Category: Past Event
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October 5th – Vincenzo Pietropaolo
Please join us on October 5th as Vincenzo Pietropaolo presents his latest book Toronto as Community: Fifty Years of Photographs. Toronto as Community represents more than fifty years of photography by Vincenzo Pietropaolo, “one of Canada’s pre-eminent documentary photographers” (Canadian Geographic). The photographs are grouped around short essays that explore Pietropaolo’s particular interests and observations,…
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March 3, 2022, 7 pm by Zoom – Architecture and Heritage Preservation
Zoom presentation by Jill Taylor, Restoration Architect Jill Taylor co-founded Taylor Hazell Architects (THA) with Charles Hazell in 1992. The firm relocated to the Junction in November 2021, after purchasing and renovating the landmark William Speers Building at 2928 Dundas Street West. Jill’s talk will be about the inspiration for her work, the importance of…
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Past Event – Speaker: Keith Ross Leckie – Thursday, February 3rd 2022 at 7 PM
Join local West-Bend author Keith Ross Leckie as he recounts the outrageous tale of one of Canada’s most mythologized families – the Donnellys! The Donnellys were blamed for numerous arsons, murders, and inciting violence in their local community north of London Ontario. Five members of the same family were slain by locals in their home Feb…
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Past event: CPR Stories and the Junction History Quiz – Dec. 2nd at 7 PM by Zoom
Renowned CPR speaker and lifelong Junctionite Raymond Kennedy will share his fireside chat audio recording of “CPR STORIES” at the December 2nd meeting. Raymond gave this talk at the 30th Anniversary of the Canadian Pacific Historical Association recently. Raymond has lived and worked in these Toronto streets for over 80 years, being a CPR employee for…
