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| name = Mike Filey | | name = Mike Filey | ||
| | | portrait = Mike Filey, prior to a ceremony at the Distillery Loop, 2016 06 18 (27751979955) (cropped).jpg | ||
| alt = | | alt = Mike Filey at the [[Distillery Loop]] in 2016 | ||
| caption = Mike Filey | | caption = Mike Filey at the [[Distillery Loop]] in 2016 | ||
| birth_date = | | birth_date = 1941 | ||
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| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | ||
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| occupation = [[journalist]] and [[historian]] | | occupation = [[journalist]] and [[historian]] | ||
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'''Mike Filey''' is a [[journalist]] and [[historian]] living and working in [[Toronto, | '''Mike Filey''' is a [[journalist]] and [[historian]] living and working in [[Toronto, Ontario]].<ref name=TorontoSun2008-11-09/> According to his friend [[Alan Parker (Toronto Sun)|Alan Parker]], another columnist at the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'', Filey is known as ''“Toronto’s best-known historian”''. | ||
In 2009 the [[Etobicoke Historical Society]] granted him the [[Jean Hibbert Memorial Award]].<ref name=EtobicokeHistorical2009/> | In 2009 the [[Etobicoke Historical Society]] granted him the [[Jean Hibbert Memorial Award]].<ref name=EtobicokeHistorical2009/> | ||
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<ref name=FileyInterview>{{cite web | <ref name=FileyInterview>{{cite web | ||
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Mike Filey is a journalist and historian living and working in Toronto, Ontario.[1] According to his friend Alan Parker, another columnist at the Toronto Sun, Filey is known as “Toronto’s best-known historian”.
In 2009 the Etobicoke Historical Society granted him the Jean Hibbert Memorial Award.[2]
rough work
Publications
- Mike Filey. Toronto Sketches 11: "The Way We Were", Dundurn Press, p. 161. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
References
- ↑ Alan Parker. Five Questions for Mike Filey, Toronto Sun, 2008-11-09. Retrieved on 2016-07-24. “As a researcher, writer and raconteur, Mike has been chronicling the life and times — past and present —of the beloved city of his birth for four decades. He’s been called “Toronto’s best-known historian” — and deservedly so.”
- ↑ Mike Filey - 2009 Recipient of The Jean Hibbert Memorial Award, Etobicoke Historical Society. Retrieved on 2016-07-24. “However, over 25 years ago now, Mike turned his interests to his true vocation – researching, documenting and speaking about Toronto's history.”
- ↑ Mike Filey. Toronto Sketches 11: "The Way We Were", Dundurn Press, p. 161. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
- ↑ Neilly, Peter (January 2007). Out to Lunch - With Mike Filey. This Is Livin' Publishing. Retrieved on October 8, 2016.