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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Zoom Talk: Rails Reclaimed: How Toronto’s Rail Infrastructure Found New Life
DESCRIPTION:Rails Reclaimed uncovers the afterlives of Toronto’s rail infrastructure. How many former streetcar\, radial and rail properties were eventually repurposed as markets\, subways\, parks and neighbourhoods\, and reasons that some traces were erased. Using historic photographs\, maps and then-and-now comparisons\, Jeremy Hopkin reveals a past that still shapes the city today. \nAbout our speaker: \nJeremy Hopkin is a Toronto historian whose love of local history began as a child trailing his railfan photographer father along the city’s tracks. A graphic designer and artist by trade\, he enjoys weaving visual storytelling with archival sleuthing to bring Toronto’s history to life. Jeremy is the Official Toronto Historian and regular quarterly guest of the award-winning Toronto Mike’d podcast\, a contributor to Spacing magazine\, an ambassador for Motorista Studio\, and a board member of the Leaside Heritage Preservation Society. He brings curiosity\, warmth\, and a knack for turning his research into vivid local stories. \nAbout the series: \nThe Toronto Railway Museum hosts guest speakers online via the Zoom Webinar platform the Second Tuesday of each month. These talks are free and open to the public\, with a suggested donation of $10 to support future programming. The Toronto Railway is a registered Canadian charity (838626943RR0001) and charitable tax receipts will be issued for donations over $25.
URL:https://railtest.marketaccess.ca/event/second-tuesday-zoom-talk-rails-reclaimed-how-torontos-rail-infrastructure-found-new-life/
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Zoom Talk: Black Railway Porters in Canada
DESCRIPTION:Join author and historian Channon Oyeniran as she shares the story of the Black men who worked as sleeping car porters on Canadian railway routes. This presentation will also explore some of the established Black communities in which many of these men lived and came from\, as well as explore the experiences many Black men had as Sleeping Car Porters in Canada. \nThis presentation will explore and discuss: \n\nWho were the Black Sleeping Car Porters?\nBlack Sleeping Car Porters and established Black Canadian communities.\nLabour Challenges and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.\nBlack Canadian Leaders and their connections to Sleeping Car Porters.\n\nRegister for Black Railway Porters in Canada \nAbout our speaker: \nHistorian and author Channon Oyeniran has an indescribable passion and thirst to not only know more about history\, in particular- slavery (historical and modern)\, but to educate people on these issues and to assist in stopping it from continuing! \nChannon is a graduate of University of Toronto with a bachelor’s degree in history and Caribbean Studies\, the University of Hull (UK) with a Master’s Degree in Slavery Studies\, and she is currently undertaking her PhD at Queen’s University. Channon has expanded her knowledge and information about Black History and the issues that the Black community faces both locally\, here in Canada and internationally\, by participating in conferences and workshops relating to the Black experience and history in Canada. \nChannon served as the Vice-President for the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) from 2017-2023\, where she helped the organization to preserve\, celebrate and spread the rich Black history of Ontario and Canada. \nChannon is the founder of Oyeniran Education Support (OyES)\, an educational organization that helps individuals and institutions identify and align with their intrinsic values\, gifts and nurtures them to greatness. Channon uses the OyES platform and others\, to teach people about Black History. Channon Oyeniran was born in Scarborough\, Ontario but is a longtime resident of the Durham Region. She currently resides in the Durham Region with her husband and their sons. \nAbout the series: \nThe Toronto Railway Museum hosts guest speakers online via the Zoom Webinar platform the Second Tuesday of each month. These talks are free and open to the public\, with a suggested donation of $10 to support future programming. The Toronto Railway is a registered Canadian charity (838626943RR0001) and charitable tax receipts will be issued for donations over $25.
URL:https://railtest.marketaccess.ca/event/second-tuesday-zoom-talk-black-railway-porters-in-canada/
LOCATION:Toronto Railway Museum\, 255 Bremner Blvd\, Stall 17\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5V 3M9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Zoom Talk: Royal Tours and Rail Journeys in the life and reign of King Charles III
DESCRIPTION:Royal Tours and Rail Journeys in the life and reign of King Charles III \nIn November 2025\, King Charles III celebrated his 77th birthday by driving a tram-train in Wales while opening a new rail depot. The reign of King Charles III\, however\, has also seen the decommissioning of the royal train in the United Kingdom. Join Dr. Carolyn Harris as will discuss the changing role of trains in the life and reign of King Charles III over the course of decades of royal tours. \nRegister for Royal Tours and Rail Journeys \nAbout our speaker: \nDr. Carolyn Harris received her PhD in history from Queen’s University in Kingston and is an instructor at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies\, receiving the teaching award in 2016 and 2021. She is the author of three books\, Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada (Dundurn 2015)\, Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette (Palgrave 2016\, recipient of the 2016 Royal Studies Journal book award) and Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting (Dundurn 2017) and the co-editor of the English Consorts: Power\, Influence and Dynasty series (2022-2023). Her writing concerning history and royalty has appeared in numerous publications including Reader’s Digest\, Smithsonian Magazine and BBC History Magazine. She frequently provides royal commentary for the media including CBC News and the BBC. \nAbout the series: \nThe Toronto Railway Museum hosts guest speakers online via the Zoom Webinar platform the Second Tuesday of each month. These talks are free and open to the public\, with a suggested donation of $10 to support future programming. The Toronto Railway is a registered Canadian charity (838626943RR0001) and charitable tax receipts will be issued for donations over $25.
URL:https://railtest.marketaccess.ca/event/second-tuesday-zoom-talk-royal-tours-and-rail-journeys-in-the-life-and-reign-of-king-charles-iii/
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Zoom Talk: Driving the Rails with Ford in 1925
DESCRIPTION:Second Tuesday Talk: Driving the Rails with Ford in 1925 \nIn 1925\, Ford of Canada organized an epic crossing of Canada by road in celebration of their 21st anniversary\, and the launch of a new version of their ubiquitous Model T car. Over the course of 44 days and more than 7\,700 kilometers\, Ford videographer Ed Flickenger\, newspaperman J. L. Scrymgeour\, and others\, including local car dealers\, and occasionally Canadian highway promoter Dr. Perry Doolittle\, drove from Halifax to Vancouver. When the roads ran out\, they fitted their car with train wheels and drove along the tracks\, covering more than 1\,300km by rail. Footage of the trip was made into a silent documentary\, Across Canada with Ford. \nJoin Dumaresq de Pencier for a special live screening with commentary of this film\, and a snapshot of the grand and often perilous adventure that was Canadian driving and rail travel in the 1920s. \nAbout our speaker: \nDumaresq de Pencier is an award-winning museum researcher\, television presenter\, exhibit developer and guide\, and has had a lifelong interest in the history of vehicular technology. He is currently the Exhibit & Special Project Coordinator for the Canadian Automotive Museum. In his spare time he writes tabletop games and volunteers for the Canadian Tank Museum and Ottawa’s Cold War Collection. \nAbout the series: \nThe Toronto Railway Museum hosts guest speakers online via the Zoom Webinar platform the Second Tuesday of each month. These talks are free and open to the public\, with a suggested donation of $10 to support future programming. The Toronto Railway is a registered Canadian charity (838626943RR0001) and charitable tax receipts will be issued for donations over $25. 
URL:https://railtest.marketaccess.ca/event/dec2025talk/
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Zoom Talk: From Platform to Battlefield: Toronto’s Union Station and Canada’s World War Soldiers
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Goldsworthy will explore the importance of Toronto’s railway network to Canada’s World War efforts. Anchored by Union Station\, a major transportation hub\, Toronto’s rails moved tens of thousands of soldiers\, and millions of munitions and supplies towards the front. He will explain how the logistics of locomotives and steel rails enabled our nation’s overseas contributions. He will also touch upon some of the human stories seen on crowded platforms with waving loved ones looking on. \nAbout our speaker: \nRyan Goldsworthy\, the new Curator of the Toronto Railway Museum (TRM)\, is a seasoned museum professional with 15 years of experience working with museum collections across Canada. A graduate of the University of Toronto and Queen’s University\, Ryan is a published Canadian historian and material culture expert from Toronto. He has served on several museum boards and committees\, and he has supervised many museum and material studies students. \nHe was previously the Museum Director & Curator at the Royal Canadian Military Institute (RCMI)\, one of Canada’s oldest and largest military history museums. He significantly enhanced their museum\, collection\, and profile which included the cultivation of one of the most diverse and complete collections of Canadian military uniforms in existence. During his work\, he developed a special interest for the Canadian Railway Troops of the First World War. He has also worked for the City of Toronto as the Manager of Collections & Research where he led the City’s first indigenous repatriation project. \nHe was formerly an Educator and Historian at The Military Museums of Calgary\, and he has worked with the Royal Ontario Museum’s arms and armour collection. \nAbout the series: \nThe Toronto Railway Museum hosts guest speakers online via the Zoom Webinar platform the Second Tuesday of each month. These talks are free and open to the public\, with a suggested donation of $10 to support future programming. The Toronto Railway is a registered Canadian charity (838626943RR0001) and charitable tax receipts will be issued for donations over $25.
URL:https://railtest.marketaccess.ca/event/second-tuesday-zoom-talk-from-platform-to-battlefield-torontos-union-station-and-canadas-world-war-soldiers/
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Zoom Talk: How Rail Industry Knowledge Informs Heritage Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Second Tuesday Zoom Talk: How Rail Industry Knowledge Informs Heritage Preservation \nHistoric locomotives and railcars can be mysterious and challenging objects\, but there are similarities between the 19th and 21st century rail industry that provide historians context for preservation. Join Chris Fox for a lively discussion of his experience in maintaining heritage rolling stock using his industry knowledge that he’s compiled throughout his rail career.  \nAbout our speaker: \nChristopher Fox is an experienced and widely respected professional in the rail industry with a career spanning 30 years. He worked as a railway mechanic for Bombardier and GO Transit for over 10 years\, before moving on to the operating trades at GO Transit for the past 15 years. \nHe also works with the VIA Historical Association and the Halton County Radial Railway\, where he has helped to maintain and restore various heritage cars and locomotives including the VIA 6917 (owned by the TRHA). \nHe enjoys anything mechanical. When he’s not working on trains or engines\, he enjoys fishing\, snowmobiling\, and spending time with his children. \nAbout the series: \nThe Toronto Railway Museum hosts guest speakers online via the Zoom Webinar platform the Second Tuesday of each month. These talks are free and open to the public\, with a suggested donation of $10 to support future programming. The Toronto Railway is a registered Canadian charity (838626943RR0001) and charitable tax receipts will be issued for donations over $25. 
URL:https://railtest.marketaccess.ca/event/oct2025talk/
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