Brampton Historical Society Meetings and Events

Upcoming Speakers & Events

June 20, 2013 - Claire Loughheed, Manager of the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA), will be presenting "The Power of Three". Discover the history of PAMA located in Peel's historic Courthouse, Registry Office, Jail and 1950s building. Learn about how this unique blend of archives, art gallery and museum in Brampton, Ontario leads to new ways of telling the Peel story and connecting with our community.

September 19, 2013 - Sarah Bohan, President, Belfountain Heritage Society / Stewards of the historic Melville White Church, will be presenting a power-point presentation on the 175-year old historic Melville Church, the oldest standing church in the Town of Caledon. Please note - Sarah will be joining us wearing her 1840's costume - please feel free to join us wearing your pioneer clothing too for this special historic evening!

October 17, 2013 – “Show & Tell” – Come join us for a fun-filled evening of interesting and exclusive artifacts to be presented by our very own members – don’t miss out!

November 21, 2013 – Janis Philip, Author and Historian, will be presenting a very unique and interesting presentation entitled, “From Calabashes to Raccoons – Dinner Time for the First Settlers in Upper Canada.” Just in time for some old-fashioned holiday cooking ideas!

Past Speakers and Events

2013

January 17th, 2013 Ken Weber – Best-selling author will give a presentation on “Stand by Your Man, More or Less” – the fascinating story of different women who have accompanied our prime ministers to Ottawa since 1867.

February 21st, 2013 John Bacher – Author and passionate supporter of Environmental Preservation will present an inspiring history of “Reforestation in Our Community” and talk of the success of the local conservation authorities.

March 21st, 2013 Annual General Meeting and Heritage Update

April 18, 2013 - Steven Haddock, Worldwide Stamp Dealer and Entrepreneur, joins us for an exciting evening full of stamps! Learn all about his company “Worldwide Stamps for Collectors,” in business since 1991, dealing with more than a dozen countries worldwide offering approvals and trading of stamp services to all four corners of the world.

May 16th, 2013 Mike Filey – Well-known Author and Toronto Historian, will be presenting an exciting Powerpoint presentation of “Toronto Then and Now”. Join us for an intimate portrait of many of the places that define Toronto – evolving from forest to a thriving city!

2012

January 19, 2012 Peter Edwards Presenting on his book Delusion:The True Story of Victorian Superspy Henri Le Caron

February 16, 2012 Michael McAllister: Museum Below the Waves The Hamilton and Scourge-2 warships lost in the war of 1812

March 15, 2012 AGM and Heritage Update

April 19, 2012 Marc Boileau will discuss Canada's forgotten Nation Project- Marc Boileau of the University of Guelph will speak on the architecture of Public Works Canada by focusing the history of our Customs & Post Office buildings. He is the author of Towers of Time: Ontario which examines regionally important Post Offices and Customs Houses to illustrate their architectural and historical context.

May 17, 2012 Willard Burton will be presenting a history of Canadian Coins. Willard Burton has been a member of the Rotary Club for many years and a member of the Brampton Rotary Club for the past 3 years. He started "The Brampton Coin Show", which is hosted by the Rotary Club of Brampton, to raise money for Children's Charities. Consequently, the coin show will be held on April 29, 2012 at Century Gardens Recreational Centre in Brampton at 9:30 a.m.

June 21, 2012 Herb Kingston will be presenting a narrated slide show of his fond memories of the home delivery business of days gone by. Herb Kingston is a historian and photo collector of dairy and bakery delivery wagons and vehicles of the past. He is also a former driver for Blantyre Dairy, Silverwoods Dairy and Simpson's Department stores and has much knowledge to share.

September 20, 2012 - The War of 1812 and the Battle of York
Steve Collie, a Brampton and Toronto Historian, as well as a Fort York Guard for 19 years, will take us on an exciting exploration of the War of 1812, the war that defined our nation for the first time. BHS marks two centuries since the beginning of this war which stretched to the end of 1814.

October 18, 2012 - For decades, Canadians purchased CCM bikes in summer and CCM skates in winter, making Canada Cycle & Motor the quintessential Canadian company. Please join author John McKenty for a lively discussion tracing the history of CCM from its formation in 1899 until its eventual demise in 1983. Copies of John McKenty's book Canada Cycle & Motor: The CCM Story will be available following the presentation ($25).

November 15, 2012 - Cathy Crinnion, the Senior Archaeologist at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, will provide an illustrated presentation entitled "Early Brampton Through the Eyes of Archaeology" through slides and artifacts relating to several archaeological sites that have been discovered on Conservation lands in the City of Brampton. She will touch on the area's earliest Indigenous peoples, a topic that she covered in more detail with the BHS in January of 2010, and will focus on Indigenous settlement prior to European Contact as well as sites where early Colonial Settlers set up their new lives in the New World.