Congratulations to Longing Belonging ✿ 100 Years 100 Stories, nominee for the #HTAwards2024 Public History Award!
Project Lead: Brenda Joy Lem
Partner: Varley Art Gallery @VarleyGallery
For more on Public History Award nominees, visit: https://t.co/7PtHvznqoF
Join Mackenzie House Museum staff for a neighbourhood walking tour through Old Chinatown. The tour acknowledges the unshared histories and resiliency of the Chinese community.
📅 May 11
🕕 11 am - 12:30 pm
Pay What You Can and save your spot:
https://t.co/0VZdVi0xiv
#topoli#theward Checking out the signage & heritage commemoration at the New Toronto Courthouse (Armoury & Centre). A shoutout here to the archaelogical spadework by @digTMHC, @ERAarch@tatumtchaubal & @InfraOntario. Read more about the history here: https://t.co/2MqyqpU7vW 1/2
📣Launching today - our new digital experience “North York Recipes for Healing”!
Follow the link to explore 15 interviews of East Asian community members from North York, and learn how food serves as a connection between their identities and heritage.
https://t.co/rSSce4CiE5
Mural Lane Naming Contest!
Participants are invited to vote on a list of names to name the lane way while also being able to submit 2 of their own name suggestions for a chance to win $200 and entered into a draw to win one of four Chinese Classic Novels! https://t.co/HAjRoRR9pC
@torontolibrary@ArleneChan1 Followed by a free #HTtour tracing the development of Toronto’s Chinese community & its humble roots in The Ward - a neighborhood torn down in the 60s to make way for modern progress.
More: https://t.co/yjAnqwTXhq
📷 Chinatown, 1923, @LibraryArchives, & 1945, @TorontoArchives
@torontolibrary Join us on #CanadaDay for a free event marking 100 years since the Chinese Exclusion Act with an unveiling of a new #HTplaque on the act and the community members who brought it down....
📷 Chinese-Canadian delegation meeting with Prime Minister, Ottawa, 1957, @ArleneChan1 👇
Toronto Chinatown BIA is hiring 4 positions for our upcoming Toronto Chinatown Festival: Event Planner, Stage & Generators, Event Supplies and Waste Management. Interested parties please email [email protected] (Deadline for application: May 19, 2023) #Hiring
Join us for Huron Square Variety Day on Saturday, June 10 from 2pm to 6pm! Enjoy live music, cultural dance and singing, and many other fun activities with your friends, family and loved ones in Huron Square. https://t.co/qpUAo1fjDi
#ChinatownTO#Toronto#Events
Today on #InternationalWomensDay we want to recognize Jean Lumb, the first Chinese-Canadian woman and first restaurateur inducted into the Order of Canada. In the late 1960s, Jean lead a campaign to save Toronto’s Chinatown which was an important moment for the Chinese community.
We are thrilled to announce our 2023 Lunar New Year Celebrations will be on Jan 21&22, 2023 at both Chinatown Centre and Dragon City Mall!
For more information, please visit our event website: https://t.co/wBTNPW4SJg #ChinatownTO#TOLNY23#LunarNewYear#YearOfTheRabbit