Retrontario seeks to preserve, celebrate and research recent Ontario history and pop-culture. Our content – a mixture of rare recently digitized video from the 1970s, 80s and 90s is disseminated through social media channels where curated comments help build an ongoing and crucial oral history. Retrontario has become a buzz worthy destination for all nostalgia and Canadian pop-culture enthusiasts.
Creator Ed Conroy is a Toronto-based cultural historian, writer, producer, archivist and vintage video sleuth. He is the Founder of Retrontario.com and his pieces on Canadian pop-culture and history have appeared in The Toronto Star, Toronto Life, blogTO, The Canadian Encyclopedia Blog, and YTV.com. He has appeared on CTV's PopLife, Global TV, CBC Radio, AM740 Zoomer Radio, Indie88, TVOntario, CJAD Montreal, is a regular guest on The Jerry Agar Show and occasional host on Newstalk 1010. In 2016, Ed won a Heritage Toronto award of merit for his work in the field of Media.