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

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

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

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

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

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

. Gibson grew up in New Jersey

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

, went to Vassar College

Vassar College

Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...

, 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. ISBN 978-0-9809905-0-8

• Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s to 1920s. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2006 ISBN 1-896951-95-3, ISBN 978-1-896951-95-9

• More Than an Island: A History of the Toronto Island. Toronto: Irwin, 1984 ISBN 0772014469, ISBN 978-0772014467

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