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Aug 6 2024
Commemorating Residential School Sites, Their History and Legacy
*Trigger warning – This text relates to Indian Residential Schools. The Residential School System is a topic that may cause…
Apr 7 2024
Shannon Price: 25 Years as Curator of the Buxton NHS and Museum
Shannon Prince has announced her retirement from the Buxton Museum and NHS after 25 years as the site’s curator. A…
Feb 8 2024
Mapping Historic “Silences”: Bowstrings Heritage Foundation’s Upcoming Indigenous Map of Banff
Now one of Canada’s most famous National Parks, the Banff townsite and park area has been an important location for…
Feb 8 2024
Representing Queer Histories through the National Trust’s Historic Places Days
The summer of 2023 marked the seventh year of the National Trust’s Historic Places Days (HPD), a platform for individuals…
Jun 22 2023
Heritage on the Hotseat
Earlier this year a polling firm surveyed 1,000 Canadians across the country about their views on heritage places and the…
Mar 17 2023
Shifting from Decolonization to Indigenization: Insights from Museums Activist Armando Perla
“When people say they want to ‘decolonize’ their museum, that’s a red flag for me,” says Armando Perla, a Toronto-based…
Mar 17 2023
Edmonton Queer History Project: Heritage Placemaking as Community-Engaged Social Justice
2SLGBTQ+ histories (Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer) are often missing from local history texts and public archives,…
Sep 28 2022
Diverse Layers and Stories at Three Heritage Places
Canada’s history and heritage is complex, and certain voices have long dominated its telling. Heritage sites can be wonderfully effective…
Sep 28 2022
Laura Saimoto: Building Partnerships and Awareness for Japanese Canadian Heritage
It was while volunteering at the Vancouver Japanese Language School – Japanese Hall, a National Historic Site – that Laura…
May 1 2020
The Diversity Decade: How Heritage Is Spanning Differences in 2020
In January of 2020, without fanfare, the National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland made a subtle change to…
Feb 16 2017
Making History Accessible for Today and the Future
Almost 30 years ago today, I was wheeling through the Prairies on the last leg of my Man In Motion…
