Eric wrote:
I wanted to know if anyone can recommend any instructors or courses in the
Greater Toronto Area?

The Woodturners Guild of Ontario (www.wgo.ca) would be a good group to
join. They have demonstrations of woodturning at their monthly meetings,
beginners tutorials, and a lot of other woodturners to meet and with whom
to discuss ideas.

The two Lee Valley Tools stores in the Toronto area periodically hold
seminars, and occasionally introductory woodturning is the topic of one.

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Anthony de Boer