Hogtown To Downtown
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FROM HOGTOWN TO DOWNTOWN:
THE HISTORY OF TORONTO IN 10 WEEKS

THIS COURSE WILL RETURN!

The history of Toronto is filled with fascinating stories that teach us about ourselves and our community. In this ten-week online course, we'll explore the city's past from a time long before it was founded, through its days as a rowdy frontier town, and all the way to the sprawling megacity we know today. How did Toronto become the multicultural metropolis of the twenty-first century? The answer involves everything from duels to broken hearts to pigeons.

Explore the history of the city with the author of The Toronto Book of the Dead and The Toronto Book of Love, host of the Canadiana documentary series, and recipient of the Governor General's History Award for Popular Media — the Pierre Berton Award.


Format: This course will include 10 weekly lectures on Zoom with a chance to interact and ask questions, as well as a list of recommended readings & viewings. Each week's lecture will last approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. Every lecture will also be available to stream online later for anyone who can't make that week's class.

Dates: TBD.

Time: TBD.

Format: Each week's lecture will last approximately 1 to 1.5 hours.

Cost: $195 + tax.

Registration: If you're interested in the course and would like me to let you know when registration opens, just email me at adam@torontodreamsproject.com and I'll be sure to follow up!

If more than one person in your household would like to take the course, feel free to sit in on the lectures together — you only need to pay one fee per screen.

I'm also offering 10% off for paid subscribers of my Toronto History Weekly newsletter! (You can subscribe here.)


If you have any other questions, email me at adam@torontodreamsproject.com and I'll be very happy to answer them.


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