Some Reflections on Life Histories, Death, and Crossing between “Two Worlds”
Can we bridge the divide between popular and professional history?
Category Archives: Local History
New paper: What Can “Oral History” Teach Us?
What if the study of the Canadian past was understood as an interdisciplinary field? Steven High’s new paper offers oral history as an example of an interdisciplinary craft that has made such a transition. High, Canada Research Chair in Public History and Associate Professor of History at Concordia University, examines this and other issues surrounding oral history. ActiveHistory.ca is always… Read more »
Call for Papers – History on the Grand: People and Place, Local and Public History Symposium
The City of Cambridge Archives Board invites you to join them on Saturday October 22, 2011 for History on the Grand, a one day local history symposium being held at Cambridge’s City Hall in Downtown Cambridge Ontario.
Resident Historians: Researching the History of Your Home
Researching the History of Your Home
Active History on the Grand: Rural Raids and Divided Loyalties – Southwestern Ontario and the War of 1812
Rural Raids and Divided Loyalties – Southwestern Ontario and the War of 1812 is a new documentary in the works that examines little known stories of the American raids on Southwestern Ontario.
Strengthening Community through Digitized Local History
The Black Creek Living History project is a great example of how community history can be told over the internet.
Active History on the Grand: Brantford Up-date
If you’ve read my previous blogs, you’ll notice that I talk a lot about Brantford, Ontario. Since completing my PhD in History from McMaster University I’ve been working as the Executive Director of the Canadian Industrial Heritage Centre (CIHC), a not-for-profit organization in Brantford dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Canadian industrial history and the establishment of a museum… Read more »
Upcoming Talks
Upcoming talks in Toronto this week.
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 »
One form of remembrance: mapping Toronto’s World War II casualties
Today, Canadians across the country will observe Remembrance Day. The tradition of remembering the casualties of war on November 11 first began in 1919, following the end of the First World War. Through public commemorations or more private ways, citizens will think about the sacrifices of thousands of men and women who have risked their lives for country, faith, and… Read more »