I have a new post over on Activehistory.ca, "Sudbury: The Journey from Moonscape to Sustainably Green." The post looks at the impact of mining on the environmental landscape in Sudbury and the ongoing efforts to repair the industrial damage to the land.
Community Archives and Sharing Information
Bates Hall, reading roomMorning North recently featured a segment on the facebook page "Sudbury's Fine Past & Future Let's Reminisce." The page aims to share photographs and memories of Sudbury. The page has over two thousand likes and over 50 photo albums focusing on all aspects of Sudbury history including theaters, hospitals, streetcars, and neighborhoods. … Continue reading Community Archives and Sharing Information
Looking Back: Top Heritage Experiences of 2012
This past year has been filled with a variety of heritage focused experiences, archival moments, and history based exploration. Below are some of my favourite public history moments from the past year:The best museum experience I had this year was hands down my visit to the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. … Continue reading Looking Back: Top Heritage Experiences of 2012
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
Community Knowledge and Active Listening
This week I am spending a lot of time outside of the archive. The archive is hosting a group of concurrent education students as part of a trial summer institute experience. The basis for this summer institute is providing an education setting that focuses on experiential learning in relation to Aboriginal heritage and Northern Ontario. … Continue reading Community Knowledge and Active Listening
Collaborative History: Editing Mayham
The fist Knox Church, ca. 1910I've recently been working on an editing project that has me simultaneously enthralled and going a bit squirrely. The project is a church history that highlights a congregation's journey from 1862 to 2012. As you might have guessed, the impious for this project is that 2012 marks the 150th anniversary … Continue reading Collaborative History: Editing Mayham
Tale of a Town: History Meets Theater
This morning CBC played a documentary entitled, "Small Time Stories: From the Tale of a Town - Queen Street West." The radio documentary was based on the work done to compile the multimedia interactive play Tale of a Town that focuses on the history of the Queen Street West neighbourhood in Toronto. The radio production … Continue reading Tale of a Town: History Meets Theater
Quilts Galore
In my previous job as a Digitization Facilitator, for an OurOntario project, I had the opportunity to work with a number of great local history collections. A few of these collections contained quilts made and donated by community members. I was instantly impressed by the work and community memory contained in so many of these … Continue reading Quilts Galore
Our Roots Our Future
CC licensed, Steven Burke.This week the Sudbury CBC radio programs Morning North and Points North are running a series called Our Roots: Our Future. This series is focusing on the history of immigration in Sudbury. Despite having lived in Sudbury for awhile, I had no conception of the diverse cultural past of the city's residents. … Continue reading Our Roots Our Future
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