Forgotten Squadron: The Royal Navy on Lake Ontario During the War of 1812
2021-01-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | online
“Enemy in Sight!”, Print by Peter Rindlisbacher.
About this Event
Join us on January 14th for an evening with Gurth Pretty, Director of the HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society. In this virtual presentation, travel back in time to 1812 to when a battle was raging in a war that would shape our history. Far from the eyes of Upper Canadian residents on shore, the Royal Navy was performing a vital role in defending the colony from the Americans. Discover the actions of the officers and seamen that crewed the vessels of Lake Ontario’s naval squadron.
How to attend:
This is a virtual event. Registration is required as space is limited. Details on how to join are included in the confirmation email. Participants can attend via computer, tablet, smartphone or dial-in via phone.
About the HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society:
The HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society is a labour of passion and love in exploring and preserving the history of traditional maritime skills in Canada, prior to Confederation. The organization promotes historic interpretation of traditional maritime activities as well as teamwork, safe boating, and fun. Many of our activities revolve around the sailing and maintenance of our replica, late 18th century, Royal Navy longboat. HMS Psyche C.M.H.S. is open to anyone interested in boating, sailing, rowing, and/or naval re-enactment. Join us for adventure and fun!
The Port Credit-based Society is a registered not-for-profit corporation with Corporations Canada. Find out more here.

Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation "Opening the Schoolhouse to All" Online Lecture Series: 4 of 4
2021-01-19 | online
Lecture 4: Does Liberal Education Matter in the 21st Century?
The final session (January 19), turns to higher education, and asks “Does Liberal Education Matter in the 21st Century?” Lorna Marsden, former President of York University, is joined on the panel by Paul Gooch, past president of Victoria University in the University of Toronto and author of Course Correction: A Map for the Distracted University; the University of Waterloo’s Ian Milligan, author of History in the Age of Abundance? How the Web is Transforming Historical Research; and Qiang Zha, York University professor, and co-editor of International Status Anxiety and Higher Education: The Soviet Legacy in China and Russia.

By law and custom, everyone in Canada attends school. Some two-thirds of Canadians have been to college or university, among the highest participation rates in the world. Yet the achievement of full and equal access to schooling is an ongoing and unfinished project.
How has the pursuit of wider educational opportunity evolved historically? How do educational experiences educational vary by race, gender, neighbourhoods, and special needs? What kinds of teaching and learning will best serve individuals and communities in the years ahead? How is the COVID-19 affecting access to schools and the experiences of students, teachers, and families?
These and other questions will be taken up in a four-part ZOOM series, sponsored by the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation, which begins in November 2020 and will continue in January 2021. The sessions feature presentations and panel discussions on a range of important educational themes. The series, free of charge, and accessible online, is designed for a broad audience interested in the past, present and future of Canadian education.
Speakers include academics, teachers, and community leaders whose work, writing, and public engagement have enhanced our understanding of the schooling world.
Through provocative questions and informed discussion, the series will probe the achievements, limitations and prospects of schooling and higher education in disquieting times.
Contacts:

Paul Axelrod, series co-coordinator paxelrod@edu.yorku.ca
Miriah Bough, Enoch Turner Foundation

Stay tuned for information on how to register for this free series.

Peterborough Historical Society January 2021 Talk
2021-01-19 | online
PHS Monthly Meetings and Speakers Program go Virtual
In face of the challenges and continued risks of resuming on-site monthly meetings, we have decided instead to produce monthly virtual PHS Talks that may be viewed on the YouTube channel of Hutchison House Museum. The plan is to schedule them to be posted on the third Tuesday of the month, the traditional date of the regular monthly meetings. Notices of the talks will be publicized in the usual manner, including on this webpage.
January 2021: Robert Ganton Clarke, “‘Packed to the Doors’: The Electric City Goes to the Movies”

CBHA Talk: Professor Brian Gettler, "Unmaking the Made Beaver: Money and Monopoly in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fur Trade"
2021-01-20 17:30 - 18:00 | online
Professor Brian Gettler, “Unmaking the Made Beaver: Money and Monopoly in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Fur Trade”
Brian Gettler is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto.
His several articles and book chapters focus on the political and socioeconomic history of colonialism in Quebec and Canada. Brian’s new book, Colonialism’s Currency: Money, State, and First Nations in Canada, 1820-1950, analyzes the distinct experiences of three First Nations alongside the monetary dimensions of British and Canadian Indian policy and corporate policy in the fur trade. Rather than focusing on the perhaps obvious ways in which wealth shaped politics, it concentrates on money as both a symbol around which discourses of appropriate behaviour were articulated and as a concrete tool in the governance of peoples and lands.
His current research explores public finance and Crown-First Nations fiscal relations as well as Indigenous participation in the credit economy of the St. Lawrence Valley, both in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Attendees will need to register to attend. Participants can attend the AGM and/or the CBHA/ACHA Talks presentation. All registered participants will be given login information on January 19th.

Kingston Historical Society Presents Dr. Tim Cook: "Forgetting, Remembering and Remaking Canada's Second World War"
2021-01-20 19:00 | online
In this lecture, best-selling author Tim Cook will talk about his book, The Fight for History, and will discuss the strange way that Canada chose to ignore for decades its epic contributions during the Second World War. Despite 1.1 million Canadians who served in uniform, and millions more who supported the total war effort from the home front, Canada rapidly left the war behind, publishing few histories, building fewer monuments, and advancing into the prosperous second half of the twentieth century, Dr. Cook will talk about the neglect of our Second World War history until quite recently, and highlight the key role of veterans in reclaiming this important legacy of service and sacrifice.
Dr. Cook is the acting director of historical research at the Canadian War Museum. He was the curator of the museum’s First World War permanent gallery and he has curated numerous temporary, travelling and digital exhibitions. Cook is the author or editor of 13 books and they have won the C.P. Stacey Prize for Military History (twice), the Ottawa Book Prize (three times), the RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, and the L.W. Dafoe Book Prize (twice). In 2012, Dr. Cook was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to Canadian history and in 2013 the Governor-General’s History Prize. He is a frequent commentator in the media, a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Member of the Order of Canada.
To register, and to receive all the details of how to connect, please email Paul van Nest at pvannest@cogeco.ca.

Catharine Parr Traill on Enjoying and Surviving a Canadian Winter
2021-01-21 19:30 - 21:00 | online
Catharine Parr Traill’s genteel life in England did not prepare her at all for life on the frontier in Ontario in the mid-1800s. But one of the ways she found to support her family in her new world was to write about her experience for other immigrants. Her writings both public and private deal with the many joys and tribulations of the wintery backwoods in early Canada.
Traill had practical advice for her readers, from maintaining a yeast supply to choosing a parlour stove to sewing a warm cloak. She revealed much about bottling, pickling, smoking and hunting foods for the mid-nineteenth century pantry, then making winter meals. Her how-to advice benefited many immigrants unprepared for the cold and ice, as she had been once unprepared, but she also came to love the sparkling snow in her Canadian wilderness.
Fiona Lucas, who with Nathalie Cooke, co-edited Catharine Parr Traill’s Female Emigrant’s Guide: Cooking with a Canadian Classic (2017), speaks knowledgeably and entertainingly on Traill’s experience and writings. Her half hour presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Ontario Black History Society: 2021 Black History Month Kick-Off - History…Who We Are!
2021-01-31 13:00 - 14:30 | online
Join us as we Kick-Off Black History month virtually on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 1pmEST. History…Who We Are!
About this Event
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained the heritage sector, including the OBHS. Additionally, the Black community has been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. With these unprecedented events happening simultaneously with the global reckoning of anti-Black racism sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s even more important to know HISTORY!
This history continues, from the past to the present, even amidst a pandemic. History anchors us, especially during times like this.
Join us as we feature community recognition profiles, Black history, entertainment, museum tours and so much more.
History…Who We Are!
Lead Sponsor TD Bank
Take a look back at the 2020 Black History Month Kick-Off Brunch https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/debriefing-the-ontario-black-history-society-kick-off-brunch/

Peterborough Historical Society February 2021 Talk
2021-02-16 | online
PHS Monthly Meetings and Speakers Program go Virtual
In face of the challenges and continued risks of resuming on-site monthly meetings, we have decided instead to produce monthly virtual PHS Talks that may be viewed on the YouTube channel of Hutchison House Museum. The plan is to schedule them to be posted on the third Tuesday of the month, the traditional date of the regular monthly meetings. Notices of the talks will be publicized in the usual manner, including on this webpage.
February 2021: Erin Panepinto, “‘These are a Few of My Favourite Things’: An Inside Look at Select Artifacts from the Hutchinson House Collection”

Kingston Historical Society Presents Victoria Cosby: "Kingston through Her Eyes: Harriett Dobbs Cartwright and Her Adopted Home"
2021-02-17 19:00 | online
Harriett Dobbs Cartwright emigrated from Dublin. Ireland to Upper Canada upon her marriage to Anglican minister Robert David Cartwright in 1832. Her voluminous correspondence chronicles her active engagement in the local affairs of her new ‘home’ in the colony of Upper Canada: as a wife, as a mother, and as a social activist. Cartwright played an incredibly important role in Kingston’s upper class community. She volunteered in the Female Benevolent Society and Orphans’ and Widows’ Friend Society, through which she contributed to the establishment of such major Kingston institutions as Kingston General Hospital, St. George’s Anglican Church, the Kingston Penitentiary, and Rockwood Asylum for the Insane. Harriett Dobbs Cartwright’s contributions to the community have had a lasting impact on the city of Kingston as we know it today.
Victoria Crosby is a fourth year doctoral student in the Queen’s History Department. Her research interests include nineteenth-century Canadian women, the British World, as well as gender and sexuality studies. She is currently working on a biography of Harriett Dobbs Cartwright.
To register, and to receive all the details of how to connect, please email Paul van Nest at pvannest@cogeco.ca.

Thunder Bay Museum Presents "Black Business: An Evening with Local Black Women that are Leaders in Business"
2021-02-23 19:30 | online
Free Public Lecture – The Caribbean African Multicultural Association of Thunder Bay (CAMAT) Presents Black Business: An Evening with Local Black Women that are leaders in Business
Free to view and will be recorded and posted to the Thunder Bay Museum’s YouTube at a later date.
Please join us with our partners from the Caribbean African Multicultural Association of Thunder Bay (CAMAT) for a Free Public Lecture featuring a panel of local black women that are leaders in business.
Panelists:

Annette Pateman – Local Author
Shannon Skinner – Co-owner of Salonki Salon & Ethnic Beauty Supply
Sharon Bon – Owner of Dame Mas Dance Dance Studio
Annissea Hopkins – Co-Owner of Superior Hearing
Liliane Honorine Breiland – Owner of The African Boutique Thunder Bay

This lecture session is part of a the Society’s long tradition of holding free public lectures. Talks on a wide range of topics are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum from September to April. When the lectures are able to be held in person light refreshments are served after the speaker’s presentation.
2020-2021 Thunder Bay Museum lecture series is sponsored by the Lakehead University Department of History.

Bruce County Historical Society Presents "British Home Children: Sharing the Stories"
2021-02-25 19:00 | online

Myseum of Toronto Presents "Beyond Just Words: A Land Acknowledgement Workshop"
2021-02-25 19:00 - 21:15 | online
A participatory workshop that explores our relationship(s) to land acknowledgements and re-evaluates how we can make them more meaningful.
You’ve heard them before. From attending an event in the city, or hearing one online you hear: “Welcome, thank you for coming”, a brief land acknowledgement read from their phone is recited for the one hundredth time, and finally housekeeping notes before the event begins. And while what land acknowledgements represent are beyond important, they can often feel impersonal and superficial.
Join facilitators Leslie McCue and Lindy Kinoshameg for this virtual “hands on” participatory workshop where you will learn:
The history of agreements and treaties that were made and broken.

Pronunciations of Nations.
Examining who you are, and your relationship with the land that sustains you.
You will have the opportunity to work independently and in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms) to explore, research, and develop a more meaningful connection when you are acknowledging and caring for this land.

This workshop aims to not only help you look beyond your current relationship with land acknowledgements, but realize deeper possibilities for them; enhancing your appreciation for and understanding of Indigenous histories and cultures.
While this workshop provides some necessary knowledge and resources, it is intended to be an entry point into lifelong learning.
For more information, please visit this website: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-just-words-a-land-acknowledgement-workshop-tickets-141885269661.

Kingston Historical Society Presents Marc Seguin: "The Lighthouses of Kingston: Guiding Ships through the Graveyard of Lake Ontario, 1828 to 1914"
2021-03-03 19:00 | online
Throughout the 19th century, Kingston was the most important shipping port on the Great Lakes and ships sailing to or from Lake Ontario had to navigate through some of the world’s most dangerous waters, an area that became known as “the graveyard of Lake Ontario.” Over the course of 85 years, more than 45 lighthouses were built on the Canadian side of eastern Lake Ontario. These aids to navigation contributed immeasurably to the prosperity of Kingston and to the economic development of Canada. This talk is drawn from the speaker’s book For Want of a Lighthouse: Guiding Ships Through the Graveyard of Lake Ontario.
Marc Seguin brings his lifelong interest in history together with a passion for Canada’s built heritage to this talk on the early lighthouses of Kingston and eastern Lake Ontario. Marc holds a degree in history from the University of Western Ontario and is a founding member of the lighthouse preservation organization “Save Our Lighthouses.” He has authored two books focusing on Lake Ontario: For Want of a Lighthouse: Guiding Ships through the Graveyard of Lake Ontario & The Cruise of The Breeze: The Journal and Life of a Victorian Soldier in Canada. Marc lives on the shores of Wellers Bay in Prince Edward County with his wife and two sons. Please visit his website at ontariohistory.ca.
To register, and to receive all the details of how to connect, please email Paul van Nest at pvannest@cogeco.ca.

Town of York Historical Society: The Old Town Revue: A Love Letter to Toronto
2021-03-06 19:30 - 21:00 | online
Gather online to celebrate Toronto’s 187th birthday with an ode to our wonderful city!
Emceed by popular local historian Bruce Bell, the evening will be in the form of a revue with a top-notch array of entertainers all coming together to celebrate our city.
Please see this website for further details: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-old-town-revue-a-love-letter-to-toronto-tickets-137865979857.

Friends of Wesleyville Village 2020 AGM
2021-03-11 19:00 | online

Myseum of Toronto Presents "Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth in the GTA (Part One)"
2021-03-11 19:00 - 20:15 | online
Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth in the GTA is a two-part online storytelling event series exploring the past and present experiences of disabled and chronically ill youth growing up in Toronto. Featuring personal narratives and artwork, this program is a space for recognition, solidarity, and celebration, exploring how the landscape for disabled youth has shifted over time.
For more information please visit this website: http://www.myseumoftoronto.com/programming/making-space-stories-of-disabled-youth-part-one/

Peterborough Historical Society March 2021 Talk
2021-03-16 | online
PHS Monthly Meetings and Speakers Program go Virtual
In face of the challenges and continued risks of resuming on-site monthly meetings, we have decided instead to produce monthly virtual PHS Talks that may be viewed on the YouTube channel of Hutchison House Museum. The plan is to schedule them to be posted on the third Tuesday of the month, the traditional date of the regular monthly meetings. Notices of the talks will be publicized in the usual manner, including on this webpage.
March 2021: Dennis Carter-Edwards, “The Peterborough County House of Refuge: Caring for the Elderly Poor 1907-1921”

Myseum of Toronto Presents "Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth in the GTA (Part Two)"
2021-03-18 19:00 - 20:15 | online
Making Space: Stories of Disabled Youth in the GTA is a two-part online storytelling event series exploring the past and present experiences of disabled and chronically ill youth growing up in Toronto. Featuring personal narratives and artwork, this program is a space for recognition, solidarity, and celebration, exploring how the landscape for disabled youth has shifted over time.
For more information please visit this website: http://www.myseumoftoronto.com/programming/making-space-stories-of-disabled-youth-part-two/

Thunder Bay Museum Free Public Lecture: 100th Anniversary of Chippewa Park
2021-03-23 20:00 | online
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Description:
Chippewa Park is celebrating its 100th Anniversary of the official opening of the park in 1921. The presentation will provide a snapshot of the last 100 years along with a glint into its future. The presentation will also highlight the restoration work undertaken by the organization especially the recent work in the restoration of the 106 year old C.W. Parker Carousel.
Speaker Bio:
Iain Angus is the Secretary and Project Manager for The Friends of Chippewa Park. He has a background in public service including being elected to all three orders of Government as well as working for both the Recreation and Parks departments of the City of Thunder Bay. As a consultant he developed feasibility studies for a number of municipalities and First Nations in the Northwest as well as conducting transportation and forest operation research. He is a founding director of The Friends of Chippewa Park and considers the park his ‘neighborhood’ as he was raised at the park as his family operated the Tourist Camp from 1945 to 1970.
This lecture session is part of a the Society’s long tradition of holding free public lectures. Talks on a wide range of topics are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum from September to April. When the lectures are able to be held in person light refreshments are served after the speaker’s presentation.
2020-2021 Thunder Bay Museum lecture series is sponsored by the Lakehead University Department of History.

Hastings County Historical Society Presents, "For a Better Life: Post-War Dutch Immigration to Canada"
2021-03-24 15:00 | online
The Hastings County Historical Society and the Belleville Public Library will be presenting by Zoom on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. “For a Better Life: Post-War Dutch Immigration to Canada’ by Napanee author, John Immerseel.
Beginning in 1947, almost 500 000 Dutch emigrants left the Netherlands. Nearly 200 000 arrived in Canada. The situation in Holland, reasons for emigrating, and the challenges facing the many families as they sought to rebuild their lives will be examined.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DuHbzus1RsCv6F2y5bQdaw

North York Historical Society March 2021 Meeting: "Yonge Street in the Rear View Mirror"
2021-03-24 19:00 | online
The North York Historical Society is pleased to present “Yonge Street in the Rear View Mirror.”
Yonge Street, the most iconic street in Canada. This famous artery has weaved a tapestry of history along its path for over 200 years. The North York Historical Society is pleased to bring you “Yonge Street in the Rear View Mirror.” A journey along the path from dirt to gravel, from horses to cars, to discover the many hidden stories of Yonge Street’s past and how life along this thoroughfare shaped North York through the years transforming it to the township, city and borough that it is today.
When: Wednesday March 24, 2021, at 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Where: Online by Zoom
Presenter: Marla Weingarten, North York Historical Society
Please register in advance for this meeting (no payment is required):
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpf-urrDorEtET_gt87-mQJd6MqRwftaoG
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

OMA Indigenous Collections Symposium 2021
2021-03-25 - 2021-03-26 | online
The Ontario Museum Association Indigenous Collections Symposium: Mashkawatgong mamawewiziwin – Strengthening our bonds, sharing our practices will be presented online on March 25-26, 2021, with a pre-symposium event on March 24, 2021.
Join us at our dynamic event platform for a gathering designed to support and connect museum professionals from Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations!
The virtual Symposium features:

Two full days of interactive sessions by leading thinkers and practitioners, a keynote presentation by Jisgang Nika Collison and group discussions at the end of each day.
Exclusive access to session recordings for 3 months.
The opportunity to sign up for the March 24th Strengthening Our Bonds Networking Event hosted by the Indigenous Internship Program at the Canadian Museum of History.

We look forward to welcoming you online!
Please register here: https://members.museumsontario.ca/programs-events/current-initiatives/indigenous-collections-symposium-2021

Friends of Wesleyville Village Easter Egg Exploration 2021
2021-04-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Wesleyville Village, 2082 Lakeshore Rd., Port Hope, ON, L1A 3V7, Canada
Saturday April 3rd, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Preregistration required at https://www.wesleyvillevillage.com/events-1
$5.00 per child (12 and under)
**Something for the whole family**
A pandemic version of the popular Friends of Wesleyville Village Easter Egg Hunt
More information: 905-753-2196 or 905-797-2228

What Gravestones Can Tell You About Your Ancestors: A Genealogists Guide
2021-04-06 19:00 | online
Presented by Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives
Genealogists know information retrieved from gravestones has a practical application to identify the deceased. However, gravestones, as a research tool, can offer up more information about your ancestors when interpreted correctly. Besides functioning as a memorial to the deceased, gravestones provide insight into nineteenth and twentieth century life. The visual imagery of the gravestone motifs functions as a decorative element, which reaffirm the position of the deceased within the community and celebrate relationships. On an artistic level, gravestones offer insights into popular culture. Motifs were specifically chosen by the carver or family members to communicate messages about the departed and their significance in the community.
In an era when illiteracy was common, carvers relied on the symbols to convey messages of mortality and spirituality to those unable to read. Themes relating to life, death and the hope for everlasting life are just some of the messages portrayed on the stones. Discover the clues and information that gravestones can reveal about your ancestors and the world in which they lived.
About the Presenter:
Laura Suchan, Executive Director at the Oshawa Museum, will be presenting on her work with gravestones in Ontario for this special Zoom meeting. Laura has been the Executive Director for the last 25 years and has spoken publicly at provincial, national and international conferences.

Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum Presents Robert J. Lake on Lawn Tennis
2021-04-07 10:30 - 12:00 | online
Join us on Zoom for our 2021 Virtual Lecture Series!
On Wednesday April 7 at 10:30 a.m. Robert J. Lake presents, “‘A Front Seat Among the Playgrounds of Two Nations’: Lawn Tennis in Niagara-on-the-Lake, c.1880s-1920s.”
Registration is required. Please visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N27s3yU5TuCYiqzMpCx5dQ.

Jane E. MacNamara: Life on the Farm, Your Ancestor‘s Place in Ontario Agriculture
2021-04-08 19:00 | online
Presented by Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives
We often think of farming as a traditional occupation—something that hasn’t really changed much. But that is not and was never the case. Farmers had to react and adapt to changing conditions like climate, technology, economics, new markets and new competitors. Some farmers did more than adapt. They set out to be the most productive by innovating with new techniques and processes, products, and marketing. Farm journals and business records survive in many archives. Farmers may have had help and encouragement along the way from agricultural associations, community groups, government agencies, or private patrons. Digitization of many of the records of these pro-agriculture organizations has made them a viable source to help us understand the changes that were happening around our farming ancestors—and whether they were leading the way or following the pack.
About the Presenter:
Jane E. MacNamara, Toronto, is the author of Inheritance in Ontario: Wills and other Records for Family Historians (OGS/Dundurn) and writes about genealogy at wherethestorytakesme.ca. A longtime member of the Ontario Genealogical Society, Jane lectures about research methodology, Ontario, and English family history to genealogical and historical groups throughout southern Ontario. She teaches courses for Toronto Branch OGS, most notably hands-on courses about Ontario records.

Archives of Ontario: Our Film Favourites: Staff Picks from the Vaults
2021-04-08 20:00 - 21:30 | online
A free virtual film screening hosted by the Archives of Ontario
Calling All Film Buffs!
As part of Archives Awareness Week, the Archives of Ontario is hosting a virtual film screening on April 8 at 8pm of staff favourites from our Sound and Moving Images vaults. We’ll be featuring documentaries, home movies, government films and other gems!
Cet événement est en anglais.

Kingston Historical Society Presents Dr. Tabitha Renaud: "Without Words: The Communication Barrier between Indigenous Peoples and the Earliest European Explorers in North America"
2021-04-14 19:00 | online
For hundreds of years historians have glossed over how First Peoples and the earliest European explorers communicated with one another during their first meetings. How did they convey information back and forth? How effective was this process? This talk returns to seminal episodes of “first encounter” to closely examine how people in reality communicated and how our broadening understanding of this earliest interaction between the settler society and our First Nations can change traditional historical interpretations and why it matters so vitally today.
Dr. Tabitha Renaud completed her PhD in history at Queen’s University under the supervision of Dr. Jane Errington and specialized in studying early encounters between Indigenous peoples and European explorers in the Americas. Tabitha serves as the Managing Director and chair of the Murney Tower Museum Committee as well as a Councillor of the Kingston Historical Society. She has also volunteered with the Kingston Association of Museums, Galleries and Historic Sites (KAM), Kingston Regional Heritage Fair, Beyond Classrooms Kingston, Smiths Falls Heritage house Museum Advisory Board and the Lower Burial Ground Restoration Society.
To register, and to receive all the details of how to connect, please email Paul van Nest at pvannest@cogeco.ca.

Myseum Intersections 2021: Images of Resistance: An Archive of Action
2021-04-15 19:00 - 20:30 | online
A panel discussion reflecting on the 2008-09 Tamil demonstrations, how they’ve impacted the community, and this year’s installation and exhibition.
Join us for the Images of Resistance: An Archive of Action official launch event. This event will be a panel discussion reflecting on the 2008-2009 intergenerational demonstrations that mobilized Toronto’s Tamil community; a scale of which Toronto had never seen before. During the launch, you will hear from speakers who were organizers and active participants of those protests.
The event will be the launch event for the Images of Resistance: An Archive of Action online web-based exhibit, and give attendees an inside look at the physical exhibit, which is on display at the Fort York Visitors Centre. The exhibit tells the stories of the Tamil Canadian protests in 2009 that brought together tens of thousands of protesters to Downtown Toronto to bring attention to the Genocidal War that was taking place in Sri Lanka.

The Canadian Archaeologist Who Collected 4500 Beer Cans
2021-04-15 20:30 - 21:30 | online
Dr. David Maxwell, archaeologist & collector, discusses what he’s learned about contemporary culture from the discarded cans of beers-past.
About this Event
What does our garbage say about us? As a young anthropologist and archaeologist, Dr. David Maxwell studied Mayan votive offerings and what they tell us about Mayan cultural and political history; but not all cultural relics have to be ancient ! Dr. Maxwell discovered this at the tender age of 11 when he started collecting beer cans discarded on the side of the road. These cans sparked an interest in the history of the cans themselves, the beer, and the brewing companies. This collection led to a fascination and understanding of our society’s changing approach to litter, recycling, what we define as “garbage.”
Dr. Maxwell’s collection became a lifelong passion and eventually swelled to over 4,500 cans—now whittled down to just under 2,000 due to storage constraints. Grab a cold one and join us for an evening chat about the most Canadian of topics – beer!
Dr. Maxwell will discuss his research, share stories about collecting and his interactions with other researchers over the years… and, of course, share highlights of his unique collection with us. A Q&A will follow.
