He had been nominated in the Public History category in 2017, 2018 and 2021. There’s a lot of continuity in the city.”His Old Toronto series got its start when Ross began researching buildings he noticed while walking his dog (Campbell House and the Grange are two of his favourites). “It might sound cheesy,” he says, “but that gets me in the heart a little.”In addition to Old Toronto and his two related history series — Old Ontario and Old Canada — Ross is working on a book about the history of hauntings in Toronto and is trying to develop an Old Canada TV series. I’m the new llama historian in Toronto.” His child is also getting Ross to think hard about the city’s future. The support and recognition the Old Toronto Series has attracted shows him that people are less apathetic than he had been led to believe, he says.

Source: The Star December 19, 2021 17:01 UTC