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Oral Indigenous History and Cultural Cosmology Workshops

8/23/2020

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As a part of Arts Etobicoke's ongoing series, Augmented Reality in The Village of Islington, they are once again offering the free online workshop Oral Indigenous History and Cultural Cosmology Workshops with Philip Cote on Monday August 24th and Wednesday August 26th to those who live and work in the area of Islington.

These workshops will look at how Indigenous people organized their lives through the observation of the environment ie. Animals, Seasons, and Star Knowledge and how all these become Land-based Knowledge and survival tools for Indigenous People. In this session, Philip will focus on Star-knowledge and the Thirteen-moon Calendar.

Philip organizes his workshops with a smaller group dynamic. Focusing on wildlife pictography, its importance to Indigenous people, and how ancestors spoke about the organization of this wildlife through painting animals in the woodland style.

All our community workshops are free, however they are intended for community members who live or work within a 1km radius of Islington Village. This project is designed to more accurately represent the people who live and work in this community so we want to make sure that registration is targeted to community members. You are welcome to sign up for multiple workshops, however as space is limited we may ask you to choose your preferred workshop series so we can accommodate as many community members as possible.

Workshop 2

Monday, August 24
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Register here for Oral Indigenous History and Cultural Cosmology Workshop with Philip Cote on August 24

Workshop 3

Wednesday, August 26
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Register here for Oral Indigenous History and Cultural Cosmology Workshop with Philip Cote on August 26


Philip Cote, of Moose Deer Point First Nation is a Young Spiritual Elder, Indigenous Artist, Activist, Educator, Historian and Ancestral Knowledge Keeper. Philip is a graduate of OCAD University’s Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design Masters program.

He is engaged in creating opportunities for art-making and teaching methodologies through Indigenous symbolism, traditional ceremonies, history, oral stories, and land-based pedagogy. His art and teaching philosophy evolves from his practice of experiential learning and the transmission of Indigenous Knowledge.

Philip has shared his knowledge with numerous institutions from York University, the Art Gallery of Ontario, University of Toronto, OCAD University, Peel District School Board and the TDSB.  Philip is also a tour guide with “First Story” since 2005, providing an Indigenous history of Toronto covering the last 13,500 years and as far back as 130,000 years. Philip has won numerous TABIA awards for his public street art murals across the City of Toronto.
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New Outdoor Tours Available at Montgomery's Inn

8/15/2020

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Our friends at Montgomery's Inn want to let you know about their new outdoor guided tours that offer an opportunity to learn about the Inn's history from a new perspective, and with stories that might be less familiar. 

Inns were at the very centre of their respective communities, providing conviviality and shelter, food and drink, and a safe place to share stories and ideas. Come walk with us where you will meet some of the people who traversed the grounds of Montgomery’s Inn and neighbouring Thomas Riley Park. From first peoples to settlers, and Chinese market gardeners like Willie Chung who was born at the Inn in 1937. Or farm hands like Joshua Glover whose flight to freedom along the underground railway would galvanize the abolitionist movement in the United States and inspire the formation of the Republican Party.
 
Walk features an exploration of nearby Mimico creek and includes a gentle paved slope and a short walk up a grassy hill. 
 
HistoricTO is a time-ticketed, guided neighbourhood walking tour experience that connects Toronto's communities by providing equitable and inclusive access to local history, heritage and land-based learnings at Toronto History Museums.

Interiors will remain closed to the public until further notice. To help reduce the spread of COVID-19, HistoricTO program is designed following Toronto Public Health COVID-19 Guidance for Cultural & Heritage Institutions and Attractions guidelines.
 
Tour Length: 60 minutes

Admission: Pay-what-you-can (PWYC) with a suggested donation of $10
 
To register please visit https://montgomerysinn.streamintickets.com/events/Walking-Tour
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New Joshua Glover Memorial Revealed

8/13/2020

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Today was a big day for the Etobicoke Historical Society. After years of fundraising and effort, we were thrilled to finally reveal the Joshua Glover memorial. The monument commemorates Joshua Glover, a Black man who helped propel the abolitionist movement after escaping slavery. After a series of artist submissions and a panel vote, Quentin Vercetty was selected. Quentin's piece pays homage to Mr. Glover's transition from slave to free and local influencer citizen within Toronto. Congratulations to Quentin, and thanks to all members of the Etobicoke Historical Society and board for working diligently to make this a reality!
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EHS’s Research Helping to Preserve Etobicoke’s Heritage Structures

8/9/2020

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In September 2019, I attended an information session presented by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) on TOBuilt, a database for cataloguing and promoting Toronto’s built heritage. ACO had invited members of historical societies and other community groups to learn about TOBuilt and how to become involved in updating and expanding the database with Toronto’s heritage structures.

TOBuilt was started in 2006 as the personal project of one man, Bob Krawczyk, who had a passion for cycling around Toronto and taking pictures of old or interesting buildings. Mr. Krawczyk eventually entered over 7,000 buildings into his database, with a photo for each building along with the address, number of floors, year completed and often the architect's name and other information on the property.
ACO became interested in the project and arranged to take over TOBuilt from Mr. Krawczyk in 2013 and improved it for easier use. Hundreds of sites have since been added, and additional information obtained for many buildings. TOBuilt currently contains well over 11,000 entries.

I realized that EHS’s website provided a rich resource of information for many of the heritage buildings in Etobicoke and when linked to a building profile in TOBuilt would greatly enhance their heritage value. Each TOBuilt building page displays an area where a short story on the building can be told, and a “resources“ button at the page bottom to provide a link online from where the information is taken.

Since becoming a member of ACO in November 2019, I have updated 27 heritage Etobicoke building records in TOBuilt and entered an additional 26 buildings. For each of the 53 records, I have provided a link to an article on EHS’s website as a resource. There are many more buildings still to update or add, however research will be required as they have not yet been covered by EHS.

The City of Toronto has an online register of heritage properties, however it only provides minimal information such as whether its status is “listed” or “designated” and the listing date. TOBuilt provides a much richer resource for establishing the heritage value of our historic structures and will play an important role in the on-going challenge of preserving Toronto’s built heritage.

Be sure to visit TOBuilt online: https://acotoronto.ca/tobuilt_new_detailed.php
 
Sources:
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/his-interest-is-building/article18173695/
https://www.oala.ca/event/tobuilt-recording-and-protecting-torontos-built-heritage/

Researched and written by Neil Park
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