Those who spin their own wool should also know something about dying it. The industrious economical Canadian farmers’ wives
May 13, 2021
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Andrew Stewart
Wayne joined what was then called City of Toronto Museums in 2009, providing leadership for the Collections and Conservation
May 13, 2021
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Michelle Mayers-Van Herk
REVIEW A Revolution of Love, 4:36 minute video; producer Wayne Burns, directors Weyni Mengesha and Lucas Derkathansy, choreography by
May 13, 2021
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Debbie Marshall
REVIEW Dianne Graves, In the Company of Sisters: Canada’s Women in the War Zone, 1914-1919 (Robin Brass Studio 2021)
May 13, 2021
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Friends of Fort York
Sources & Further Reading The opening citation is from the introduction to an anthology of essays edited by Leanne
May 13, 2021
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Margaret MacMillan
MacMillan continued from page 1 War’s effects have been so profound that to leave it out is to ignore
May 13, 2021
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John P.M. Court
The Land Acknowledgement for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health declares that “the site of CAMH appears in
May 13, 2021
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Mrs Amy Hoppock / John Lambert Hoppock
Your letter of the 4th inst reached me this morning – and as it states that you are all
May 13, 2021
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Brian Murphy
In the summer of 1813, USS Oneida sails out of Sackets Harbor, its base at the eastern end of
Fort York has provided both essential and approved services over the past year. We have played our part in
January 29, 2021
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Friends of Fort York
The nice dishes that can be made with apples would fill in description a small volume; such as puddings,
January 29, 2021
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Friends of Fort York
“The real amusement of the young people is furnished by the skating rinks,” wrote Mrs. Robinson to her granddaughter
January 29, 2021
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Friends of Fort York
Like most organizations this past year, the Friends of Fort York & Garrison Common found many of their usual
January 29, 2021
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Friends of Fort York
The solid old line of nineteenth-century factory buildings from 89 to 109 Niagara Street – due north across the
January 29, 2021
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Jay Young, Renee Saucier
Like many other memory institutions across the globe, the Archives of Ontario is adding digital images from its collections
January 29, 2021
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Friends of Fort York
When regiments of Wellington’s army were sent to Canada in the summer of 1814, their officers’ appearance shocked Lieutenant-General
January 29, 2021
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Donald E. Graves
REVIEW Ben Townsend, Fashioning Regulation, Regulating Fashion: The Uniforms and Dress of the British Army 1800-1815 (Helion Press) Volume
January 29, 2021
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Friends of Fort York
Gother Mann, 1788, “PLAN of TORENTO HARBOUR with the proposed TOWN and part of the SETTLEMENT.” Coloured manuscript, 13″
January 29, 2021
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Rick Laprairie
The Niagara River looking north from Queenston Heights was painted by Elizabeth Simcoe in 1793. It’s the view now
November 3, 2020
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Friends of Fort York
Where the Brock Bridge touches the ground at the south-east corner of Fort York. Shrouds are off the steel
November 3, 2020
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Friends of Fort York
REVIEW Tim Cook, various titles and publishers (see list below) An historian at the Canadian War Museum, Tim Cook
November 3, 2020
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adapted from Donald E. Graves, Excerpted, Not for Self but for Country: The History of the Lincoln, Welland Regiment
Effect on our Military Operations in the provinces. The whole country would be driven to a state of desperation
November 3, 2020
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Victor Russell
Hockey in Canada has always had a military component. From the earliest accounts of the sport, through the late
November 3, 2020
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Friends of Fort York
Among the old-fashioned settlers, the pumpkin is much esteemed for pies, and a sort of molasses, which they prepare