This free walking tour explores local histories of print culture and typography—from the trailblazing efforts of the Toronto Typographical Union (Canada’s oldest labour union) to the city’s community of independent publishers and private presses that have preserved the knowledge and techniques of hand-printing to this day.

Each stop will be paired with digital reproductions of rare, limited edition, and archival materials drawn from the special collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. By engaging with these materials together at key sites of production or impact, we will consider the enduring role of print in shaping the life of the city, its residents, readers, writers, labourers, and artists.

This tour is being led Leora Bromberg, Acquisitions Specialist at the University of Toronto's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. It will begin at Northeast corner of Queen’s Park Crescent East and Grosvenor Street (next to the Printer's strike heritage plaque). Google Maps Link:

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This tour is one of the free events that is part of the Thinking Through Printing symposium, hosted by the University of St Michael's College and the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, with support from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, the Jackman Humanities Institute, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Walking Tour: Toronto in Print

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