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Josiah Henson (Photo: Schlesinger Library, Harvard University)

Celebrating Josiah – Introducing the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History

“I’ll use my freedom well.” Josiah Henson made this promise to Captain Burnham, who helped him and his family in the last part of …View Celebrating Josiah – Introducing the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History

A provincial plaque was unveiled in 2010 as part of the Emancipation Day event at Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site in Dresden to commemorate Hugh Burnett and the National Unity Association.

Setting the record straight – Updating four Black history plaques

I’d like to tell you about Solomon Moseby. In 1837, Moseby fled to Niagara to escape slavery in Kentucky. When his extradition …View Setting the record straight – Updating four Black history plaques

In Toronto’s Kensington Market, the tangle of history with the present exists on every block and intersection.

Kensington Market: Hidden histories

Ask any Torontonian where you must visit when you’re in town and, without a doubt, Kensington Market will be a fave …View Kensington Market: Hidden histories

Theland Kicknosway dances at the Day of Pink gala (Photo: Derek Hills Photography)

Opening the doors to acceptance and understanding

Have you ever wondered what the colours on the rainbow flag mean or where they come from? How did Canadians legalize equal …View Opening the doors to acceptance and understanding

C.I. 9 No. 23152 © Government of Canada. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (2018). Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of Employment and Immigration fonds/Reel no. T-6049.

Chinese Immigration 9: Certificates that produced non-citizens

Between 1885 and 1923, Chinese immigrants to Canada were subjected to a “head tax,” according to the terms of the Chinese …View Chinese Immigration 9: Certificates that produced non-citizens

Huronia class-action lawsuit lead plaintiff Pat Seth displaying a strait jacket used at the institution. (Photo: Nancy Viva Davis)

Preserving the Huronia Regional Centre

Along the shores of Lake Simcoe, the rolling hills of Ontario farm country slopes gently towards the water. Here, city dwellers …View Preserving the Huronia Regional Centre

Ludovika Berta (one of a dwindling number of furriers)

Portraits of a vanishing Canada

“The more you know about any life – or anything – the more you respect it.”


Louis Pfeifer was one of Kitchener-Waterloo’s last …View Portraits of a vanishing Canada

Women Are Persons! monument near the East Block on Parliament Hill, Ottawa. (Photo courtesy of Sean Marshall on Flickr.)

Frost on the bedroom walls: Sharing women’s stories in public spaces

Historical narratives and symbols can be powerful tools that unify a nation. The stories we share about the past help shape our …View Frost on the bedroom walls: Sharing women’s stories in public spaces

Four major rivers with numerous falls and rapids flow across the site. (Photo: Pimachiowin Aki Corporation)

Pimachiowin Aki – Canada’s newest World Heritage Site

On July 1, 2018, during the 42nd Session of the World Heritage Committee in Manama, Bahrain, Pimachiowin Aki was inscribed on the …View Pimachiowin Aki – Canada’s newest World Heritage Site

Nia with Martha dancers, dancing in front of Trinity St-Paul’s as part of the church’s participation in the Annex Street Festival. (Photo: Kendra Fry)

Faith buildings in the age of Spiritual Not Religious

My grandfather, Alfred Fry, was a United Church lay minister working throughout Bruce and Grey counties from 1954 to 1971 with …View Faith buildings in the age of Spiritual Not Religious

Rohingya children (Photo: Aaron Cohen)

The Canadian Rohingya – Telling the full story

I was a curator with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) for almost nine years. I came to Canada 18 years ago as an asylum …View The Canadian Rohingya – Telling the full story

Driftscape

Driftscape – A critical exploration

Driftscape is a platform for collaborative publication and discovery of associative cultural landscapes. Our landscapes are caches …View Driftscape – A critical exploration

Inside the Kingston Penitentiary (Photo courtesy of the St. Lawrence Parks Commission)

A prison town’s difficult heritage

Heritage is no longer solely the conservation and appreciation of the beauty, creativity and innovation of the past. Heritage now …View A prison town’s difficult heritage

Kendra Campbell, Archives of Ontario Researcher

To be dignified, stylish and Black in the 19th century was to defy expectations

In summer 2018, the Black Artists’ Networks Dialogue Gallery and Cultural Centre (BAND) presented Redefining Black Identity, an …View To be dignified, stylish and Black in the 19th century was to defy expectations

Curve Lake. (Photo courtesy of Markus on Flickr. CC-BY-NC 2.0)

All land is sacred

According to all First Nations on Turtle Island, ALL LAND IS SACRED. We do not consider that some places are more sacred than …View All land is sacred

The Trust has created partnerships with Indigenous communities to protect sacred and culturally significant lands. (Hunter's Point)

Shifting the narrative

The past few months have witnessed an important conversation among Canadians – and, in fact, across North America – about the …View Shifting the narrative

The Canadian National Holocaust Monument (Photo: Doublespace Photography)

Canada’s newest landmark: The Canadian National Holocaust Monument

On September 27, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially inaugurated the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. The …View Canada’s newest landmark: The Canadian National Holocaust Monument

Gay Pride parade (© 2017 Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation)

Making history

At 6 p.m. on December 2, 1986, Ontario’s legislative assembly was scheduled to vote on adding “sexual orientation” to the …View Making history

Lake Superior Provincial Park, Sault Ste. Marie (© 2017 Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation)

The stories that define us

Stories are powerful. They reveal our values, pleasures and memories, the rituals and rhythms of our lives, our spiritual natures, …View The stories that define us

Red Chestnut Prospector canoe of legendary canoeist, author and filmmaker Bill Mason (1929-1988) (Photo courtesy of John Summers, Canadian Canoe Museum)

CCM 3.0: Reimagining the Canadian Canoe Museum

A decade has passed since the permanent exhibits at The Canadian Canoe Museum (CCM) were opened to great acclaim. Funded with help …View CCM 3.0: Reimagining the Canadian Canoe Museum

Ontario Northland Railway, North Bay

Routes through the wilderness: The development of a transportation network in Northern Ontario

Isolation, great distances, demanding terrain and difficult weather conditions challenged the fortitude and perseverance of the …View Routes through the wilderness: The development of a transportation network in Northern Ontario