, 2023 | Event, Events & Presentations, Video

Recording Join us for a Live Zoom Event! Tuesday, May 9th, 7 PM (ET) Register for Free on Zoom In September 1986, one thousand Toronto garment workers launched strike action against 18 clothing factories up and down Spadina Avenue. Most of the strikers were immigrant...