We keep working on our new website. In the meantime, you can reach us at info@dutchtreat.ca (in either Dutch or English)
Are you interested in the Dutch, or Dutch Canadians?
Do you like Dutch events?
Would you like to stay informed about all things Dutch and Dutch-Canadian in Toronto and the GTA?
To sign up for the membership: simply send
address info and e-mail to info@dutchtreat.ca (it’s
free!)
NB schrijf ons gerust in het Nederlands!
TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHOUDSOPGAVE
1 * Upcoming Dutch Treat events / Eerstvolgende Dutch Treat activiteiten
EACH MONTH: Toronto & Oakville BORRELS
· May 4; TORONTO BORREL CANCELLED – Unfortunately, our venue is fully booked due to NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – GO LEAFS!
· May 18, 2023, from 7pm: Borrel in Oakville (The Stout Monk, 478 Dundas St. West, Oakville)
· June 1, 2023 from 7pm: Borrel in Toronto (Amsterdam Brewery, 245 Queens Quay West, Toronto)
2* Upcoming other Dutch-Canadian events / Meer Cana-Nederlandse activiteiten
· May 6: Luncheon Club: Welcome Back Spring Luncheon
· May 10: Dutch Heritage Month Flag Raising
· May 13: Luncheon Club: Stratford trip
· May 13: Canada Netherlands Friendship Day in Burlington
· May 21: Toronto Tulip Day
· May 27: CAANS Conference Keynote by Dr. Willem van der Moolen: The Javanese perception of the Dutch during the colonial era
· More info to follow – please stay tuned, thanks for the continued patience!
4 * Dutch Language Education / Nederlandse lessen
· More info to follow – please stay tuned, thanks for the continued patience!
5 * Requests and inquiries / Verzoeken en vragen
· More info to follow – please stay tuned, thanks for the continued patience!
EACH MONTH (3rd Thursday): OAKVILLE BORRELS – at the Stout Monk
· May 18, 2023, from 7pm: Borrel in Oakville (The Stout Monk, 478 Dundas St. West, Oakville)
Place: The Stout Monk, 478 Dundas St.
West, Oakville
Time: from 7:00pm
RSVP: appreciated: check out www.facebook.com/events/1927162234141391
or e-mail info@dutchtreat.ca.
Tentative schedule for further Oakville Borrels:
· June 15, 2023 from 7pm: Borrel in Oakville (The Stout Monk, 478 Dundas St. West, Oakville).
EACH MONTH (first Thursday): TORONTO BORRELS – at the Queens Quay Amsterdam Brewery
• June 1, 2023, from 7pm: Borrel in Toronto (Amsterdam Brewery, 245 Queens Quay West)
Hosted by Regina de Leeuw & Janjaap Weeda, a Borrel for everybody in Toronto and the GTA.
The Dutch Treat Borrel is held every first Thursday evening of the month at the Amsterdam Brewery, 245 Queens Quay West, Toronto. We will be here from 7.00 pm. No need to be Dutch, everyone is welcome, but if you want to practice some Dutch, this is the place to be. Show up, have a drink, meet a couple of new friends. The focus is social interaction, networking and conversation, Simply put, it's a friendlier way of drinking.
Let us know if you are coming by responding to the event and hit the button “Going“ at the Event page on www.facebook.com/groups/DTBorrel/.
Place: Amsterdam Brewery, 245 Queens Quay
West (space reserved, area left after entry)
Time: from 7:00pm
RSVP: appreciated: check out facebook.com/groups/DTBorrel
Tentative schedule for further Toronto Borrels:
· July 6, 2023 from 7pm: Borrel in Toronto (Amsterdam Brewery, 245 Queens Quay West)
May 6: Luncheon Club: Welcome Back Spring Luncheon
· Saturday, May 6, 11:30 am – 14:30 pm
·
at Delta Hotels by
Marriott Toronto Mississauga, Grand Ballroom East
3670 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, Ontario L5B 1P3, Phone +1 905-896-1000
· Cost: $70.00 per person.
· Inquire about availability - by email: Hennyg2020@gmail.com or call (249) 224 0524.
Full info at www.luncheon.ca.
May 13: Canada Netherlands Friendship Day in Burlington
The Burlington Mundialization committee is once again celebrating Canada Netherlands Friendship Day.
It is held on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 10:00 am, at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre (440 Locust Street, Burlington, Ontario).
Speakers will include
· Marianne Meed Ward, Mayor of Burlington
· Ton Heerts, Mayor of Apeldoorn
· Harman Idema, Consul General of the kingdom of the Netherlands
· Elizabeth Witmer, former deputy premier of Ontario
· Burlington teen tour band
· Students from Nelson High school art class
This is a free event.
May 13: Luncheon Club: Stratford trip – Grand Magic Matinee
In cooperation with Mary Morton Tours, NLC presents: the Grand Magic Matinee at Tom Patterson Theatre in Stratford.
At 2:00 p.m. on
May 17, 2023 it’s showtime at the Tom Patterson Theatre in Stratford for Grand
Magic.
“A funny, thought-provoking and deeply moving play, presented in a new
English translation by John Murrell. In this comedy we find Otto Marvuglia, a
once master illusionist, reduced to performing magic for money at a seaside
resort. When one of his tricks seems to go awry, a guest tumbles into a world
of illusion as another escapes an unhappy reality.”
Lunch is included at the Stratford Country Club, with an Entrée choice of Salmon or Chicken.
Departs: York Mills Subway Station at 9:30 am / Islington Subway Station at 10:00 am / Oakville Place Mall at 10:15 a.m.
Return (estimate): 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $186.00 per person includes luxury coach transfer, lunch, Grand Magic, taxes and gratuities.
Contact: Mary Morton Tours (416) 488-2674 to reserve and pay by credit card.
Full info at www.luncheon.ca.
May 21: Toronto Tulip Day
To celebrate Dutch Heritage Month in Ontario, as well as commemorate the efforts and sacrifices by the Dutch Canadian Forces in Liberating The Netherlands during World War II, please join the Consulate-General in visiting Nathan Phillips Square (south side) on Sunday, May 21. At noon, all visitors can go and pick their own bunch of 10 tulips (bulbs included!) – free of charge!
May 27: CAANS Conference Keynote by Dr. Willem van der Moolen
As part of the Annual
CAANS Conference, Dr. Willem van der Moolen (Royal Netherlands Institute of
Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies / University of Indonesia) will present a
keynote
lecture: “The Javanese perception of the Dutch during the colonial era”.
“This keynote lecture examines Javanese attitudes towards the Dutch colonial
presence through a close reading of Javanese literary texts dating back to
1817. The lecture will be delivered in Dutch and English.”
CAANS (Canadian Association for the Advancement of Netherlandic Studies) will hold its annual meeting on May 27 & May 28. The event, part of the Annual Conference of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, is both in person as well as online, and can be attended by either becoming a member of CAANS (obviously always recommended) or buying a Community Pass for the Conference ($55 – which gives access to all general events an presentations during the 6-day conference).
The Keynote will be held May 27, 9 – 10 a.m. Easter Daylight Time. Please note that this Lecture is in English. There is a separate “lezing” in Dutch as well, at 3pm, especially for members of the CAANS Chapters in Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, and Ottawa.
Job Opportunity Consulate-General in Toronto
Posted on April 17, the Consulate-General of the Netherlands in Toronto has a job opportunity for a senior medewerker Algemene Zaken (AZ).
The announcement is in Dutch – as the function requires command of the Dutch language.
Click for:
Application Deadline: April 30
In the past, Dutch Treat has sent out an emails to gauge the interest in Dutch language instruction as well as an introduction to Dutch culture. At the time, the response was overwhelming and many adults as well as children were tentatively registered as potential students.
Classes for kids 4-14 were running both in Toronto (Toronto District School Board) as Halton (Halton Catholic School Board).
Mostly because of the lack of qualified & available Teachers, the classes were discontinued, but Dutch Treat continues to explore options to (re)start them.
We would still like to pursue lessons for adults who showed an interest in learning Dutch.
We have had some issues organizing this, mainly due to lack of teachers.
Option 1: UofT Continuing Education
This option is available to people who would like to learn Dutch in order to complete a certificate course.
Dutch in class courses are offered at U of T School of Continuing Studies and they cater to multiple skill levels. The different courses are 8 weeks in length.
Upon completion of 4 levels of courses within a 36 months time limit, a certificate in conversational languages may be obtained.
Go to www.learn.utoronto.ca for more info. Or contact Ms. Marianne Verheyen, mverheyen@sympatico.ca
Option 2: Semi private/small groups (not available right now, but we continue
to explore)
This option will hopefully become available to people who would like to learn about the Dutch language and culture without the aim of completing a certificate course. These classes would be provided in small groups of maximum 5 people and will be taught by a private instructor. Fees will be determined in consultation with the instructor and based on the number of people registering.
Option 3: parallel to children’s classes (not available right now, but we
continue to explore)
This option may be available to people who would like to learn about the Dutch language and culture in a parallel class to their children's class (enrolled in the TDSB international language classes).
Please contact info@dutchtreat.ca for more information.
Thank you very much and we look forward to hearing from you!
the Dutch Treat Dutch Language Initiative Steering Group
5 * Request and Inquiries / Verzoeken en vragen
More info to follow – please stay tuned, thanks for the continued patience!
Dutch Treat Canada is a (free) social and cultural organization serving the Dutch-Canadian community in Toronto and the GTA. Over the years, we have organized a number of activities for various people: young and old; families, couples and singles; in and outside the city. We communicate in both Dutch and English.
Dutch Treat has over 1500 members (winter 2021), plus 2200+ more on Facebook (which is not always current, please refer to our e-mail membership) and reaches an estimated 3000+ Dutch-Canadians through its electronic Newsletters.
It goes without saying we celebrate national holidays like Queen's Day, Sinterklaas, and others. Pre-(and hopefully post-) pandemic, we also organized monthly borrels ('drinks', 'pub nights') in the evening (typically on the last Friday of the month) and regular daytime events. We used to have Winter Sports Days, Easter Parties, Picnics, Billiard Evenings, a number of cultural outings and much, much more. In relevant years we try to organize ‘Soccer Parties’ to watch World or Euro Cup matches together - the World Cup Final in 2010 attracted 1000s of enthusiastic fans.
In our regular newsletters we try to keep our members informed, also about activities of other Dutch-Canadian events and activities in Toronto and the GTA. Currently, the membership is free of cost.
If you want information, or are interested in becoming a member (we are Dutch, it is free!), please e-mail info@dutchtreat.ca (and indicate your preference for Dutch or English newsletters!). Feel free to join our Facebook group as well, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/DutchTreatCanada, but please be advised that e-mail and website are our preferred (and more current) means of communication.
Board of Management
Dutch Treat Canada, Toronto/GTA
Dutch Treat is a client of OYOP.