Ferry to present on history of adult education

Nipissing’s History department welcomes Darren Ferry, of the Muskoka campus, to North Bay to present a paper titled,Open to All Classes on Terms of Perfect Equality: The Association of Mechanics' Institutes and the Establishment of Adult Education in Ontario, 1868–1895, on Friday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m. in room A122.For a generation before 1895, what we would now call adult education in Ontario was largely undertaken by the Mechanics' Institutes, which provided a much wider range of instruction than their name would imply. Historians have generally considered their efforts unsuccessful, but Ferry will challenge this opinion, with reference particularly to the farmers, bookkeepers, clerks and young women who took advantage of the Institutes' evening classes during this period.
This will be the department’s final presentation of this academic year.
As always, the talk is free of charge, refreshments are provided, and everyone is welcome.