Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre
2 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive M8V4B6 Toronto, ON, Canada

This week on #TidbitTours, the @HumberGalleries is taking us on a virtual tour of their favourite items in their collection at #HumberLakeshore campus! #LakeshoreGrounds #HumberGalleries #HumberCCBI #CityofTO #HumberCollege #EtobicokeLakeshore #OntArtGalleries [Image Description: 4 faded images on a white background with the text Every Thursday in April in neon green with #TidbitTours in the centre of the image. The logos of the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre and the Humber Galleries are in a contrasting black font.]

Next week, our digital art exhibition The Aesthetics of Mental Health launches on our website! #LakeshoreGrounds #HumberLakeshore #HumberCollege #EtobicokeLakeshore #VirtualExhibit

#TidbitTours is back with the Humber Galleries! Stefanie, Diane, and Casey share the exciting digital projects activating contemporary art on the Lakeshore Grounds & at #HumberLakeshore campus! [Image Description: 4 faded images on a white background with the text Every Thursday in April in neon teal with #TidbitTours in the centre of the image. The logos of the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre and the Humber Galleries are in a contrasting black font.]

Join us for a virtual conversation with Quentin VerCetty, multi-award-winning multidisciplinary storyteller, educator, and Afrofuturist; and winner of the 2020 Joshua Glover Memorial competition! Hosted with our friends at The BASE this Thursday at 4:30 PM! Free event hosted on Zoom Pre-registration link:... https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fireside-chat-with-quentin-verc #LakeshoreGrounds #TheBASEHumber #HumberCollege #EtobicokeLakeshore #EtobicokeHistory #AntiBlackRacism #BlackCommunity #HumberLakeshore

#TidbitTours is back with the @HumberGalleries! Join us with Stefanie, Diane, and Casey in exploring contemporary art on the Lakeshore Grounds, and about our neighbours in Arts & Culture at #HumberLakeshore campus! Image description: 4 faded images on a white background with the text Every Thursday in April in neon purple with #TidbitTours in the centre of the image. The logos of the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre and the Humber Galleries are in a contrasting black font.

Join us for a virtual conversation about Black heritage with Channon Oyeniran, Vice President at Ontario Black History Society. Hosted with our friends at The BASE this Thursday at 4:30 PM! Free event hosted on Zoom Bit.ly/FiresideChat-CO... #LakeshoreGrounds #TheBASEHumber #HumberCollege #EtobicokeLakeshore #EtobicokeHistory #AntiBlackRacism #BlackCommunity #HumberLakeshore [Image Descriptions. Image 1: A Black woman in a pink top smiles at the camera, event information for the Fireside Chat Series with Channon Oyeniran sits beside the image in teal text on a black background. Image 2: Three images of the presenters for the Fireside Chat Series beside their event information in teal text on a black background. A picture of the Humber Lakeshore Cottages in Summer at the top of the page.]

Happy April! It’s no joke when we say that we’re excited to welcome @humbergalleries to join us this month for #TidbitTours! Starting next week, we’ll be sharing the intersection between contemporary art and polytechnic innovation with guest #TidbitTourists every Thursday in April. #LakeshoreGrounds #HumberGalleries #HumberCCBI #CityOfTO #HumberCollege #EtobicokeLakeshore #OntArtGalleries #HumberLakeshore

Tomorrow is the big day! Join the Interpretive Centre and The BASE for the first event in our Fireside Chat Series with Natasha Henry. Register online to join the conversation. March 30 at 4:30 PM... Free Event Hosted on Zoom Register: bit.ly/HumberFiresideChat-NH

Do you want to know more about Sustainability at Humber College? Our friends at Humber's Office of Sustainability have helped us create a YouTube video that shares the sustainable initiatives around the grounds of Humber College! Watch the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKqLuK3dMaw #HumberEarthMonth2021 #LakeshoreGrounds #Sustainability #HumberCollege #HumberLakeshore #EarthMonth #EtobicokeLakeshore... [image description: an image of a tree lined sidewalk in summer with the letters "#TidbitTours & Humber Sustainability" on a green background. Image features logos of a passenger pigeon and Humber Earth Month in bottom corners]

Yesterday MPs unanimously voted to declare August 1 Emancipation Day. Coincidentally our Fireside Chat with The BASE on March 30 is with the woman who literally wrote the book on Emancipation Day, Natasha Henry. Register today to join the conversation.

This week on #TidbitTours, the Interpretive Centre and the Office of Sustainability are sharing food, fair trade, and waste projects across Humber's Campuses! Nadine and Alex are joined this week by guest #TidbitTourist Kylie to talk about these initiatives that are as cool as a fair trade cucumber! #HumberEarthMonth2021 [Image Description: a faded image of a Humber Lakeshore's Cottage buildings from across a green field with trees in the foreground with the title "#TidbitTours & Humber Sustainability" in bold white font. Image features the logos of Humber Earth Month and the Interpretive Centre's Passenger Pigeon in the bottom corners.]

Happiest of Holidays and all things celebratory from the team at the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre! In celebration, we’ll be taking time away from screens from December 23 to January 4th, to the delight of our four-legged assistants (pictured above). We wish you all a safe and happy break, and look forward to 2021! ... #LakeshoreGrounds Image Text: four pictures of the most adorable supporters of the Interpretive Centre. Kayda, Jennifer’s rescue rabbit, reluctantly poses with cartoon presents, and a cartoon Santa Hat. We couldn’t convince her to wear a real one... Koda, Nadine’s sassy dog, who also refuses to wear real elf hats, has a cartoon hat, and a cartoon wreath over his smug little face. They’re cute, and do they know it!

An update on the New Toronto Holiday Market. This is an annual event we always look forward to hosting and are disappointed that we are not able to move forward with it in 2020. Please follow the page for updates from our partners and past vendors over the coming month, and please support local.

Call for Artists!

Although the weather outside is frightful, #TidbitTours will be sharing the delightful history of holiday celebrations on the #LakeshoreGrounds. Join us for the first three weeks in December for brand new tidbits and research! We’ll be taking vacation for the rest of the year, but Nadine and Alex will be back in 2021 with new guests and new tidbits! #HumberLakeshore #Etobicoke #EtobHistory #EtobTO #HolidayHistory

This is the final Thursday #TidbitTours will be talking about the #HumberLakeshore Indigenous Markers Project with Humber College Indigenous Education and Engagement Join us on Instagram and Facebook Stories, and now Twitter Fleets! #IndigenousHeritageMonth #EtobicokeLakeshore #Etobicoke #HumberCollege #EtobHistory #LakeshoreGrounds

Today we remember all those who served. At the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery, 24 WWI veterans were recognized with headstones last week thanks to research and funding by the Last Post Fund - Fonds du Souvenir. On the weekend, volunteers from Among Friends and the local community gathered (while socially distanced) to mark each of the veterans’ graves with flags and flowers.

New theme drop for #TidbitTours! To honour Indigenous Education Month, we are partnering with Humber College Indigenous Education and Engagement this November! Join Alex, Nadine, and a new guest #TidbitTourist this Thursday on Instagram Stories as we explore the Indigenous Heritage of the #LakeshoreGrounds.... #HumberLakeshore #IndigenousEducationMonth #EtobicokeLakeshore #EtobTO #EtobHistory #HumberCollege

One hour off each day; namely, fifty minutes for dinner, forty-five minutes for rest is our only break each day. Over the history of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital, nurses worked long hours for low pay. Strikes were held in the 1930s and 1970s as they fought for equal pay with nurses in general hospitals. (For those reading closely - as one of our Followers on Instagram was - yes, there is a typo in that quote. In 1935, the nurse was misquoted in the paper: it should re...ad "One hour off each day; namely FIFTEEN minutes for dinner, forty-five minutes for rest is our only break each day." It's an 85-year-old typo!) Quote from The Globe, 25 May 1935 #HumberMentalHealth #TheStoryUnfolds

Last #HumberMentalHealth Month episode of #TidbitTours is up in our stories. Be sure to watch through for a contest announcement as we prepare for November. www.instagram.com/LakeshoreGrnds Missed an episode? All October content will be archived on our YouTube channel in the coming weeks.... [Image description: Decorative blue text that reads #TidbitTours appears against a black and white photo of women sitting in a gazebo along the water’s edge. Additional text says: Follow on Instagram Stories (@LakeshoreGrnds) Thursdays as Nadine and Alex talk about the myths and misconceptions surrounding the history of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital. Featuring guest #TidbitTourist Jennifer. #HumberMentalHealth

You should see our sea of cabbages! The Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital operated two separate farms during its history - one immediately to the west of the cottage buildings and one north of the main site (near where the Cemetery is today). Patients worked alongside paid staff to raise animals (chickens, ducks, cattle, and horses) as well as a wide variety of crops (legumes, vegetables, and fruits). The goal was for the institution to be as self-sufficient as possible in producing its own food. Quote from The Third Garden installation at the Assembly Hall. #HumberMentalHealth #TheStoryUnfolds