Twenty–five years ago on December 6, 1989, a man, whose name you probably know, walked into the École Polytechnique in Montreal and shot to death fourteen women. He wounded fourteen more women and four men. He deliberately targeted the women, saying feminists had ruined his life. Since that day there have been commemorations and controversies, […]
Join us this month for two lunchtime musical interludes, with duos Kirk Elliott & October Browne, and Sara Churchill & Colin Savage. Plus, lots and lots of computer classes. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The December 2014 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or […]
The City Planning Department is updating Toronto’s Official Plan. What is an “official plan”? In Ontario the Planning Act requires municipalities to have an Official Plan. The Official Plan is a legal document approved by Council that describes policies and objectives for land uses and how and where the community should grow. The Official Plan […]
Today's post is a guest entry by the Swedish student intern who we've had the pleasure of hosting for the last few weeks at the Toronto Reference Library (TRL). Here are her impressions of our library and our work: My name is Karin and I'm a library student from Uppsala University, Sweden. Instead of […]
This month, two moving tributes to mark the centenary of the beginning of World War One. In the TD Gallery, running this month and into January, see Four Families, One War, an exhibit of artifacts tracing the experience of four Toronto families from 1914-1918. Also, each night at 8.30 and through the nights until November […]
One of the more unusual collections in the Humanities & Social Sciences Department at the Toronto Reference Library is the Municipal Election Campaign Literature Collection. This primary source collection of pamphlets, flyers, and door hangers put out by candidates running for mayor, alderman (now known as councillor) or school trustee have been collected and preserved […]
This book about a tiny enclave ensconced amidst the stately buildings of the University of Toronto, bounded by the ever-changing Bloor Street in an area dubbed Huron-Sussex, has many stories to tell. It exposes urban myths about the area, lovingly highlights beautiful architecture through photographs, and tells its story through the people that lived it. Join panelists John […]
Meet TPL's new Entrepreneur in Residence, Sunny Verma, founder and President of TutorBright. Then meet TPL's new Innovator in Residence, filmaker Sarah Goodman. Or maybe just be Game Curious. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The October 2014 @ TRL as a pdf file. For a full list of programs to browse or […]
Heritage is a word that resonates with us on different levels. We use it to refer to our ancestors and ethnic backgrounds, an historic building or cultural property that may have unique qualities of times past, or even something that we want to preserve like a plant or animal – a heritage rose, perhaps. Tuesday evening September […]
See and hear authors Sylvia Fraser, Linwood Barclay, Thomas King, Naomi Klein, Caitlin Moran and Bernard Cornwell. Discover Being Happy and how to use Photoshop. And don't miss the Friends of the Toronto Public Library Giant Clearance Book Sale on September 19th and 20th. Click on each image to enlarge or Download The September 2014 […]