This year marks the Centennial anniversary of Parks Canada. This anniversary seems to have contributed to a recent increase in media coverage of natural heritage sites and events. As a result of this inspiration, I've decide to start a series of blogs focusing on Canada's rich natural heritage.After some debate, I decided that this first … Continue reading Natural Heritage: Dark Sky Reserve
Come On Over! Northeastern Ontario A to Z
May 10th marked the release of Come on Over! Northeastern Ontario A to Z by Dieter Buse and Graeme Mount, professors emeritus of Laurentian University. From September to November 2010, while developing the book Buse and Mount were featured weekly on CBC Northern Ontario Radio’s Morning North program discussing communities from their book.Come on Over! … Continue reading Come On Over! Northeastern Ontario A to Z
Great Lives Podcast
My most recent podcast addiction is to BBC Radio's Great Lives series. Great Lives is hosted by Matthew Parris. The podcast provides biographical looks at notable people. Each episode features Parris and a guest. Each guest nominates someone they deem worthy of the title 'great life' and Parris, an expert witness, and the guest then … Continue reading Great Lives Podcast
Built Heritage Chat: Preservation Jobs
Today was the #builtheritage chat for May which focused on preservation jobs and employment within the preservation field. The chat was moderated by @jonaskayla, @PresConf, @PresNation, and @PreservationJob. A complete transcript of the chat is available here. The first question of the chat was What’s more critical to a successful preservation career – degrees or … Continue reading Built Heritage Chat: Preservation Jobs
Doors and Trails Open
My latest blog post on "Exploring Local Heritage Through Doors and Trails Open" can be seen over on the Active History site.Today is also the third #builtheritage chat on twitter. This month's topic is preservation careers and jobs.
Legends Project
The Legends Project began in 2002 as a small CBC initiative in Iqaluit, Nunavut to record, archive, and create radio dramas of the oral traditions of Inuit and First Nation communities in Canada. Eventually these oral stories and dramatizations were played on CBC Radio in both English and their original Indigenous language.Currently, the project has … Continue reading Legends Project
Museum of Online Museums
I recently came across the Museum of Online Museums (MoOM) site. The site is one of the initiatives undertaken by Coudal Partners, a company focused on design, web publishing, advertising, and commerce. Sadly the site isn't useful as a searchable database of museum exhibits and it is a bit awkward to navigate. However, it does … Continue reading Museum of Online Museums
Heritage Preservation and Adaptive Reuse: Evergreen Brick Works
A recent Dwell feature focused on the Evergreen Brick Works development in Toronto. This 12 acre site is located at the former Don Valley Brick Works yard, which operated for over 100 years and during its prime produced more than 43 million bricks a year. When Don Valley Brick Works closed in the 1980s the … Continue reading Heritage Preservation and Adaptive Reuse: Evergreen Brick Works
Historypin vs. WhatWasThere
My most recent post can be seen over at Activehistory.ca. It is the first post in Active History's new website review section. My review looks at place based history websites, and specifically the differences between Historypin and WhatWasThere.
Built Heritage Chat on Sustainability
Today was the second #builtheritage chat. This month's chat focused on sustainability. The majority of the chat focused on the links between sustainability in the heritage field and the environmental movement. A complete transcript is available here.The first portion of the chat focused on the question What do the heritage #preservation and the environmental movements … Continue reading Built Heritage Chat on Sustainability