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Category Archives: Does History Matter?
Canadian petition to save the Historical Archives of Hungarian State Security
Please sign the petition to save the Historical Archives of Hungarian State Security.
Buy Domestic, Buy Local, Buy Union? Historical Lessons for Today’s Consumer Activists
A look at some of the problems with current consumer activist campaigns and some lessons we can learn from the past.
Remembering the Holocaust
27 January 2011, Holocaust Memorial Day, marks the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.
Making History More Than Your Story
A discussion of some ways teachers can keep history relevant for students.
Slavery Affects 27 Million Lives Today: Legal Abolition vs. Effective Emancipation
An analysis of slavery past and present from the Alliance Against Modern Slavery.
The “War on the Car” has a long history
Last week, newly-elected Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued his campaign rhetoric by proclaiming that “the war on the car is over.” On the first day of his mayoralty, Ford announced he intends to halt construction of a light rail transit line on Sheppard Avenue. The mayor says a subway under Sheppard Avenue should be built instead of the surface light… Read more »
This is Not About Cinnamon Toast
A discussion of the importance and possibilities of storytelling, oral history and personal memories.
Let’s talk about race, Canada
Talking about race in Canada is a lot like talking about sex in the old days. There is so much imposed silence on the subject. We skip around it, pretend that it is not there, and pray that it will go away.
History Matters podcast: Megan Davies and David Reville on Parkdale’s mad history
Megan Davies and David Reville recently presented an engaging talk on the ways in which mental health deinstitutionalization impacted psychiatric survivors and the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto. In front of a packed audience at the Parkdale library, “Locating Parkdale’s Mad History: Back Wards to Back Streets, 1980-2010” examined the motivations behind deinstitutionalization and showed how community members are remembering the… Read more »