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Volume 16 # 1 |
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| An 1830s sawmill... perhaps | Evidence found in an old book |
| Some Last words before leaving the homeland | |
Volume 15 # 3 |
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| Feudalism | Transition between the dark ages and modern times; student exercises for courses in World History and Celtic Studies |
Volume 15 # 2 |
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| Celtic Customs | Origins |
| Timber Salvage -- Tornado Damage | Don't let good logs just rot |
Volume 15 #1 -- Thinking Skills |
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| Seven Core Thinking Skills | For Rich Tasks |
| Rich Task Exercises | List of links |
Volume 14 #12 -- Milk Meeting |
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| Diary of Alexander McCowan | Founder of the milk marketing movement in Ontario |
| Rich Task Exercises | |
Volume 14 #11 -- On the Farm |
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| Dairy Cattle | Oral history |
| Jim Weir's Barn | Oral history |
| Horses | Oral history |
| Agriculture and Safety | Rich Task Exercises |
Volume 14 #10 -- Fairness and Family |
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| James Weir's Legacy | A Wealthy Farmer's Last Will and Testament |
| A Daughter's Tribute | |
| Tragic Loss of the Family Breadwinner | |
| Equity in Historiography -- A Monument to Who? | |
| Rich Task Exercises: Fairness and Equitable Distribution of Family Assets | |
Volume 14 #9 -- Education |
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| Public vs. Private Education | Pioneers in the Benefits of De-Streamed Classrooms |
| Private Schooling for a Farmer's Son? | |
| Rich Task Exercises: Public vs Private Education | |
| The Ontario Curriculum in 1890 | Learning by repetition has its merits |
| Rich Task Exercises: Be an Education Consultant | |
| Oral History -- Education: 1920s and 1930s | Rich Task Exercises: Design an Oral History Interview Project |
Volume 14 #8 |
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| Learning Unit: Agriculture | On the Farm |
| Daylight Saving Controversy | |
Volume 14 #7 |
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| Recreation Learning Unit | Music |
| Prize-Winning Grain | |
| Making Work Fun | |
Volume 14 #6 |
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| Education Learning Unit | The "Imperfect System", 1840 |
| Latin Tutor | |
| Kindergarten, 1916 | |
| The Two Mile Walk to School | |
| Local School Benefactor | |
| School Amalgamation | |
| Learn While You're Young | |
| See also Volume 14 #9 | |
Volume 14 #5 |
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| Learning Unit: Housing, Homelessness, Heat and Hardship | Gypsies |
| A Modern Farmhouse | |
| The Thirties | |
| Riding the Rails | |
Volume 14 #4 |
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| Public Service Learning Unit | Scarborough Heights Loyalists |
| Milk Producers Find a Leader | |
| War Effort on the Home Front | |
| Supreme Sacrifice | |
| Women and the Right to Vote | |
| Fenian Raids | |
| Support for War Vets | |
Volume 14 #3 |
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| Character Education Learning Unit | Shrewd Intelligent Emigrants |
| Natural Dignity | |
| In the Service of God | |
| Well Taught the Value of a Shilling | |
| Canniness | |
Volume 14 #2 |
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| Health Care Learning Unit | Disease and Childbirth |
| Cholera | |
| Motherlessness | |
| Rheumatic Fever | |
| Diphtheria | |
| Unplanned Pregnancy | |
| Nutrition and Health Care on the Farm | |
| Primitive First Aid | |
Volume 14 #1 |
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| Learning Unit: Immigrants and Land | An English Landowner |
| Sons of a Scottish Bonnet Laird | |
| A Minister's Observations | |
| Tragedy in the Forest and Fatherlessness | |
| Rural Prosperity | |
| Eastern Europeans | |
Volume 13 #12 |
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| Transportation Learning Unit | Pioneer Travel |
| The Labouring Class and Capital Projects | |
| The Auto Arrives | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #11 |
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| Phototeria | Industry, Inventions and the Budding Consumer Society |
| Overcoming Handicap | Alternative Amusements and Self-Generated Goals |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #10 -- Getting Results |
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| Ploughing Matches | Skills Development for New Canadians |
| Competition, Fairness, Risk and Reward | Encouragement for a Work Ethic |
| Full Partnership in Society | Solid Work Ethic Bears Fruit for All |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #9 -- Developing Softer Skills |
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| Enlightenment and Cultural Pursuits | In Lowland Scotland |
| Concerts and Drama | |
| Scarborough Heights Park | |
| Metro Heritage Quilt | |
| Heritage at the CNE | What is Heritage? |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #8 |
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| Engaging in the Research Process | A hard-working student |
| "New" Technology | In the Classroom |
| Archaeological Resources | Important for schools and learning |
| The Tree | A Poem about Nature and Humanity |
| Touch of Tartan | Highland Dance in Toronto |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #7 |
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| The Temperance Movement and Eventual Effects | "How to Break Bad Habits and Cultivate Good Ones" |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #6 -- Happy Hour |
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| Happy Hour, or Rather, Days... On End | Changing Pressures and Drinking Habits |
| Weddings | |
| Funerals and Festivals | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #5 -- Community Effort |
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| Many Hands Make Light Work | Bees, Frolics and Building Houses |
| Barn Raisings | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #4 -- Rural Labour Market |
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| The Labour Market | Contests of Strength |
| Hiring Fairs in Scotland | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #3 -- Scarborough Fair |
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| Values of the Immigrants | Fairs and Horse Races in Scotland |
| Declining Economic Activity at Lowland Fairs | |
| Agricultural Societies, Fairs and Exhibitions in Upper Canada | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #2 |
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| A Scarborough Farm | A Student Oral History Paper |
| Integrated Learning Lesson Plan | Social Studies, Technology, Math and English -- Grade 5 |
| Change in History | Lesson Plan for Grade 12 |
| Land Clearing | And Logging Bees |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 13 #1 |
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| Scarborough's First Burns Supper | A Play for Public School |
| Setting Up Another School | Expanding Opportunities for Learning |
| Deborah J. Reed | Canadian Watercolours -- The Scarborough Bluffs |
| Subscription Library | Visionairies |
| Agricultural Society | Visionairies |
| Temperance Society | Visionairies |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #12 |
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| Mathematical Literacy | Lesson Plan and Exercises |
| A Brilliant Mathematician | Mary Fairfax Somerville |
| Burns Supper 1861 | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #11 |
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| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #10 |
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| Fenian Raids | Rare Medal Goes to Auction |
| Christmas Revels | Out of country destination |
| DNA Study | Of a Scarborough Family |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #9 |
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| Donna Jean Richter | |
| History | The Study of Six Dimensions |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #8 |
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| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #7 |
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| The Roots of Caribana | A Scottish Connection |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #6 |
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| Democracy... | It's worth your vote on June 28 |
| Mania of Radical Reform | Instruments of Political Change |
| Great Reform Bill Procession | The struggle for Democracy and a Steam-Powered Parade Float |
| Discontent, Loyalty and the Economy | To secure tranquility and prosperity |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #5 |
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| Scottish Highland Games and Festivals | Day trips and Weekend Jaunts |
| Lobbying for a Railway | Settlers for Northern Ontario |
| Mayfair Music Festival | Sentimental Journey |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #4 |
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| Doors Open Toronto | Doris McCarthy's Fool's Paradise |
| Toronto Community Foundation | Connecting philanthropy to community needs. |
| More names for the faces | Another H.A. Halbert Reunion |
| The Greatest Canadian | Our Nomination |
| Back to the Land | Farmers in Canada |
| More old terminology | |
| Hollywood Director | With Scarborough Roots |
| James Weir | A Tough Pathmaster |
| James Neilson | Wealthy Grain Merchant |
| Field Trip | St. Andrew's Cemetery |
| Catching Up With the Market Economy -- Reviews | Coming Soon |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #3 |
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| Memoirs of Crawford Smyth | A Review |
| An International Trader has... | Financial Difficulties |
| Initiative | From unsung factors |
| Coal and the Improvement Era | Fertilizer and Beautification |
| Longing for Home | A Immigrant's Lament |
| Owner-Occupier Farmers | A Radical Concept at the Time! |
| The Estate Evolves | The Landlord Needs More Income |
| Parking Meters | Come to Toronto |
| A Scientist Gets Recognition | He could have rivalled Einstein |
| Lesson Plan | Building Communities |
| Exercises: Preparation for the | Essay Competition |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #2 |
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| Friend of the Farmer | Your local banker |
| Triggering the Scottish Enlightenment | Top-Down or Bottom-Up? |
| The New Math | For the new cash economy |
| Libraries and Learning | Help plan the future of the Toronto Public Library |
| Capitalists | Entrepreneurs and Professionals |
| Weaving | Indenture to learn the trade |
| Preparing for the end | Concern for offspring |
| Men of Steadying Influence | In Public Life |
| Champion of Philanthropy | A Risk Management Expert |
| Church Worker | Fundraising In the Community |
| The Guild Inn | Needs your wedding story! |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 12 #1 |
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| Standup Scarborough | A new civic pride initiative |
| The Devil's Advocate | Be careful with your data! |
| Before the Sheep | ...There were sheep. |
| Nominate a deserving volunteer | Ontario Honours and Awards |
| The Millwrights | Engineers of the Industrial Revolution |
| The Coalminers | Fueling the Industrial Revolution |
| Accidents | In the Coalmines |
| A Burns Supper -- Freestyle | |
| More Rabbie Burns Suppers | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #12 |
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| School Architecture | A new era for the learning environment |
| The Successful Teacher | "To do good" |
| Robert Burns Suppers | Rise and Fall of a Tenant Farmer |
| Scottish Heritage | More links |
| The Tenant Farmers | |
| Scots in British Guiana | |
| Coming Events | |
| Latest Historic Event | Scarborough's historic development on the World stage |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #11 |
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| 10,000 Years of Toronto History | Exhibition at Cedarbrae Library |
| Land Ownership | Succession to Real Property |
| New Mode of Land Management | Articles of Lease |
| Bankruptcy of a Farmer | An Inventory of Goods |
| Emigration | The value of a connection to Land |
| Student Workshop | Essay Competition: Scarborough in a World History Context |
| Financial Probems | Emigration to Canada |
| Tenant Takes a Mortgage | And builds a homestead |
| A Lakefront Estate Residential Development | Boom and Bust |
| The Importance of History | There is a point... |
| "Small-time" Landowners | "Bonnet Lairds" |
| The Labourers and Carriers | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #10 |
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| 10,000 Years of Toronto History | Exhibition at Cedarbrae Library |
| Values | Arising out of the Lowland Clearances |
| Capitalist in Training | Rise of a Coalmaster |
| Dawn of a New Economic Order | Entrepreneurism |
| Shrewd Intelligent Emigrants | Establish a Library |
| Cost of Food | Protectionist Trade Law |
| Poverty and the Poor | A Paradoxical Posting? |
| Winners and Losers? | A New Angle on the Lowland Clearances |
| First Township Militia | Arrives in Defence of Toronto |
| Historic Walk Report | Almost 70 did the trek. $146.50 donated to Washington Church. |
| The Weavers | |
| Student Workshop | Essay Competition: Scarborough in a World History Context |
| Sentimental Journey | Where Angels Gather Coffeehouse and Entertainment |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #9 |
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| Legacies | Of a successful farmer |
| Scarboro's Centennial | Old Settlers |
| Andrew Annis | Buys his homestead |
| Scarboro Preaching Place Since 1803 | Washington Church Special services in 1935 |
| Annis Family Reunion | |
| Emigrant Entrepreneurs | The new capitalism |
| Auction sale | Keep it in the family |
| Wing Commander Annis | Awarded O.B.E. |
| Andrew Annis and Sarah Taylor | Photographs of their family and their golden wedding anniversary |
| The Last McCowan Farmers in Cumnock | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #8 |
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| Spotlight on Sponsors | McCowan's Ltd. -- McCowan's Highland Toffee |
| Scarborough's Oldest Public Art | Fundraiser |
| Good Old-Fashioned Hospitality | A strange thing happened on the way to the concert... |
| Prohibition | "is here ... and it is here to stay" |
| A local hero | Rewarding a dedicated volunteer teacher |
| Annis Women | |
| Scandal-cloaked politician sneaks back into town | And "disappeared on the dark side of the station" |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #7 |
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| Lord Justice Sir Anthony McCowan | A short obituary |
| Annis Family History | A turn-of-the-century milestone |
| Agri-Marketing | Dawn of a new era |
| Oil Tractor Demonstration | Early small tractors |
| Agricultural Hall-of-Famer | Clark Young |
| Kingston Road | Back to the Future; Photograph: 1913 |
| Churches By the Bluffs Community Services | Foodbank Program coming in Sept. |
| Halbert Public School | Photograph: More names for the faces |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #6 |
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| Massey Field Day | Rural fun on the farm! |
| Lowland Scotland | A Bibliography for students |
| Upper Canada | A Bibliography for students |
| History Hunters | Your chance to appear on Discovery Channel |
| 10,000 Years of Toronto History | Exhibition at Toronto Reference Library -- back by popular demand! |
| Susan McLean Woodburn | Fine Artist |
| Heritage Toronto Awards | |
| Scarborough in the Context of World History | An endorsement from the Head of Radio, Scotland |
| Scotland's Forgotten Clearances | With a Scarborough twist ... Article by BBC News |
| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites Walking Tour -- Part Three | Along the Pioneers' Kingston Road -- and wrapping up with a Pork BBQ |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #5 |
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| Scarborough in the Context of World History | A student essay contest |
| An Interpretation of "Passage" | Sculpture in Honour of Doris McCarthy |
| A Timely Look at Epidemics | Cholera |
| Lesmahagow | Featured Parish in Lanarkshire |
| An Ontario Medical History Treasure | The early symptoms of cholera -- an account in the first person, 1833 |
| Toronto Historical Association | Attends BBC Radio Scotland News Conference |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #4 |
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| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites Walking Tour -- Part Two | Doris McCarthy Trail down Gates Gully to "Passage" |
| Individuality and Democracy | The religious rural Scots |
| The Lowland Clearances -- The Scarborough Connection | Broadcast Times on BBC-Radio Scotland |
| De-Population | A Landuse Planning Strategy |
| Your Lease is Up | And out you go |
| Men of Capital | The Dot Farm Boom |
| Work Horses | |
| Renting Fool's Paradise | 1881 |
| Outlying Islands by the Traverse Theatre | Toronto World Stage Festival, Apr 9-12 |
| Enlightenment and Cultural Progress | The middle class leads the way |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #3 |
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| Landmark of Municipal Government | Scarboro Council 1925 (Photo) |
| Farm Improvement | Lease on a farm |
| Land Availability | Over-Population and Sustainable Growth |
| Go West Young Man | The Canadian Prairies |
| The Annis Family | Fanny Annis' Scrapbook |
| CoalMining | An option to working the land |
| Industry | Proposed Weaving "Warehouse" |
| Stephen Washington's House | Founder of Washington United Church |
| Illustrations, Maps and Photographs | Finding Aid |
| Scarborough and BBC Documentary | From The Scarborough Mirror |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #2 |
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| Our Relationship With the Land | A Landuse Snapshot |
| People and Place | Through the "Passage" of Time |
| Keep Burglars Out | Home-Tips |
| Biology Class | In Kindergarten at Halbert |
| Setting Legal Precedent | For Snow Clearing from Roads |
| Progressive Tenants | Dawn of the agricultural revolution |
| BBC Radio Scotland Comes to Scarborough | From The Bluffs Monitor |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 11 #1 |
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| The Lowland Clearances | A profound re-ordering of society |
| The Agricultural Revolution | An Introduction |
| Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire | Data sources -- these testaments may help us understand the agricultural revolution in this Parish |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 10 #12 |
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| History and Socio-Economic Planning | History is useful! |
| Washington United Church | 200th Anniversary Celebrations |
| Innate Kindliness of a Philanthropist | His liberality was great |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 10 #11 |
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| Carbon Monoxide Can Kill | How to protect your family |
| Two Wheel Brakes, A Radial Car and Tragedy, 1919 | Publication -- Street Railways: Toronto, 1861-1930 |
| Christmas Shopping right here | Local History books, Scarboro Heights Greeting Cards |
| Law and Order | A Canadian law enforcement hero |
| Regulations Against Amusements | Fairs and Frolics: Scottish Communities at Work and Play |
| Water, Our Most Precious Asset | Healing Mineral Waters |
| Building a City | |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 10 #10 |
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| 10,000 Years of Toronto History | Upcoming Heritage Month Talk |
| In Flanders Fields | Remembrance Day |
| A Touching Tribute to Parents | Reviews of an oral history "album" |
| Philanthropy | Practising Benevolence |
| More Halbert Names from the '70s | Jean Boyd, Carol Bergerson, Susan Halliday |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 10 #9 |
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| Oldest Apple Orchards | |
| Aviation | Turn of the Century Dreamer |
| St. George's Anglican Church | Fifty Years in Scarborough |
| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites -- Review of the May Tour | Next Walking Tour: |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | |
Volume 10 #8 |
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| Subsistence in Canada | Natives on the Prairies |
| Doris McCarthy | Artist of Honour |
| 10,000 Years of Toronto History | Exhibition at Toronto Reference Library |
| Evaluating Resources on the Web | Your information processing project must be serious about it's inputs! |
| Education in Scotland | Preparing for success |
| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites -- Review of the May Tour | Next Walking Tour -- Register Soon -- Space is Limited! |
| Halbert Ablaze -- False Alarm | By Nancy Weir McCowan |
| Coming Events | |
| More Links | Including Pickering Museum Village |
Volume 10 #7 |
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| Fundraising Event for Passage | Sculpture to honour Doris McCarthy |
| A Fool in Paradise | Extract from Doris McCarthy's "early life" autobiography |
| 10,000 Years of Toronto History | Exhibition at Toronto Reference Library |
| The Canadian Identity: What is a Canadian? | Happy Canada Day! |
| A Veritable Web of Heritage Projects and Symbolism | People and Place |
| Eric Tappenden, Halbert Grad | Now a Community Builder in Markham |
| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites | Walking Tour -- Register Soon -- Space is Limited! |
| Mississauga Indian Burials | On the Ashbridge Farm |
| More Notable Historic Events | In Scarboro Heights |
| More Links | |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 10 #6 |
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| Book Signing, June 22 | Neigh the Front -- Exploring Scarboro Heights |
| Need a Speaker for your Meeting? | Community, Church, Business |
| Toronto -- A Place of Meeting | 10,000 Years of Toronto History |
| Bill and Nancy McCowan | Golden Wedding Anniversary |
| McCowan Family Reunion and Picnic | |
| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites | Walking Tour -- Register Soon -- Space is Limited! |
| Melville Church 150th Anniversary | William and Susan Young |
| The Late Bill Funnell | Obituary |
| More Links | |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 10 #5 |
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| Open House: Yonge / Lawrence Subway | |
| Toronto -- A Place of Meeting | 10,000 Years of Toronto History: Don't miss this first public exhibition of the earliest known evidence of human occupation in Toronto! |
| Scarborough's First Firehall, 1925 | Photograph: Laying the Cornerstone |
| Letter of Appreciation | From the Toronto City Planning Department |
| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites | Walking Tour |
| Food Banks | Early 19th Century Style |
| Poor Roads | Impede Regional Development |
| More Links | |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 10 #4 |
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| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites | Walking Tour-- Register Soon -- Space is Limited! |
| Fenwood Heights Street Sale, May 4 | Toronto's most historic street |
| Intermediate Choir, Halbert | More names for the Faces! |
| More Links | |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 10 #3 |
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| Rhubarb Pie and the Church Dinner | By Nancy McCowan |
| Scarboro Heights Historic Sites | Walking Tour -- Trace the steps of Kingston Road pioneers |
| Neigh the Front -- Feedback | George Dunbar |
| The Meaning of "New Technology" | |
| Inventive Minds | In A New Economic Order |
| Folklore and Legends | Another angle on Scarborough's heritage |
| The Barns of Scarborough | |
| The Butt and Ben | Primitive housing |
| The Successful Teacher -- Scarborough Village School | Book review by Duncan Urquhart |
| Notable Historic Events | Some updates |
| Put Your Web Page Here With Ours | A Scarborough Web Community |
| More Links | |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 10 #2 |
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| Scarborough's Olympic Champs | Cherie Piper and Vicky Sunohara |
| "Kingston Road as it Originally Ran" | Walking Tour -- Trace the steps of Kingston Road pioneers |
| Halbert Old Boys Benevolent Club | Inaugural Meeting |
| Toronto's Lost Heritage Sites Project | Scarboro Heights featured |
| Early Archaic Occupation | 10,000 years ago |
| Gates Gully and Tavern | Lost Heritage Site |
| Springbank | Lost Heritage Site (The original McCowan settlement of 1833) |
| Marion Thomson McCowan | A Tribute |
| Put Your Web Page Here With Ours | A Scarborough Web Community |
| More Links | |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 10 #1 |
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| Cropshare Program | St. Andrew's Church and Food Supply for the Third World |
| "Kingston Road as it Originally Ran" | Walking Tour -- Trace the steps of Kingston Road pioneers |
| Marlow and Pollock's Horses | By Paul Slogget, Fairmount Grad |
| Easter Egg Fundraising Breaks Food Processing Rules! | Margaret Carr, 1962, and Nancy McCowan, 1992 |
| "The Convent" | By Judy Carr-Sandham |
| Put Your Web Page Here With Ours | A Scarborough Web Community |
| Neigh the Front: Exploring Scarboro Heights | Book Review by Jean Harper Hilliard |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 9 #9 |
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| New Technology | In the home |
| The Scots Kirk, An Oral History of St. Andrew's Presbyterian, Scarborough | Book Review by George Beatty |
| "Kingston Road as it Originally Ran" | Walking Tour -- Trace the steps of Kingston Road pioneers |
| "Front Runner" at H.A. Halbert | An immigrant's experience in the '50s, by Dieter Huebner |
| "With I Hope a New Face" | Stage Drama: A Newcomer to a New Land |
| Bibliography | An Immigrant Entrepreneur |
| Early 19th Century Dialog | Industrial Revolution and challenges of the new economy |
| Neigh the Front: Exploring Scarboro Heights | Book Review by Cathy Austin, Special to the Bluffs Monitor |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 9 #8 |
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| St. Andrew's 150 Years Ago | Book Review by M. J. Ujimoto |
| Scarboro's Pioneer Families | A few sample notes from our publications |
| New Links | |
| Economic Theory | An Introduction |
| Protectionism | In the food supply chain |
| Protectionism | In 17th century Scotland |
| A Century of Transition | 1700-1800, Background Information |
| Regulating the Supply and Price | Of Food |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 9 #7 |
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| Book Signing, Oct 22 | Neigh the Front -- Exploring Scarboro Heights |
| H.A. Halbert Public School | Memorial to a 1966 Halbert Grad |
| Arts Grant Funding Bodies | And other new links such as the Scarborough Camera Club |
| Burrows Hall | Scarborough's First Town Hall |
| How To Help | With the Community Studies Program |
| Many thanks to... | Support for the Community Studies Program |
| The Old Boys' Club (17th century) | Wine and dine the rich and famous |
| Visual Overview | Of the Community Studies Program |
| More Reviews of Neigh the Front | |
| More Reviews of this web site | Scarboro Heights Record |
| Milk Program in Schools | By Barb Presunka |
| Afghanistan -- Pre 1984 | A timely look back at a previous issue of SHR (V5#1) |
| Coming Events | |
Beginning in Volume 9 #6, I will be including some historic data regarding the evolution of the value systems of the early Scottish settlers of Scarborough. While the nineteenth century farmer in Scarborough looks much like the blacksmith in Cobourg (after all, they were both only "pioneers"!), they each performed a unique function in the development of Canadian society. Now, if the farmer were Scottish and the blacksmith German, they would have each contributed ideals, attitudes and values that were unique to their native land and beneficial to their adopted Canada. We can better understand the whole (and plan for the future) if we fully comprehend the parts. We must study the Scot, the German, the Italian, the blacksmith, the factory worker, the Torontonian and the person living in Uxbridge if we ever hope to answer the question, "What is a Canadian?". So it is vitally important that we ask the question "what values did the Scots and others bring to Canada and how did these values evolve?"
More rationale for this view of the evolution of the Canadian identity here.
Volume 9 #6 |
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| Book Signing, Sept. 29 | Neigh the Front -- Exploring Scarboro Heights |
| Farming Community | And Their "Food Fairs" |
| Accidental Death: Food Poisoning | W. Westney, progressive farmer |
| James Chester, 1841-1908 | President of Toronto Milk Producers Association |
| Student Project | Feeding the Family in a Local Economy |
| To Sustene the Personis | The Agricultural Revolution |
| Nutrition | Food Supply |
| The Fermtoun Cooperative Economy | Subsistence to 1700 |
| Interdependence | Of the stakeholders in the land |
| Dependence on the Land | A tradition of land-holding security |
| Meagre Diet in the Isolated Fermtoun | ca 1700 |
| Regional Trade and a Varied Diet | Inn "kept by a farmer of great dealings" |
| Coming Events | |
Volume 9 #5 |
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| Book Signing, Aug. 18 | Neigh the Front -- Exploring Scarboro Heights |
| Literacy | Attitude to Learning |
| Reciprocal Links | Sharing a vision for learning through community studies |
| The "Back Forty" Turns up a Relic | By Norman Graham |
| The Milk Challenge | Ontario's milk marketing movement founded in Scarborough in 1892 |
| Janet McCowan Program | Kickoff Meeting, Oct. 22 |
Volume 9 #4 |
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| Massey Field Day, August 18-19 | Antique tractor demonstrations |
| Old Geodetic Survey Tower | Highest point on Lake Ontario |
| The Sisters of St. Joseph | By Paula Shaw |
| The School Bullies | |
| Coming Events | |
| The Farm and the Environment | Oral History Interview Project #6 |
| Women and the Family Farm | Oral History Interview Project #7 |
| Character and Faith of the People | Biography |
| Public Service | Leadership, Civic Duty, Democracy |
Volume 9 #3 |
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| Neigh the Front -- Exploring Scarboro Heights | Contents in Brief; $17.00 |
| Reviews and Comments | Neigh the Front |
| McCowan Road Hockey 60's Reunion | As printed in the Bluffs Monitor |
| Halbert Reunion | A good time was had by all! |
| Fairmount School's 50th Anniversary | Fenwood Heights, by Paul Dotey |
| A Methodology for Teaching Information Processing | Using local history as a catalyst |
| Inputs and Resources -- Context and Evidence | On-Line supplement to Neigh the Front -- A Scarborough Bibliography |
| Information Processing Techniques | On-Line supplement to Neigh the Front |
| Outputting "Better" Information -- Some Rules of Writing | On-Line supplement to Neigh the Front |
| Transportation | Kingston Road |
| Immigrants and Land | Our values with respect to land |
| Disease, Health Care and Mortality | Public Health and Safety |
Volume 9 #2 |
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| Janet McCowan Fincham Memorial Scarborough Community Studies Program | |
| H.A. Halbert Class Photographs | |
| Halbert Reunion Postponed a month | |
| Cliffcrest United Church: The Fifties | By Alan Staig |
| Community Solidarity | By Peter Gassyt |
| Gordonvale Subdivision | By Audrey Lyall |
| Growing Up in the Fifties | By Murray Skinner |
| Halbert in the Fifties | By Jean Harper Hilliard |
| Horticulture | By Roger Clarke |
| Halbert's Fun Fair and Bomb Drills | By Bob Bloomer |
| Halbert in the Sixties | By Barb McCowan Presunka |
V9 #1
Volume 9, #1 issue of The Scarboro Heights Record is a "re-printing" (as it were) of several compositions of my husband, Bruce, while he was a Grade 5 student at H.A. Halbert Public School. These particular compositions were selected because they are stories of growing up at the Kingston Road McCowan farmhouse in the early '60s.
Since the 50th Anniversary Reunion of Halbert is to be held on June 16, 2001, we thought it would be interesting to publish some "original works" from the notebooks of former students.
We'd like to fill a future issue with contributions from other students -- please send your old "compositions" to me at the above email address.
Volume 9 #1 |
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| My Autobiography | As of Age 10! |
| Eric The Purple Raids Again | Hallowe'en |
| A Sore Seat and Tired Legs | Scarborough Bluffs |
| The Night Before Christmas | A Stage Production |
| Bantaun Sales | |
| The Mystery of My Lost Glasses | The Shop |
| Canada’s New Flag | |
| How to Make a Hockey Rink | |
| My Glasses, Lost Again | The Pit (Known by some as "the cliffs") |
| Bantun Sales New Office | |
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