Riverdale Historical Society—since 1999

  We Are All  Treaty   People : Indigenous Histories of Tkaronto/Toronto Presented by Susan Roy 7:00pm, Tuesday, April 30th In  person : Ralph Thornton Ctr, 3rd floor, 765 Queen St. E. By Zoom:  Click Here                                                                       Norval Morriseau; "Tree of Life"; 2021 What are our responsibilities as non-Indigenous Torontonians to learn about the Indigenous histories of the places we live and the  treaties  that have been negotiated in relation to these territories?  In the Mohawk language,  Skahne Tewatewayenstha  means "we study, we are students, we learn as one".  This presentation offers an introduction to the histories of Riverdale, Tkaronto/ Toronto, and the wider region, paying attention t...

    Remembering Covid with Girl Sprout!  (Follow at  https://www.instagram.com/pamela_flitton )   Even in Covid Time RHS member Daphne Hart liked to eat, which led, that chilly May 2020 morning, to her discovering the gigantic Brussel Sprout that dominated Farm Boy’s mostly modest-sized spout selection.   But cooking that sprout would have been tantamount to cannibalism and so, inspired by Mr. Potato Head, Daphne coaxed the exquisite Girl Sprout into existence.            But once Sprout was suitably garbed and settled into her comfortable life, she developed a huge ego and a sense of entitlement that led to dreams of future grandeur.   What Sprout required to finance and otherwise enable her dreams was sponsors, which is how the Lysol and Bacardi companies became fixtures in her life.           By then Daphne had transmogrified into Pamela Flitton, and it f...