by Vanessa | Jan 29, 2025
Tshweu Moleme: Black Tradition(s) and the Days Ahead Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 7:30PM ON ZOOM Longtime Orillian, Tshweu Moleme, is an educator at Lakehead University, Faculty of Education. Moleme brings extensive background in leadership and advocacy, in both...
by Vanessa | Oct 21, 2023
The Tudhope Carriage Company Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7PM ON ZOOM The largest carriage maker in the British Commonwealth, a car designed by men as famous as Henry Ford at the time, a pan-Canadian sales network, favourable tax laws. Should be a recipe for...
by Vanessa | Oct 20, 2023
A Leacock Love Story Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 7PM ON ZOOM Author Stephen Butler Leacock, who immortalized Orillia in his book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, is known as the grandfather of Canadian humour and at one point was the most famous humourist in the...
by Vanessa | Oct 19, 2023
Evolution: Packet’s death spawns birth of digital newspaper Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 7PM ON ZOOM It was a dark day in Orillia when The Packet & Times — after 144 years of faithful service — shut its doors in November 2017. Employees found out about the news on...
by Vanessa | Oct 18, 2023
History Education Through Art: C. W. Jefferys draws the history of Simcoe Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 7PM ON ZOOM Dr. Frances Helyar, Professor Emerita of Education at Lakehead University, researches the history of education, including the adoption and use of...
