Thank you to everyone who attended our first lecture of 2021, Royal Train Tours of Canada. In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th Birthday, we celebrated with an evening of railway history with a royal tour.
This lecture was the kick off for our “10th Anniversary Take Two” campaign.
Thank you to Planting Pearl for providing our opening music. We loved to hear the royal and Canadian anthems with a jazz twist.
We went on a journey to the past as we examined Royal Tours of Canada. Firstly, we looked at tours during the 19th century through to today. Secondly, we celebrated Her Majesty’s 95th Birthday and our rich Royal ties by looking back on our beloved Monarch’s many rail tours across Canada. Finally, we reviewed the 2020 UK Royal train tour of William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. This tour was to thank essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Carolyn Harris
We would like to thank Dr. Carolyn Harris for taking us on this journey. Dr. Carolyn Harris is an instructor in history at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. She received her Ph.D in European history from Queen’s University in 2012. Her writing concerning the history of monarchy in the UK, Europe, and Canada has appeared in numerous publications including the Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen, Smithsonian Magazine and the BBC History Magazine, and she is the author of 3 books: Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada, Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette and Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting. She is currently co-editing a book series about royal consorts, English Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty. She lives in Toronto.
Next, join us for our virtual event on May 13th! During this presentation we will be hosting a screening of The Ties That Bind with the Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada (FCCRWC). More information is available here.