Sally Gibson is an author, archivist and heritage consultant who resides in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

and has written three books about the city and its heritage. She has a Master of Urban Studies from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, and a Master of Library Science and a Ph.D. in Urban Geography from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

. Gibson grew up in

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, went to

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely follo ...

, and moved to Toronto in 1969. Her first book, ''More than an Island: A History of the Toronto Island'' was described by urban thinker Jane Jacobs as "city history at its very best". Her second book, ''Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s to 1920s'', was a finalist for the

City of Toronto Book Award The Toronto Book Awards are Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the City of Toronto government The municipal government of Toronto ( incorporated as the City of Toronto) is the local government responsible for administering the city ...

and won a Heritage Toronto Book Award of Excellence in 2007. Her third book, ''Toronto’s Distillery District: History by the Lake'', evolved from her work as the

Distillery District The Distillery District is a commercial and residential district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, east of Downtown Toronto, downtown, which contains numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed within heritage buildings of the former Gooderham and W ...

's site historian and won a Heritage Toronto Book Award of Merit in 2009.

Publications

*''Toronto's Distillery District: History by the Lake''. Toronto: Distillery Historic District, 2008. *''Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s to 1920s''. Toronto:

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, 2006 , *''More Than an Island: A History of the Toronto Island''. Toronto: Irwin, 1984 ,

Awards

* Heritage Toronto Award of Merit 2009, for Toronto's Distillery District: History by the Lake *Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals, Communications Award 2009, for Distillery District Tenant Handouts Project *Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence 2008, for Distillery District Heritage Website at www.distilleryheritage.com *Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals, Communications Award 2008, for Distillery District Heritage Website at www.distilleryheritage.com *Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence 2007, for Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s-1920s *City of Toronto Book Award finalist 2007, for Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s-1920s *Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals Communications Award 2007, for Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s-1920s

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Living people 21st-century Canadian historians Vassar College alumni Yale University alumni University of Toronto alumni Canadian women historians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-historian-stub

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