Our speaker for September is award-winning journalist John Lorinc on: “The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood”.
For almost a century, The Ward served as the major point of entry for waves of immigrants to the city: African Americans, Irish, Italians, Eastern European Jews and Chinese, among others. While the area came to be known as an over-crowded slum packed with derelict housing, The Ward hummed with life – small business, places of worship, theatres, restaurants, schools, playgrounds, studios and social service agencies.
Admission $5/free to RHS members. Memberships $15/yr available at the event.
Admission $5/non-members, free to RHS members. Memberships ($15/yr) available at the event.
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