News and Activities

Guilbault’s Zoo and Gardens: “The largest, most novel and most varied exhibition in the world!” Talk by Bernard Vallée Sunday 12 February at 2 pm Recent road work on Pine Avenue uncovered archaeological remains of a once-famous zoo. Come hear Bernard Vallée, well-known housing activist and defender of the Plateau’s […]

Talk: Guilbault’s Zoo and Gardens

2023-02-01 in News and Activities / Talks by Mémoire du Mile End

Le long chemin aux urnes : la lutte pour le droit des femmes au Québec Talk by Melanie Leavitt, Sunday 11 December On the occasion of the centenary of the women’s march to the Quebec Parliament for voting rights, we will examine the history of the women who waged a […]

Talk : Le long chemin aux urnes

2022-11-29 in News and Activities / Talks by Mémoire du Mile End

Le Châtelet, a century of history: from mansion to housing co-op Sunday November 27, 2:00 p.m. On Park Avenue, just north of Fairmount, there is a rare example still standing of a Belle Époque mansion – from the time when the avenue was a prestigious residential address. The house and […]

Talk: Le Châtelet

2022-11-17 in News and Activities / Talks by Mémoire du Mile End

Saturday, October 1, 2:00 p.m. Space available in English tour 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 […]

Mile End Literary Tour 2022

2022-09-27 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

Mile End Memories is reviving the old Mile End railway station, demolished in 1970, with a video made using 3D computer models of the lost buildings. Full version (16 min) showing the evolution of the site through time, from 1876 to today. Short version (4 min) Presentation of the […]

Mile End Station

2022-08-29 in News and Activities / Historical Capsules / Talks by Justin Bur

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Walking tour: Mile End then and now

2022-07-09 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

(Français) Conférence : L’avenue du Parc à travers le temps

2022-03-23 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

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 […]

Talk: In search of Irish Mile End

2022-03-01 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

(Français) Histoire et défense du patrimoine : archives citoyennes

2022-01-30 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

Walking tour: In search of Irish Mile End

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

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

(Français) Nos prochaines conférences, hiver-printemps 2020

2020-01-09 in News and Activities / Talks by Yves Desjardins

Presentation: Queer Mile End

2019-11-16 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

The Landscapes of Mile End Sunday November 3, 2 p.m. (Standard time) Mile End has a rich history. Recognized as a district of heritage interest by the City, it bears witness to Montreal’s cultural diversity and urban development triggered by 19th-century industrialization. It is culturally and socially dynamic and is […]

Presentation: The Landscapes of Mile End

2019-10-28 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

Contemporary Jewish Mile End from World War II to today Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 – 2:30 pm This tour will present a lesser known aspect of Mile End. The largest Jewish neighbourhood in Montreal before World War II, it changed from the 1940s onward as various Hassidic Jewish communities moved […]

Walking tour: Contemporary Jewish Mile End

2019-10-09 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

Family archives: their contributions to history and challenges of conservation in French Sunday 6 October 2019, 2 pm Bibliothèque Mordecai-Richler 5434 Park Avenue ** Please note that the multipurpose room upstairs, where the activity takes place, will be open as usual. Only the adult section of the library, downstairs, is closed. ** […]

Presentation – Family Archives

2019-10-05 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

Launch of Mile End Portraits

2019-09-23 in News and Activities / Mile End Portraits by Mémoire du Mile End

book: Portraits du Mile End — Update 2019-09-23: Photos from the event. Join us for the launch of a book that celebrates Mile End diversity! Mile End Memories, the local history group, joined with two local graphic artists, Michel Hellman and Pascal Girard, to produce a richly illustrated book linking the history of the neighborhood to […]

Book launch: Mile End Portraits

2019-08-25 in News and Activities by Justin Bur

Mile End Memories is offering eight walking tours in the neighbourhood this year, on Sunday afternoons (and a couple of Saturdays) at 2 pm, between 16 June and 13 October. Reservations not required. A voluntary contribution ($10 suggested) would be appreciated, to support the organization’s programs. Sunday 13 October – […]

Walking Tours 2019

2019-07-06 in News and Activities / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 – 5:30 p.m. La Khaïma restaurant 142 Fairmount Av. West All our friends are welcome! Here is the proposed agenda: 1. Welcome, adoption of the agenda 2. Adoption of the minutes of the Annual General Meeting of October 28, 2018 3. Presentation of 2018 activity report and […]

Annual General Meeting 2018-19

2019-06-05 in News and Activities by Mémoire du Mile End