Ralph Thornton Community Centre

Mentor Program
2024-01-08 15:30 - 18:00, 2024-01-15 15:30 - 18:00, 2024-01-22 15:30 - 18:00, 2024-01-29 15:30 - 18:00, 2024-02-05 15:30 - 18:00, 2024-02-12 15:30 - 18:00, 2024-02-26 15:30 - 18:00, 2024-03-04 15:30 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) and 14 more dates | Multi-Purpose Room, 765 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, M4M 1H3, Canada
The Ralph Thornton Community Centre’s Mentor Program provides a positive and supportive space to help newcomer Chinese children from our community to improve their English language skills and feel more comfortable living in a new country and culture.

Repair Café
2024-04-07 12:00 - 16:00 | Riverdale Auditorium, 765 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4M 1H3, Canada
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Everyone is welcome!
At Repair Café, we will have skilled fixers who can help you fix your broken household items and show you repair tips and tricks.
Examples of repairable items include:

Small appliances
Laptops
Clothing
Jewelry
Toys
Books and more!

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Repair Café is part of the Repair Hub program at RTCC. This event is made possible by a partnership between RTCC, Seneca Polytechnic and Repair Café Toronto.
COST: Free of charge.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT: None.
CONTACT: Teresa Tsui at teresa-ka-wing.tsui@senecapolytechnic.ca

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Riverside Community Clean Up
2024-04-19 11:00 - 13:30
Join the Riverside B.I.A., Ralph Thornton Community Centre and community members to help clean up our neighbourhood. Supplies will be provided, so if you have some time to spare on Friday, April 19 drop by RTCC between 11 am and 1:30 pm and pitch in.

Laptop Repair Workshop
2024-04-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Riverdale Auditorium, 765 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4M 1H3, Canada
This is a beginner-friendly workshop which provides theory and hands-on practice for repairing laptops/PCs and addresses common hardware and software challenges.
This free workshop is part of the Repair Hub program at RTCC and is made possible by a partnership between RTCC, Seneca Polytechnic and Repair Café Toronto.
With limited spots available, secure your spot now to avoid missing out! To register, please fill out the sign-up form provided in the registration requirements section below.
COST: Free of charge.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT: Fill out the sign-up form available here.
CONTACT: Ray Chan at ray.chan@senecapolytechnic.ca
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Small Appliance Repair Workshop
2024-04-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Riverdale Auditorium, 765 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4M 1H3, Canada
EVENT INFORMATION
This is a beginner-friendly hands-on workshop which teaches you tips and techniques to safely repair common household appliances.
This free workshop is part of the Repair Hub program at RTCC and is made possible by a partnership between RTCC, Seneca Polytechnic and Repair Café Toronto.
With limited spots available, secure your spot now to avoid missing out! To register, please fill out the sign-up form provided in the registration requirements section below.

COST: Free of charge.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT: Fill out the sign-up form available here.
CONTACT: Ray Chan at ray.chan@senecapolytechnic.ca
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Culinary Historians of Canada Book Sale!
2024-05-04 12:00 - 16:00 | Riverdale Auditorium, 765 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4M 1H3, Canada
Ralph Thornton Community Centre, Riverdale Auditorium (accessible)
765 Queen Street East, two blocks east of Broadview Avenue in Toronto.
Limited street parking. Green P parking lot 045 at 111 Broadview Avenue.
Cookbook collectors! We have some rare 19th-century cookbooks. We have lots of rare and familiar, old and new, important and not, repro and original, big and small, 20th-century cookbooks from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., plus a few from Asia, India, Australia and Europe. We have cookbooks for children. A nice selection of cookbooks by Madame Benoît too. Fill in some of your collection’s gaps from more than 2,000 cookbooks available.
Food historians! We have encyclopedias, national surveys, bibliographies, dictionaries, biographies and histories of familiar and obscure topics. We have books on the history of chocolate, beverages, Christmas and more. Expand your knowledge by choosing from more than 500 books exploring topics in food history.
Many of the books are donated from the personal libraries of well-known Canadian food historians Mary F. Williamson, Carolyn Crawford and Fiona Lucas, who are all downsizing, and the late Dorothy Duncan, who bequeathed her entire and enormous culinary book collection to CHC. We have many duplicate Canadian cookbooks donated by McGill University’s library too.
Historical baked treats are available for purchase too. This is a 30th-anniversary fundraiser for the Culinary Historians of Canada. Admission: Free. Open to everyone! For more information, visit our Facebook page!

Board of Management Meeting
2024-05-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-09-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Riverdale Auditorium, 765 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4M 1H3, Canada
The Ralph Thornton Community Centre Board of Management meets the fourth Wednesday of every month from September to June. Information regarding the meetings and the agenda will be available on our website each month in advance of the date.
