Activities Presented in 2016
Unless indicated otherwise, we request a voluntary contribution (suggestion: $10) for walking tours and it is not necessary to reserve in advance. Talks and discussions are free.
Launch event of the interactive historical map
- Thursday 1 December, 5 pm, at the Rialto Theatre, 5723 avenue du Parc
- Presentation by Nathalie Tremblay on the history of the Rialto; tour of the building led by the owner Ezio Carosielli; presentation of the historical map by Justin Bur
Talks at the Mordecai-Richler Library – fall series
Series of free talks, one Sunday per month at 2 pm
- Sunday 11 September: Iconographie de l’ancienne église de l’Ascension, by Kevin Cohalan, member of the board of the Société d’histoire du Plateau Mont-Royal
- Sunday 23 October: La symbolique des synagogues du Mile End, by Sara Ferdman Tauben, author of Traces of the Past: Montreal’s Early Synagogues.
- Sunday 18 December: Le chemin de fer du Canadien Pacifique et le Mile End, by Justin Bur.
History at the Marché des Possibles
Tours leaving from the Marché des Possibles, near the corner of Bernard and Saint-Dominique (look for our table). Voluntary contribution.
The talk on 8 July took place at the market stage. Free.
- Saturday 2 July, 2 pm: The Spirit of Mile End (Joshua Wolfe, Yves Desjardins)
- Friday 8 July, 8:30 pm: Talk – Le passé du quartier aux alentours du Marché des Possibles (in French) (Justin Bur)
- Saturday 16 July, 2 pm: Des manufactures aux ateliers d’artiste, les métamorphoses de l’est du Mile End (in French) (Alice Miquet)
- Saturday 30 July, 2 pm: À la recherche du Mile End perdu (in French) (Yves Desjardins)
- Saturday 6 August, 2 pm: Des manufactures aux ateliers d’artiste, les métamorphoses de l’est du Mile End (in French) (Alice Miquet)
Other walking tours this summer
- Sunday 24 July: Edible Gardens of Mile End. (Michèle Pontbriand, Nathalie Tremblay, Joshua Wolfe)
- Saturday 13 August, 2 pm: The Crossroads of Three Cultures. Meet at Lahaie Park. (Joshua Wolfe, Yves Desjardins)
- Sunday 11 September, 2 pm: Religious Heritage of Mile End. Meet at Lahaie Park. (Joshua Wolfe, Yves Desjardins)
Le Mile End en fleurs
- Saturday 28 May: Walking tour Mile End Buildings Tell Their Stories (Michèle Pontbriand, Nathalie Tremblay)
Jane’s Walk
- Saturday 7 May and Sunday 8 May: Houses of Mile End (Christine Richard, Justin Bur)
Talks at the Mordecai-Richler Library – winter-spring series
Series of free talks, one Sunday per month at 2 pm
- Sunday 31 January: The transformation of the Church of the Ascension into the Mile End library, a success-story of heritage preservation. Presented by Kevin Cohalan, Nathalie Tremblay and Joshua Wolfe.
- Sunday 21 February: Games in Mile End. Participative games are increasingly popular. During the Montréal joue festival, a game based on historical figures of the neighbourhood will be organized. Come meet its authors, Alexia Bhéreur-Lagounaris and Alice Miquet.
- Sunday 6 March: The first 20 years of Images de Femmes. Women artists creating community. Presented by founders Barbara (Bashka) Diakowska-Séguin and Claudine Schirardin. Accompanied by Marie Cornellier, Kathryn Harvey, Pandora Hobby, and others.
- Sunday 10 April: A forgotten page of Mile End Jewish history: the election of 1934 in Laurier Ward. Presented by Yves Desjardins.
Wondering what we’ve done in the past? 2015 calendar
For previous years, consult our annual reports of activities (PDF, about 4 MB each).