Jamie Bradburn
@jbcurio.bsky.social
Writer/researcher/historian for hire, specializing in Toronto/Ontario history (frequently for Toronto Today and TVO). Former Sunday Star quizmaster. Crafts award-winning stories. Walks and cooks a bit. Has adventures with stuffed porcupines.
News for Toronto history researchers… #TOHistory #history
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
News for Toronto history researchers… #TOHistory #history
ICYMI for TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social I look at the waves of school board consolidations across Ontario during the 1960s as part of the effort to modernize the province's educational infrastructure #onpoli #cdnhistory #history
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ICYMI for TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social I look at the waves of school board consolidations across Ontario during the 1960s as part of the effort to modernize the province's educational infrastructure #onpoli #cdnhistory #history
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
Side research find: much like BB guns and deadly icicles, studded clothing from the 1980s had the potential to cost you an eye!
Toronto Star, August 2, 1984.
Toronto Star, August 2, 1984.
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Side research find: much like BB guns and deadly icicles, studded clothing from the 1980s had the potential to cost you an eye!
Toronto Star, August 2, 1984.
Toronto Star, August 2, 1984.
NEW! For TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social, a look at how the province slashed the number of school boards in Ontario from around 3,700 to around 200 in stages over the course of the 1960s.
Just don't ask school trustees in Baden what their opinion was.
#onpoli #ontariohistory
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
Just don't ask school trustees in Baden what their opinion was.
#onpoli #ontariohistory
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW! For TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social, a look at how the province slashed the number of school boards in Ontario from around 3,700 to around 200 in stages over the course of the 1960s.
Just don't ask school trustees in Baden what their opinion was.
#onpoli #ontariohistory
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
Just don't ask school trustees in Baden what their opinion was.
#onpoli #ontariohistory
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
Thanks to everyone who came to my newspaper talk last night. It was one of the largest audiences I've spoken, and I think it went well.
I'm excited to do more in 2026!
(And hey, if you know a corporate group or somebody similar who'd be interested in a historical chat, I'd love to try that!)
I'm excited to do more in 2026!
(And hey, if you know a corporate group or somebody similar who'd be interested in a historical chat, I'd love to try that!)
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to my newspaper talk last night. It was one of the largest audiences I've spoken, and I think it went well.
I'm excited to do more in 2026!
(And hey, if you know a corporate group or somebody similar who'd be interested in a historical chat, I'd love to try that!)
I'm excited to do more in 2026!
(And hey, if you know a corporate group or somebody similar who'd be interested in a historical chat, I'd love to try that!)
I'm pretty revved up for giving this talk tonight at the Beaches Sandbox - hope to see some of you there!
I am also starting to take bookings for historical talks in 2026 - something I would like to do more of. Drop me a private message if you or your organization are interested! #TOHistory
I am also starting to take bookings for historical talks in 2026 - something I would like to do more of. Drop me a private message if you or your organization are interested! #TOHistory
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm pretty revved up for giving this talk tonight at the Beaches Sandbox - hope to see some of you there!
I am also starting to take bookings for historical talks in 2026 - something I would like to do more of. Drop me a private message if you or your organization are interested! #TOHistory
I am also starting to take bookings for historical talks in 2026 - something I would like to do more of. Drop me a private message if you or your organization are interested! #TOHistory
Afternoon park scene, north of Danforth, west of Logan
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Afternoon park scene, north of Danforth, west of Logan
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Come hear me talk about some of Toronto's journalistic history this week! #TOHistory #cdnhistory
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Come hear me talk about some of Toronto's journalistic history this week! #TOHistory #cdnhistory
Come hear me talk next week in the Beaches! #TOHistory
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Come hear me talk next week in the Beaches! #TOHistory
3) Let my two decades of experience as a public historian, researcher, and writer come to your rescue when you need help in a pinch.
Besides the email in the previous post, also feel free to drop me a private message if my services would be useful!
Besides the email in the previous post, also feel free to drop me a private message if my services would be useful!
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
3) Let my two decades of experience as a public historian, researcher, and writer come to your rescue when you need help in a pinch.
Besides the email in the previous post, also feel free to drop me a private message if my services would be useful!
Besides the email in the previous post, also feel free to drop me a private message if my services would be useful!
2) Sometimes you need a handyman to assist your project, whether it's doing research when you lack the time/live too far from the materials you need, or require a fact-checking historian to ensure accuracy in a time of disinformation.
This is when my "historical handyman" service can help you!
This is when my "historical handyman" service can help you!
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
2) Sometimes you need a handyman to assist your project, whether it's doing research when you lack the time/live too far from the materials you need, or require a fact-checking historian to ensure accuracy in a time of disinformation.
This is when my "historical handyman" service can help you!
This is when my "historical handyman" service can help you!
1) WARNING: Professional ad alert!
Sometimes you need a handyman to fix your home's needs, whether it's as simple as installing a shelf or as complex as assembling the world's largest piece of IKEA furniture (which comes with hundreds of diagrams and pegs).
Sometimes you need a handyman to fix your home's needs, whether it's as simple as installing a shelf or as complex as assembling the world's largest piece of IKEA furniture (which comes with hundreds of diagrams and pegs).
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1) WARNING: Professional ad alert!
Sometimes you need a handyman to fix your home's needs, whether it's as simple as installing a shelf or as complex as assembling the world's largest piece of IKEA furniture (which comes with hundreds of diagrams and pegs).
Sometimes you need a handyman to fix your home's needs, whether it's as simple as installing a shelf or as complex as assembling the world's largest piece of IKEA furniture (which comes with hundreds of diagrams and pegs).
From the vaults for Remembrance Day: for TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social I wrote about how communities across Ontario built First World War memorials during the 1920s and 1930s #cdnhistory #remembranceday
www.tvo.org/article/lest...
www.tvo.org/article/lest...
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
From the vaults for Remembrance Day: for TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social I wrote about how communities across Ontario built First World War memorials during the 1920s and 1930s #cdnhistory #remembranceday
www.tvo.org/article/lest...
www.tvo.org/article/lest...
From the vaults: 45 years ago today, voters cast their ballots in one of the ugliest municipal elections in Toronto history, which involved a lot (and I mean a lot) of homophobia.
Here's my TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social story about the 1980 campaign.
#TOHistory #TOpoli
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
Here's my TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social story about the 1980 campaign.
#TOHistory #TOpoli
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
From the vaults: 45 years ago today, voters cast their ballots in one of the ugliest municipal elections in Toronto history, which involved a lot (and I mean a lot) of homophobia.
Here's my TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social story about the 1980 campaign.
#TOHistory #TOpoli
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
Here's my TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social story about the 1980 campaign.
#TOHistory #TOpoli
www.tvo.org/article/how-...
Winter wonderland at East Lynn Park
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Winter wonderland at East Lynn Park
Qwillamina would like to remind you that some bags are not toys!!!
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Qwillamina would like to remind you that some bags are not toys!!!
Side research find: here's an encyclopedia ad where the main question would stir up plenty of debate as to some of the answers provided.
(I mean, c'mon...Henry Hudson as the birth of Canada?)
Source: Chatelaine, November 1965 #vintagead #canadianhistory
(I mean, c'mon...Henry Hudson as the birth of Canada?)
Source: Chatelaine, November 1965 #vintagead #canadianhistory
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Side research find: here's an encyclopedia ad where the main question would stir up plenty of debate as to some of the answers provided.
(I mean, c'mon...Henry Hudson as the birth of Canada?)
Source: Chatelaine, November 1965 #vintagead #canadianhistory
(I mean, c'mon...Henry Hudson as the birth of Canada?)
Source: Chatelaine, November 1965 #vintagead #canadianhistory
NYC mayoral elections dept: from the last time a NYC mayoral candidate received over a million votes, the front page of the Nov 5, 1969 edition of the Daily News.
More on the that race, where incumbent John Lindsay lost the GOP primary, ran as a Liberal, and won.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Ne...
More on the that race, where incumbent John Lindsay lost the GOP primary, ran as a Liberal, and won.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Ne...
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
NYC mayoral elections dept: from the last time a NYC mayoral candidate received over a million votes, the front page of the Nov 5, 1969 edition of the Daily News.
More on the that race, where incumbent John Lindsay lost the GOP primary, ran as a Liberal, and won.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Ne...
More on the that race, where incumbent John Lindsay lost the GOP primary, ran as a Liberal, and won.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Ne...
And Christmas displays begin in Greektown
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
And Christmas displays begin in Greektown
Peeking through the window of the former Bay store in Eglinton Square (which was used as an outlet location in its final years) and was surprised to see just how much merch was still in there.
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Peeking through the window of the former Bay store in Eglinton Square (which was used as an outlet location in its final years) and was surprised to see just how much merch was still in there.
As I hop on the subway to head home, thanks for coming along this walk. See you next time!
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
As I hop on the subway to head home, thanks for coming along this walk. See you next time!
Some final Blue Jays wisdom in Union Station
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Some final Blue Jays wisdom in Union Station
Our final rest stop of the evening is the lobby of the Royal York Hotel.
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Our final rest stop of the evening is the lobby of the Royal York Hotel.
Do you think the Empire Club is looking for some speakers in 2026?
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Do you think the Empire Club is looking for some speakers in 2026?