A number of jobs and volunteer positions I've held have allowed me to work from home or off-site. For example: The History Group internship I completed in 2009 had me working on source identification projects from home and in 2010 I volunteered as a historical research associate with the Red Cross. In the same vein, I … Continue reading Transcription and Oral History
Time Capsule History
I was recently listening to a speaker who used time capsules as the introductory hook in his talk. His description of time capsules focused on finding previously lost historical knowledge, the excitement of opening time capsules and the ability of time capsules to speak about the era they were created in.The idea of finding a … Continue reading Time Capsule History
Looking Forward: Heritage Activities in 2013
My last post of 2012 looked back some of my favourite heritage experiences of 2012. This post looks forward to 2013 and some of the heritage activities I'm excited about for the upcoming year. The winter issue of the Public Historian contains a review I wrote about a walking tour in Milwaukee. In April, I … Continue reading Looking Forward: Heritage Activities in 2013
Canada’s Churches: A Struggle of Built Heritage and Social Services
It won't be surprising to anyone to note that Christan church attendance in Canada has been declining in recent years. The United Church of Canada, which has been seen as one of the more forward thinking and social activist churches (ordaining women ministers in the 1930s, tolerant and supportive of gay rights since the 1980s … Continue reading Canada’s Churches: A Struggle of Built Heritage and Social Services
Oral History and Documentation Sharing
Earlier this week, Canada's History Society hosted an oral history webinar with Alexander Freund. The webinar focused on the basics behind oral history, planning and implementation of oral history, and general best practices for oral history projects. The webinar was recorded and can be viewed online. The webinar provided a good starting point for those with … Continue reading Oral History and Documentation Sharing
Memoirs and Our Perception of History
I recently participated in a discussion focusing on the benefits, nature, and drawbacks of the memoir genre. In the past decade the memoir genre has experienced a huge serge in popularity. This serge has not been entirely smooth, controversies have surrounded many memoirs in recent years. Perhaps, most famously James Frey's A Mission Little Pieces … Continue reading Memoirs and Our Perception of History
Crumbling Communities: Declining Service Club Membership
My most recent post can be seen over on the Active History site. The post focuses on the development and rich history behind prominent service clubs such as the Lions Club, Kiwanis, Rotary, etc. The post also addresses the recent history of the clubs and recent declining membership rates.
History Education: Remembrance Day
There was a great segment on CBC's Morning North today. It focused on Canadian teachers who visited France this past summer to visit WWI and WWII battlefields as a means of learning more about the Wars, soldier experience and historical landscape. The idea being that this experiential learning trip would provide the teachers with better … Continue reading History Education: Remembrance Day
‘Tis the Season for Writing
A number of members from my writers group are participating in this years National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). If you haven't heard of NaNoWriMo before, participants aim to write 50 thousand words in the month of November, the idea being that a time frame forces you be consistent in your writing practice and can help … Continue reading ‘Tis the Season for Writing
Health Support and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The final museum I visited while in DC was the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). The Museum does an excellent job of approaching a difficult subject in a meaningful and respectful manner. The exhibitions are well contextualized and cover the Nazi rise to power, the final solution, response to the Holocaust, and contemporary forms … Continue reading Health Support and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum