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 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...
Sep 15, 2024 | Events & Presentations
The History of Workers in the Don Valley Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre Location: 67 Pottery Road Date: Sunday 29 September at 2 pm Way back in the early 19th century, a tiny industrial community grew up on the east bank of the Don River, the village...
Apr 24, 2024 | Events & Presentations
Join Us In honour of Asian Heritage Month, TWHP is proud to co-sponsor Labour Council’s movie screening of: Big Fight in Little Chinatown To register or for more information, contact Jennifer Huang at...
Apr 17, 2024 | Events & Presentations
REMEMBERING THE HOGG’S HOLLOW TUNNEL TRAGEDY (1960) Tuesday April 16 at 7 pm on Zoom On March 17, 1960, five men working on a watermain under the Don River died when a fire broke out in the tunnel. They were all recent immigrants from Italy, part of the huge of wave...
