It was a lovely summer evening on Wednesday August 6th but more than a hundred people chose to spend it indoors – at the City of Toronto Archives – and they weren’t disappointed! Author, historian and university professor Craig Heron drew a full house for the fourth annual Toronto History Lecture, co-sponsored by the Archives and Toronto Branch, and titled “The Workers’ City: Lives of Toronto’s Working People”. Professor Heron invited his audience to […]
J. Brian Gilchrist
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The fourth annual Toronto History Lecture will take place on Wednesday 6 August at the City of Toronto Archives. We’re excited to announce that historian, author and York University professor Craig Heron will be delivering the 2014 Lecture, on the topic of The Workers’ City: Lives of Toronto’s Working People. Generations of working people literally built the city of Toronto and created the goods and services to sustain a large metropolitan population. Yet their […]