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Past Event: Our September Meeting

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Thursday, September 4, 2014: Business Meeting at 7:30 pm,
Speaker at 8:15 pm,  Annette Library

7-0507Our speaker will be Donna Bernardo-Ceriz, Assistant Archivist, Ontario Jewish Archives, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.  The OJA has launched a brand new website, which contains a wealth of publicly accessible information on Jewish heritage in Toronto, including in and around the Junction area, in particular “the hidden gem of the Junction,” Congregation Knesseth Israel [the Junction Shul], the oldest purpose-built synagogue in Ontario.

Past Event: re 3049 Dundas Street West

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COMMUNITY CONSULTATION MEETING

Mandatory community consultation for the proposed mid-rise development at the corner of Pacific & Dundas (2978 Dundas Street West) has been scheduled on Tuesday, August 19th at 7 pm in the West Toronto Baptist Church (3049 Dundas Street West).

Please come out to voice objection to this radical and irreversible change to the Dundas streetscape.

Happy Summer Holidays!

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We will be back Thursday, September 4th with another year of great programs!
In the meantime, feel free to visit us at our archives in the Annette Library:
Public hours are 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Mondays [except holidays], and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursdays.

Past Event: Thursday, May 1, 2014 – Annual General Meeting 7:30 pm. Speaker, 8:15 pm.

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Return Engagement:

Sandra Joyce: British Home Children

9bw[2]Since the launch of her debut book at Upper Canada Village on September 28, 2011, native Torontonian Sandra Joyce, has given over 90 presentations on British Home Children.
A graduate of Ryerson’s Journalism program, she became interested in the British Home Children after finding out from a passenger list at Halifax’s Pier 21, that her father had been one.  He had passed away a few years prior to this revelation and Sandra, surprised that this huge part of Canadian history was unknown to her, decided this was a story that needed to be told.  Her book, “The Street Arab – The Story of a British Home Child” is in its third printing.

Visit www.sandrajoyce.com