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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...