Monthly Archives: January 2014

Sarah Gilbert has lived in Mile End for more than 20 years. From 2008-2011, she wrote a blog, Mile Endings, in which she memorialized certain neighbourhood personalities and institutions before they were swept away by time. We find them to be written with a particular sensibility and a keen sense of […]

Hats off to Mr. Shinder!

2014-01-18 in Mile End Portraits tagged 1921–1955 / 1955–1982 / 1982–today by Sarah Gilbert

1: Rural Mile End

2014-01-06 in Mile End History tagged 1846–1878 / Before 1846 by Yves Desjardins

With this article, Mile End Memories begins publication of an essay on the history of the neighbourhood, written by Yves Desjardins. During the next few months, we will be posting the various chapters on line. Even if the neighbourhood has been the subject of many articles and studies, until now, […]

Mile End History: Prologue

2014-01-06 in Mile End History tagged 1921–1955 / 1955–1982 by Yves Desjardins

After several months of work, Mile End Memories launched a redesigned web site at the end of 2013. We are happy with the result and hope you have had a chance to expore it. Our main ambition with this site is to create a reference on the history, heritage and […]

Our upcoming publications

2014-01-03 in News and Activities by Yves Desjardins