#canadahistory — Public Fediverse posts

Scientific Data: Transcribing historical Canadian weather data. “Historical weather journals from across Canada, spanning 1768–1884, have been transcribed from handwritten records into machine readable formats. The NORTHERN (Nineteenth-century Overseas Records Transcribed for Historical Environmental Reconstruction in the North) project transcribed nearly 2 million weather observations from […]

The Whig: Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital archive partnerships. “The Canadian Peace Museum has launched a new web archive, preserving and creating a partnership with two peace-related websites. In January 2026, the museum was contacted by Michael Cooke, founding member and chair emeritus of PeaceQuest, based out of the Kingston. Cooke explained that the current digital […]

The Whig: Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital archive partnerships. “The Canadian Peace Museum has launched a new web archive, preserving and creating a partnership with two peace-related websites. In January 2026, the museum was contacted by Michael Cooke, founding member and chair emeritus of PeaceQuest, based out of the Kingston. Cooke explained that the current digital […]

The Whig: Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital archive partnerships. “The Canadian Peace Museum has launched a new web archive, preserving and creating a partnership with two peace-related websites. In January 2026, the museum was contacted by Michael Cooke, founding member and chair emeritus of PeaceQuest, based out of the Kingston. Cooke explained that the current digital […]

The Whig: Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital archive partnerships. “The Canadian Peace Museum has launched a new web archive, preserving and creating a partnership with two peace-related websites. In January 2026, the museum was contacted by Michael Cooke, founding member and chair emeritus of PeaceQuest, based out of the Kingston. Cooke explained that the current digital […]

The Whig: Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital archive partnerships. “The Canadian Peace Museum has launched a new web archive, preserving and creating a partnership with two peace-related websites. In January 2026, the museum was contacted by Michael Cooke, founding member and chair emeritus of PeaceQuest, based out of the Kingston. Cooke explained that the current digital […]

CBC: Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it’s too late. “A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.”

"Canada Post Destroyed My Life- Fired Mom"
April 7, 1989
#CanadaHistory #OTD #CanadaPost #1980s

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 […]

Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a […]

Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a […]

Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a […]

Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a […]

Vancouver City News: TMU research group working to preserve accounts of residential school survivors . “Thousands of residential school survivors, who spent years sharing their experiences as a way to find healing, closure, and accountability, are facing the prospect of losing the largest archive of their testimonies, which is set to be destroyed next year. However, the Survivors Secretariat, a […]

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 […]

This was my post on other social media for #louisrielday

I'm proud to be a #redrivermetis woman today, and everyday.

#LouisRiel #Metis #RedRiver #manitoba #winnipeg #indigenous #riel #ikwe #mbhistory #canadahistory #fatherofmanitoba

Note:
The quote featured here was said by Riel shortly before his execution, when a guard asked for a souvenir.

This was my post on other social media for #louisrielday

I'm proud to be a #redrivermetis woman today, and everyday.

#LouisRiel #Metis #RedRiver #manitoba #winnipeg #indigenous #riel #ikwe #mbhistory #canadahistory #fatherofmanitoba #michif

Note:
The quote featured here was said by Riel shortly before his execution, when a guard asked for a souvenir.

This was my post on other social media for #louisrielday

I'm proud to be a #redrivermetis woman today, and everyday.

#LouisRiel #Metis #RedRiver #manitoba #winnipeg #indigenous #riel #ikwe #mbhistory #canadahistory #fatherofmanitoba #michif

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 […]

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 […]

CBC: Old caves yield new secrets from Canadians who went over the top at Vimy Ridge. “A hidden archive of art and last thoughts created by Canadian soldiers potentially facing their last moments before the battle of Vimy Ridge has emerged from the soft chalk tunnels beneath the battlefield more than a century after they were created. Thanks to new technology and colour of the delicate tunnel […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/10/cbc-old-caves-yield-new-secrets-from-canadians-who-went-over-the-top-at-vimy-ridge/

National Gallery Of Canada #exploreontario #canadahistory #ottawatourism https://youtube.com/shorts/0YXjPhpUcdg?si=P_a0459rWF4_fDS1

CBC: U of Winnipeg project aims to keep stories of Mennonite immigration to Canada in 1920 from disappearing. “Researchers at the University of Winnipeg are working on what they say will be the largest oral history project on Mennonites in the country, trying to capture stories of those who fled the Soviet Union in the 1920s before those stories are lost.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/25/cbc-u-of-winnipeg-project-aims-to-keep-stories-of-mennonite-immigration-to-canada-in-1920-from-disappearing/

CBC: U of Winnipeg project aims to keep stories of Mennonite immigration to Canada in 1920 from disappearing. “Researchers at the University of Winnipeg are working on what they say will be the largest oral history project on Mennonites in the country, trying to capture stories of those who fled the Soviet Union in the 1920s before those stories are lost.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/25/cbc-u-of-winnipeg-project-aims-to-keep-stories-of-mennonite-immigration-to-canada-in-1920-from-disappearing/

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/

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/

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: New NCTR research identifies 140 Oblate priests and brothers who served in residential schools, aiding Survivor research. ” Through research, agreements and dialogue with the Oblates of OMI Lacombe, the NCTR has created a list of Oblate priests and brothers who participated in the administration and/or operations of these schools. Many of the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/262576/

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: New NCTR research identifies 140 Oblate priests and brothers who served in residential schools, aiding Survivor research. ” Through research, agreements and dialogue with the Oblates of OMI Lacombe, the NCTR has created a list of Oblate priests and brothers who participated in the administration and/or operations of these schools. Many of the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/262576/

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: New NCTR research identifies 140 Oblate priests and brothers who served in residential schools, aiding Survivor research. ” Through research, agreements and dialogue with the Oblates of OMI Lacombe, the NCTR has created a list of Oblate priests and brothers who participated in the administration and/or operations of these schools. Many of the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/262576/

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: New NCTR research identifies 140 Oblate priests and brothers who served in residential schools, aiding Survivor research. ” Through research, agreements and dialogue with the Oblates of OMI Lacombe, the NCTR has created a list of Oblate priests and brothers who participated in the administration and/or operations of these schools. Many of the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/262576/

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/