Beer-making has a long tradition in Ontario. The province's first European settlers drank beer instead of local unsafe water. And because beer was a normal part of the European diet, many settlers brewed beer in their homes. As demand for beer grew, breweries were established and jobs created. When British soldiers began arriving in the…
10 Amazing Comics and Graphic Novels by Canadians
Hi, I'm David, a librarian at Toronto Public Library. And I've read 398 comics and graphic novels to make up for lost time. I only fully discovered them a few years ago as curator of Hart House Library, a Harry Potter-esque reading room on University of Toronto's campus. I decided to triple that library's graphic novel…
Remembering the Toronto Purchase and its Settlement: June 8: Snapshots in History
On June 8 and beyond, take a moment to reflect upon the disputed Toronto Purchase of 1787 and its eventual compensatory settlement reached on June 8, 2010 between the Government of Canada and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, an Anishinaabe-speaking Mississauga Ojibwa First Nation located on an Indigenous reserve (2,392.6 hectares in area) near the Six Nations of the Grand River in Brantford, Ontario.
The United Empire Loyalists Come to Upper Canada
United Empire Loyalists (or Loyalists) is an honorific that was given in 1789 by Lord Dorchester, the governor of Quebec and Governor General of British North America, to American Loyalists who resettled in British North America during or just after the American Revolution.
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