#canadaculture — Public Fediverse posts

University of Waterloo: CFI support expands access to Canadiana, nation’s digital historical archive. “Known as Open Science Infrastructure for Canad(ian)a: Digital Collections of the Future, the project is led by Professor Constance Crompton, Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities at the University of Ottawa. Recently awarded $4.02 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation […]

University of Waterloo: CFI support expands access to Canadiana, nation’s digital historical archive. “Known as Open Science Infrastructure for Canad(ian)a: Digital Collections of the Future, the project is led by Professor Constance Crompton, Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities at the University of Ottawa. Recently awarded $4.02 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation […]

University of Waterloo: CFI support expands access to Canadiana, nation’s digital historical archive. “Known as Open Science Infrastructure for Canad(ian)a: Digital Collections of the Future, the project is led by Professor Constance Crompton, Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities at the University of Ottawa. Recently awarded $4.02 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation […]

University of Waterloo: CFI support expands access to Canadiana, nation’s digital historical archive. “Known as Open Science Infrastructure for Canad(ian)a: Digital Collections of the Future, the project is led by Professor Constance Crompton, Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities at the University of Ottawa. Recently awarded $4.02 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation […]

GlobeNewswire: Chinatown Storytelling Centre launches Digital Archives to preserve Chinese Canadian history (PRESS RELEASE). “The Chinatown Storytelling Centre has launched the initial phase of its Digital Archives through the CSC Archives, the first archives in Canada dedicated to collecting from a Chinatown, featuring a digital collection of publications, artifacts, documents, and photos that […]

GlobeNewswire: Chinatown Storytelling Centre launches Digital Archives to preserve Chinese Canadian history (PRESS RELEASE). “The Chinatown Storytelling Centre has launched the initial phase of its Digital Archives through the CSC Archives, the first archives in Canada dedicated to collecting from a Chinatown, featuring a digital collection of publications, artifacts, documents, and photos that […]

GlobeNewswire: Chinatown Storytelling Centre launches Digital Archives to preserve Chinese Canadian history (PRESS RELEASE). “The Chinatown Storytelling Centre has launched the initial phase of its Digital Archives through the CSC Archives, the first archives in Canada dedicated to collecting from a Chinatown, featuring a digital collection of publications, artifacts, documents, and photos that […]

GlobeNewswire: Chinatown Storytelling Centre launches Digital Archives to preserve Chinese Canadian history (PRESS RELEASE). “The Chinatown Storytelling Centre has launched the initial phase of its Digital Archives through the CSC Archives, the first archives in Canada dedicated to collecting from a Chinatown, featuring a digital collection of publications, artifacts, documents, and photos that […]

Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]

Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]

Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]

Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]

Canadian Press: Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card. “[Élizabeth] Mongrain, who is a manager and senior strategic adviser at Library and Archives Canada, said the project is the largest digital archive acquisition ever undertaken by Library and Archives Canada. She said it includes more than 400,000 digital records, 4,000 sound recordings and […]

CBC: Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns. “In a statement, the National Trust for Canada said Parks Canada told provincial and territorial partners in December 2025 that the register ‘would be taken down in spring 2026.’ It said the reason given by Parks Canada was that the database had become technologically obsolete with security vulnerabilities and […]

CBC: Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns. “In a statement, the National Trust for Canada said Parks Canada told provincial and territorial partners in December 2025 that the register ‘would be taken down in spring 2026.’ It said the reason given by Parks Canada was that the database had become technologically obsolete with security vulnerabilities and […]

CBC: Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns. “In a statement, the National Trust for Canada said Parks Canada told provincial and territorial partners in December 2025 that the register ‘would be taken down in spring 2026.’ It said the reason given by Parks Canada was that the database had become technologically obsolete with security vulnerabilities and […]

CBC: Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns. “In a statement, the National Trust for Canada said Parks Canada told provincial and territorial partners in December 2025 that the register ‘would be taken down in spring 2026.’ It said the reason given by Parks Canada was that the database had become technologically obsolete with security vulnerabilities and […]

St. Francis Xavier University: McGregor Family Letters – New digital collection available on StFX Scholar. “This remarkable collection of letters, dating from 1805 to 1842, was donated to the Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie of Truro, N.S. George was a descendent of Malcolm McGregor, who had emigrated from Scotland to Pictou in 1801 with his wife Isobel and two […]

St. Francis Xavier University: McGregor Family Letters – New digital collection available on StFX Scholar. “This remarkable collection of letters, dating from 1805 to 1842, was donated to the Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie of Truro, N.S. George was a descendent of Malcolm McGregor, who had emigrated from Scotland to Pictou in 1801 with his wife Isobel and two […]

St. Francis Xavier University: McGregor Family Letters – New digital collection available on StFX Scholar. “This remarkable collection of letters, dating from 1805 to 1842, was donated to the Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie of Truro, N.S. George was a descendent of Malcolm McGregor, who had emigrated from Scotland to Pictou in 1801 with his wife Isobel and two […]

St. Francis Xavier University: McGregor Family Letters – New digital collection available on StFX Scholar. “This remarkable collection of letters, dating from 1805 to 1842, was donated to the Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie of Truro, N.S. George was a descendent of Malcolm McGregor, who had emigrated from Scotland to Pictou in 1801 with his wife Isobel and two […]

Indiescreen: Watch party. “NICE’s new Canadian Theatrical Marketplace [is] a digital database of Canadian films … that connects independent cinemas with their rightsholders (typically producers). With searchable categories like genre, theme, screening format, accessibility features and so on, rightsholders are responsible for uploading information about their own films.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/24/indiescreen-watch-party/

Indiescreen: Watch party. “NICE’s new Canadian Theatrical Marketplace [is] a digital database of Canadian films … that connects independent cinemas with their rightsholders (typically producers). With searchable categories like genre, theme, screening format, accessibility features and so on, rightsholders are responsible for uploading information about their own films.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/24/indiescreen-watch-party/

Indiescreen: Watch party. “NICE’s new Canadian Theatrical Marketplace [is] a digital database of Canadian films … that connects independent cinemas with their rightsholders (typically producers). With searchable categories like genre, theme, screening format, accessibility features and so on, rightsholders are responsible for uploading information about their own films.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/24/indiescreen-watch-party/

Indiescreen: Watch party. “NICE’s new Canadian Theatrical Marketplace [is] a digital database of Canadian films … that connects independent cinemas with their rightsholders (typically producers). With searchable categories like genre, theme, screening format, accessibility features and so on, rightsholders are responsible for uploading information about their own films.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/24/indiescreen-watch-party/

Indiescreen: Watch party. “NICE’s new Canadian Theatrical Marketplace [is] a digital database of Canadian films … that connects independent cinemas with their rightsholders (typically producers). With searchable categories like genre, theme, screening format, accessibility features and so on, rightsholders are responsible for uploading information about their own films.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/24/indiescreen-watch-party/

University of Winnipeg: Oral history project promises to be largest completed with Mennonites in Canada. “Since January of this year, UWinnipeg associate history professor, Dr. Aileen Friesen, and UW alumna, Kate Moulden (BA 24), have conducted more than 50 interviews with children of Mennonite immigrants. ‘It’s approximately one interview every two days,’ Moulden said. Once completed, the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/03/university-of-winnipeg-oral-history-project-promises-to-be-largest-completed-with-mennonites-in-canada/

University of Winnipeg: Oral history project promises to be largest completed with Mennonites in Canada. “Since January of this year, UWinnipeg associate history professor, Dr. Aileen Friesen, and UW alumna, Kate Moulden (BA 24), have conducted more than 50 interviews with children of Mennonite immigrants. ‘It’s approximately one interview every two days,’ Moulden said. Once completed, the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/03/university-of-winnipeg-oral-history-project-promises-to-be-largest-completed-with-mennonites-in-canada/

The Canadian Press: Much Rewind launches on YouTube as archive of MuchMusic’s celebrity interviews. “A deep library of MuchMusic’s celebrity interviews has found a new home on YouTube. Bell Media says Much Rewind launched last week as the official public archive of pop culture moments that once aired on the nation’s music station.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/26/the-canadian-press-much-rewind-launches-on-youtube-as-archive-of-muchmusics-celebrity-interviews/

The Canadian Press: Much Rewind launches on YouTube as archive of MuchMusic’s celebrity interviews. “A deep library of MuchMusic’s celebrity interviews has found a new home on YouTube. Bell Media says Much Rewind launched last week as the official public archive of pop culture moments that once aired on the nation’s music station.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/26/the-canadian-press-much-rewind-launches-on-youtube-as-archive-of-muchmusics-celebrity-interviews/

The Canadian Press: Much Rewind launches on YouTube as archive of MuchMusic’s celebrity interviews. “A deep library of MuchMusic’s celebrity interviews has found a new home on YouTube. Bell Media says Much Rewind launched last week as the official public archive of pop culture moments that once aired on the nation’s music station.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/26/the-canadian-press-much-rewind-launches-on-youtube-as-archive-of-muchmusics-celebrity-interviews/

Hollywood Reporter: TikTok Suspends Toronto Film Fest, Junos Sponsorships Ahead of Canadian Operations Closure. “Canadians will still be able to access the social media giant via the TikTok app. The federal government is instead targeting the local operations of TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, over national security concerns. It’s understood TikTok Canada, faced with a shutdown of its […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/12/hollywood-reporter-tiktok-suspends-toronto-film-fest-junos-sponsorships-ahead-of-canadian-operations-closure/

Hollywood Reporter: TikTok Suspends Toronto Film Fest, Junos Sponsorships Ahead of Canadian Operations Closure. “Canadians will still be able to access the social media giant via the TikTok app. The federal government is instead targeting the local operations of TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, over national security concerns. It’s understood TikTok Canada, faced with a shutdown of its […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/12/hollywood-reporter-tiktok-suspends-toronto-film-fest-junos-sponsorships-ahead-of-canadian-operations-closure/

Hollywood Reporter: TikTok Suspends Toronto Film Fest, Junos Sponsorships Ahead of Canadian Operations Closure. “Canadians will still be able to access the social media giant via the TikTok app. The federal government is instead targeting the local operations of TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, over national security concerns. It’s understood TikTok Canada, faced with a shutdown of its […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/12/hollywood-reporter-tiktok-suspends-toronto-film-fest-junos-sponsorships-ahead-of-canadian-operations-closure/

Vancouver City News: Dictionary of Canadian-isms updated. “The ‘Dictionary of Canadian-isms on Historical Principles’ has been updated for the first time since 2017, and for only the second time since it was launched in 1967. The editors of the dictionary at the University of British Columbia (UBC) say it is the third edition of their lexicon, which is appearing digitally the first time. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/vancouver-city-news-dictionary-of-canadian-isms-updated/

Vancouver City News: Dictionary of Canadian-isms updated. “The ‘Dictionary of Canadian-isms on Historical Principles’ has been updated for the first time since 2017, and for only the second time since it was launched in 1967. The editors of the dictionary at the University of British Columbia (UBC) say it is the third edition of their lexicon, which is appearing digitally the first time. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/vancouver-city-news-dictionary-of-canadian-isms-updated/

Vancouver City News: Dictionary of Canadian-isms updated. “The ‘Dictionary of Canadian-isms on Historical Principles’ has been updated for the first time since 2017, and for only the second time since it was launched in 1967. The editors of the dictionary at the University of British Columbia (UBC) say it is the third edition of their lexicon, which is appearing digitally the first time. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/vancouver-city-news-dictionary-of-canadian-isms-updated/

Canadian Research Knowledge Network: The Chinese Times Digital Collection Moves from Simon Fraser University to Canadiana. “The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Simon Fraser University Library (SFU) have collaborated to migrate digitized editions of the Chinese Times newspaper from the SFU Digitized Newspapers collection to Canadiana. This move has been made as part of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/canadian-research-knowledge-network-the-chinese-times-digital-collection-moves-from-simon-fraser-university-to-canadiana/

Canadian Research Knowledge Network: The Chinese Times Digital Collection Moves from Simon Fraser University to Canadiana. “The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Simon Fraser University Library (SFU) have collaborated to migrate digitized editions of the Chinese Times newspaper from the SFU Digitized Newspapers collection to Canadiana. This move has been made as part of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/canadian-research-knowledge-network-the-chinese-times-digital-collection-moves-from-simon-fraser-university-to-canadiana/

Sudbury.com (Canada): Library releases decades of historic newspapers online. “Local history enthusiasts have a new resource at their fingertips, with the Greater Sudbury Public Library releasing decades of historic newspapers online. During an official launch at the Greater Sudbury Public Library’s main branch on Friday, librarians announced 15 years of The Sudbury Star had been added to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/24/sudbury-com-library-releases-decades-of-historic-newspapers-online/

CBC: How adding names to archival images has been healing for people of We’koqma’q First Nation. “When Bryan (Fish) Googoo saw a photo of himself as a young boy posted on Facebook back in November, he was surprised. He had never seen the black-and-white photo of himself as a five or six-year-old, sitting at a school desk, pencil in hand. He doesn’t recall the photo being taken, whether his […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/cbc-how-adding-names-to-archival-images-has-been-healing-for-people-of-wekoqmaq-first-nation/

CBC: How adding names to archival images has been healing for people of We’koqma’q First Nation. “When Bryan (Fish) Googoo saw a photo of himself as a young boy posted on Facebook back in November, he was surprised. He had never seen the black-and-white photo of himself as a five or six-year-old, sitting at a school desk, pencil in hand. He doesn’t recall the photo being taken, whether his […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/cbc-how-adding-names-to-archival-images-has-been-healing-for-people-of-wekoqmaq-first-nation/

CBC: How adding names to archival images has been healing for people of We’koqma’q First Nation. “When Bryan (Fish) Googoo saw a photo of himself as a young boy posted on Facebook back in November, he was surprised. He had never seen the black-and-white photo of himself as a five or six-year-old, sitting at a school desk, pencil in hand. He doesn’t recall the photo being taken, whether his […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/cbc-how-adding-names-to-archival-images-has-been-healing-for-people-of-wekoqmaq-first-nation/

CBC: How adding names to archival images has been healing for people of We’koqma’q First Nation. “When Bryan (Fish) Googoo saw a photo of himself as a young boy posted on Facebook back in November, he was surprised. He had never seen the black-and-white photo of himself as a five or six-year-old, sitting at a school desk, pencil in hand. He doesn’t recall the photo being taken, whether his […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/cbc-how-adding-names-to-archival-images-has-been-healing-for-people-of-wekoqmaq-first-nation/

CBC: How adding names to archival images has been healing for people of We’koqma’q First Nation. “When Bryan (Fish) Googoo saw a photo of himself as a young boy posted on Facebook back in November, he was surprised. He had never seen the black-and-white photo of himself as a five or six-year-old, sitting at a school desk, pencil in hand. He doesn’t recall the photo being taken, whether his […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/cbc-how-adding-names-to-archival-images-has-been-healing-for-people-of-wekoqmaq-first-nation/