Talks

Talk by Jacques Desjardins Mile End was the historical birthplace of the fight for alternative transportation in Quebec. Le Monde à bicyclette (Citizens on Cycles as it was originally called) was the first ecological cyclists’ group in Canada. From its founding in 1975, its street theatre events quickly attracted the […]

Reinventing the city! The story of the Monde à Bicyclette

2025-02-01 in News and Activities / Talks by Mémoire du Mile End

The latest bulletin [December 2024] of the Société d’histoire du Plateau-Mont-Royal (our sister organization) focuses on historic, cultural and heritage aspects of people of Jewish origin living in the borough. It was guest-edited by two members of Mile End Memories. Our next activity will be a roundtable discussion by some […]

Jewish communities of the Plateau: historical, culture and heritage aspects

2025-01-08 in News and Activities / Talks by Joshua Wolfe

Just what does working-class housing mean? There is a tendency to call anything built before the 1930s a “working-class neighborhood”. But the rowhouses of Montreal’s older neighbourhoods reveal a diversity of forms, and a wide variety of façade treatments and ornamentation. In more recently built neighborhoods, row housing gave way […]

Talk: History of working-class housing in Montreal

2024-11-03 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

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(Français) L’énoncé de l’intérêt patrimonial d’un lieu et le cas ...

2024-06-13 in Talks by Yves Desjardins

A summary of the physical and human geography of Mile End in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Sunday 23 April 2023, 2 pm There are a few fragmentary indications of First Nations presence. We have a good idea of the geology of the plateau on the east side of […]

Talk: Mile End Before Urbanization – streams and roads, tanneries and ...

2023-04-11 in News and Activities / Talks by Justin Bur

Our bodies, our choices, our rights The Montreal Women’s Health Centre (in French) Sunday March 5, 2023, 2 p.m. The result of a long battle and decades of mobilization, the fight for free access to abortion and contraception remains one of the most important struggles of the feminist movement. This […]

Talk: The Montreal Women’s Health Centre

2023-02-20 in News and Activities / Talks by Mémoire du Mile End

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

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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(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

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(Français) Histoire et défense du patrimoine : archives citoyennes

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

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(Français) Nos prochaines conférences, hiver-printemps 2020

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

Presentation Queer Mile End: Production of another LGBTQ+ neighbourhood The recent creation of queer neighbourhoods outside of traditional gay villages suggest changes among LGBTQ+ generations and urban species in central cities. Based on a series of interviews among LGBTQ+ youth living in Mile-End in 2013, this presentation explores the process in […]

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

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

Théâtre Rialto et commerces, années 1970 — The Comité des citoyens du Mile End, Association des gens d’affaires du Mile End, and Mile End Memories are conducting a survey about residents’ opinions on and needs for retail shops. Click here to participate As with good neighbours, we’re never happy when a well-loved neighborhood business has to close. […]

Talk: The evolution of Mile End retail

2019-01-20 in News and Activities / Talks by Mémoire du Mile End

Mile End Memories, in collaboration with the Mordecai-Richler Library, presents a new version of its Historical and Literary Tour of Mile End during the Journées de la culture. Rediscover the neighbourhood with a walking tour featuring historical and literary references to places that have inspired many authors and artists. The walk, led […]

Journées de la culture 2018: Historical and Literary Tour

2018-09-13 in News and Activities / Talks / Walking Tours by Justin Bur

In Montreal imagery, the Mile End neighbourhood is constantly in transition. Several different immigrant communities each contributed to the district’s transformation. The 1960s and 1970s was the time when newly arrived Greek immigrants left their mark. This panel will present a joint effort of a McGill University history department seminar […]

A chapter of neighbourhood history: Mile End of the Greeks

2018-04-04 in News and Activities / Talks by Joshua Wolfe

For decades, garment factories helped define the identity of Mile End. At its peak, this sector employed tens of thousands of people. However, the industry declined very rapidly during the 1980s and 1990s because of globalization. But since then, a new generation of designers, anxious to create clothes produced in […]

Made in Mile End / Fabriqué au Mile End

2018-03-11 in News and Activities / Talks by Joshua Wolfe