We are excited to announce The Heritage Champion Award goes to Steve Paikin in recognition of his contributions as a journalist, educator, author, documentary film maker and anchor of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVO’s popular public affairs program. 

Steve joins a distinguished group of Heritage Champions, leaders in heritage, education, business and culture, which includes the Honorable Hal Jackman, the Honorable David Crombie, Canadian business historian Joseph Martin, conservation architect Jill Taylor, broadcaster Michael Enright and humanitarian Nancy McFadyen. 

See the award presented at our Annual Founder’s Dinner! Buy tickets HERE

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You are cordially invited to a festive Canadian Christmas dinner, Heritage Champion award, entertainment and Christmas cheer as we celebrate the 175th anniversary of Toronto’s first free school!

Begin the evening with a reception, hors d’oeurves and cash bar. Followed by a mouth-watering, four course, traditional Canadian Christmas dinner with wine catered by award-winning enVille Event Design and Catering.

Marlene Handrahan, musical theatre and cabaret performer, is Master of Ceremonies for a program of seasonal music for singing and listening, performed by outstanding musical artists. Steve Paikin, TVO host and author, is our 2023 Heritage Champion.

*Tables will be created in groups of 4-6

We are very excited to announce the date of our 2023 Annual Founder’s Dinner! Don’t forget to mark December 1st in your calendars as you won’t want to miss it!

We have some very exciting changes this year to mark our 175th anniversary and can’t wait to share them with you, MORE details coming SOON.

Want to know more about beer brewing in the nineteenth century?
CLICK HERE to read more in The Growler: Ontario’s Craft Beer Guide.

Written by beer whiz Jordan St. John, this article dives deep into the process of creating a 1840s Bass Pale Ale.

Want to try the brew? Join us at Enoch Turner on Tap! to sample. Tickets HERE!

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Join us for an evening of food, fun and frivolity. Introducing, Enoch Turner on Tap! a celebratory pub night to toast 175 years of the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse. Enjoy traditional music, sample small plates and even sip on a custom brewed beer good enough to impress Enoch Turner himself! We can’t wait to see you there!

Custom beer created and provided by Amsterdam Brewery.

Music presented by:

Ian Bell is a Canadian folk musician, composer, and singer-songwriter, active in the Canadian folk music scene since the 1970s, performing the traditional songs and dance music of Canada, especially Ontario. A founding member of several musical groups including Muddy York, he has recorded many albums and performed widely at folk festivals, and often with Stuart McLean on CBC Radio’s Vinyl Café and Fresh Air. http://www.ianbellmusic.ca

Anne Lederman has been called one of the most talented fiddlers in the country. She brings to life traditional Canadian music. Anne was a founding member of Muddy York and the Flying Bulgar Band. She has played with numerous other artists on fiddle, piano, mandolin, bones, tenor guitar, accordion and feet. She is also known especially for her work with Métis and Aboriginal fiddle traditions in Manitoba .https://www.annelederman.com/index.htm

**Additional drinks available at cash bar. Non-alcoholic beverages also available.

***This event is 19+.

****Tickets must be shown at the door.

Presented by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation and the Ontario Heritage Trust.

We would like to think Professor Craig Heron for his insightful and compelling presentation Toronto Workers in the 1850s.

If you were unable to attend our AGM and Special Lecture, please click here to read Professor Heron’s presentation.

Join us on May 30th for our Annual General Meeting and Special Lecture:

Toronto Workers in the 1850s

A look back at a decade of major transitions in the lives of Toronto’s working people – new jobs, new immigrants, new challenges to living standards, new cultures.

Special Lecture by:

Professor Craig Heron, professor emeritus at York University, where he taught History and Labour Studies for 35 years. Professor Heron is the author of numerous publications on Canadian social and working-class history, including Working in Steel, The Canadian Labour Movement, Booze: A Distilled History, The Workers Festival, and Lunch-Bucket Lives. He is currently President of the Toronto Workers History Project.

AGM 6 pm      REFRESHMENTS  6:30 PM      SPECIAL LECTURE 7 pm

Memberships available at the door.

For more info contact info@enochturnerschoolhouse.ca

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In 2022, the Foundation made a donation to York University to create and annual bursary for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Education who are enrolled in the BEd program or the BA Educational Studies program. This bursary is to encourage the teaching of history, heritage and public education and to support the development of leaders in the teaching of Canadian history. Eligible students must demonstrate financial need and an interest in Canadian history or public education along with related teaching goals.

We are pleased to announce the award fro the 2022/23 academic year will go to Raven Lovering!

Raven Lovering is a teacher candidate at York University, completing her final year of studies. As a first-generation student, she is passionate about access to education and literacy which she hopes to apply in her future work teaching English and French. She cares deeply about centering storytelling in the classroom to unpack histories and help students find their voices. 

A big congratulations to Raven from the Foundation and Board!

Tickets for our Jane’s Walk: Two Centuries of King Street East are going fast!

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