Yearly Archives: 2021

In 1915, St. Michael’s church in Mile End could boast that it was the largest English-speaking Catholic parish in the city of Montreal. Over the next few decades, that population moved away to other parts of the city. St. Michael’s merged with a Polish mission in 1969 and today, people […]

Walking tour: In search of Irish Mile End

2021-10-28 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

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(Français) Un hôpital civique à la Ferme Fletcher

2021-09-19 in Historical Map / Mile End History by Yves Desjardins

In this two-hour tour we’ll stroll along many of the streets of the neighbourhood to discover some of the places and themes that inspired several Montreal writers during the 20th and 21st centuries. We’ll read excerpts – some in their original languages, some in translation. The tour is being offered […]

Mile End Literary Tour 2021

2021-09-10 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

Manifestation de locataires expulsés de leurs logements de l'avenue Esplanade, organisée par le Comité logement Saint-Louis, 12 mai 1977. — Our first walking tour of 2021 will be held in French on Sunday, 1 August at 1 pm. Please see here for description and details, including the link for registration (required). English version: From its early days as a small, rural, French-Canadian village, through its era as the heart and […]

Walking Tour: Citizen action in Mile End

2021-07-16 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Mémoire du Mile End

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(Français) Montreal Annex: «A Strictly High-Class Suburb»

2021-07-15 in Mile End History by Yves Desjardins

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(Français) Le parc Lhasa-De Sela

2021-06-03 in Historical Map by Mémoire du Mile End

Mile End Under Construction During fall 2007, a new generation of activists breathed new life into the Citizens’ Committee, which had been in semi-hibernation since the early 2000s. Many of these younger people were parents of children at École Lambert-Closse, on Bernard Street, where they met Claudine Schirardin, one of […]

The Mile End Citizens’ Committee during the 2000s

2021-05-22 in Mile End History by Yves Desjardins

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(Français) Le Comité des citoyens du Mile End, années 1980-1990 ...

2021-04-25 in Mile End History by Yves Desjardins

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(Français) Polyvalente Émile-Nelligan

2021-04-23 in Historical Map tagged 1955–1982 / 1982–today by Mémoire du Mile End

Mile End has had several citizens’ committees over the years. At the beginning of the 20th century, residents banded together to preserve the exclusively residential character of Park Avenue and opposed the proliferation of businesses and drinking establishments. In 1967, Hubert Falardeau, (nicknamed “the priest of the poor”), along with […]

The Early Days of the Mile End Citizens’ Committee

2021-04-15 in Mile End History by Yves Desjardins

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(Français) L’école polyvalente Émile-Nelligan – 4750 avenue Henri-Julien

2021-04-02 in Mile End History tagged 1955–1982 / 1982–today by Yves Desjardins

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Luke Callaghan Memorial School

2021-03-20 in Historical Map tagged 1921–1955 / 1955–1982 / 1982–today by Mémoire du Mile End

At the end of February 2021, Stephen Welch announced the closing of his bookstore because of a huge rent increase imposed by his landlord, the Shiller Lavy Group. The news was received with stupefaction by numerous residents of Mile End and was widely reported in the media, for example in this […]

Page Turner

2021-03-02 in Mile End Portraits tagged 1982–today by Sarah Gilbert

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(Français) Le Mile End et les incendies criminels – le ...

2021-02-01 in Historical Map tagged 1955–1982 by Yves Desjardins