Sally Gibson Explained

Sally Gibson is an author, archivist and heritage consultant who resides in Toronto and has written three books about the city and its heritage. She has a Master of Urban Studies from Yale University, and a Master of Library Science and a Ph.D. in Urban Geography from the University of Toronto. Gibson grew up in New Jersey, went to Vassar College, 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 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'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: Cormorant Books, 2006 ^[1],
• More Than an Island: A History of the Toronto Island. Toronto: Irwin, 1984 ^[2],

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 ^[3]
• Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals Communications Award 2007, for Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s-1920s ^[4]

See also

• Toronto Islands
• Distillery District

Notes and References

1. News: Cormorant Books . 2008-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622104546/http://www.cormorantbooks.com/titles/insidetoronto.htm . 2008-06-22.
2. News: Toronto Island Community . 2008-09-26 .
3. News: Toronto Book Awards - 2007 . 2008-09-26 .
4. News: The Writer's Union of Canada. 2008-09-26. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616202024/http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=102&L=. 2011-06-16.