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Prestigious Provincial Heritage Award Presented to the OHS for “Digitization and Sharing of Ontario History Journal Archive” The Ontario Historical Society (OHS) is thrilled to announce that on Thursday, February 18, the OHS accepted the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation for the “Digitization and Sharing of Ontario History Journal Archive”. Ontario History journal, formerly Papers &…

The OHS is proud to announce the launch of our updated Ontario Heritage Directory & Map. This 2020 digital initiative and service to our members follows up on our recent launches of the Ontario History journal online archive, the Elibrary, and the Ebook store. The Ontario Heritage Directory & Map shows a list of over 400 of the OHS’s current…

The OHS Honours & Awards Program is now accepting nominations for 2020. Follow the link below to the nominations page, where you’ll find information about all of our award categories and how to submit a nomination. Scroll all the way down to submit a nomination directly through our website, or to download the brochure. Due to the current restrictions surrounding…

2019 Honours & Awards Recipients   President’s Award: Friends of Grain Elevators Indigenous History Award: Lake of the Woods Museum and Partners’ Shiibaashka’Igan: Honouring the Sacred Jingle Dress Dorothy Duncan Public History Award: Champlain Society Podcast: “Witness to Yesterday/Témoin d’hier” Cemetery Preservation Award: Ed Janiszewski: Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery Cruikshank Medal: Thorold Tronrud Fred Landon Award: Dieter K. Buse and Graeme…

The Ontario Historical Society is pleased to share with our members the following announcement from the Archives of Ontario regarding their new online exhibit about the James Bay Treaty (Treaty No. 9), available from the Archives of Ontario in collaboration with Mushkegowuk Council and Queen’s University Archives: The exhibit is a key part of a larger mission of de-colonization begun by…

From the OHS Bulletin: Barry Penhale, August 2020 It was during the 1960s when Professor Douglas Pimlott, a University of Toronto biologist, became my go-to person for expertise on a range of issues involving the great outdoors. The forests of Algonquin Park were often the subject of environmentally sensitive assignments I was involved with as a broadcaster, and I frequently…

On July13, 2020, the board of Glengarry Fencibles Trust learned that masonry restoration plans for the Bishop’s House will benefit from a $98,572 Parks Canada cost-sharing grant. This 1808 landmark in Glengarry County, within the National Historic Site of St. Raphael’s, was almost demolished in 2015, so news of the proposal’s success was especially encouraging. The goal is to adapt…

The Ontario Historical Society held its 132nd Annual General Meeting on Zoom, giving all OHS members an opportunity to participate from across the province. Dr. Tim Cook, author and historian at the Canadian War Museum delivered the keynote address in the first-ever virtual OHS AGM.

The Largest Single Collection of Stories About Ontario’s History Is Now Available Online The Ontario Historical Society (OHS) is excited to announce that, for the first time, the entire run of over 120 years of the Society’s Ontario History journal is now available online. The OHS has digitized the full text of over 2,000 articles and book reviews, making the…

The OHS Honours & Awards Program is now accepting nominations for 2019. Follow the link below to the nominations page, where you’ll find information about all of our award categories and how to submit a nomination. Scroll all the way down to submit a nomination directly through our website, or to download the brochure. https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/honours-awards/