ActiveHistory.ca and the Toronto Public Library
Thursday, May 7, 2015
6:30-8PM; Lillian H Smith Library Branch (239 College Street)

This time we are taking an entertaining and slightly idiosyncratic look at sports history to mark the Pan Am games in Toronto. The series—now in its fifth year–is a partnership between ActiveHistory.ca and the Toronto Public Library, founded and curated by former students in York University's Graduate History Program.

Bruce Kidd: Toronto: The Cradle of Women’s Sports

It took until after WWI before women’s sports got off the ground in Canada. Dr. Bruce Kidd (University of Toronto Scarborough), former Olympic athlete, explores how a small group of Toronto women created local and provincial organizations and the Women’s Amateur Sport Federation of Canada, and won Canadian women the right to enter international competition.

Upcoming:
Wednesday, May 27, 2015- Jenny Ellison “Five Things You Don’t Know About Terry Fox”
You know he is a national hero but what did he add to the national conversation? Dr. Jenny Ellison (Trent University) explores how Canadians were inspired by Terry Fox in ways you might not expect.
6:30-8PM; Danforth/Coxwell TPL Branch (1675 Danforth Avenue)

Visit: http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=37867&Nso=0&Ntt=history+matters