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SUMMARY:Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum Virtual Lecture: “Canada and the Civil War"
DESCRIPTION:Brian Martin presents “Canada and the Civil War: Opening Eyes in Niagara and Beyond.”\nCanada and Canadians played an interesting role before\, during and after the American Civil War\, 1861 to 1865. About 40\,000 Americans\, primarily formerly enslaved Black persons arrived along the Underground Railroad. During the war Canada sold goods to both sides and gave refuge to spies\, plotters\, draft-dodgers and others. After the war\, former plantation owners and racists fled to Canada\, along with Confederate officials and generals who settled for a time in places like Niagara-on-the-Lake\, Toronto\, Montreal and elsewhere. \nBrian Martin is the author of From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War\, published by ECW Press of Toronto. Brian was an award-winning journalist for more than 40 years\, telling the stories of Southwestern Ontario. He has written two true crime books\, several biographies and baseball histories\, and is a member of two historical societies. He lives in London\, ON. \nPresentations are free for all but registration is required.  Use ticket link below to register on Zoom. \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J1C-m0emQ0aKvx0lEzeFFA
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/niagara-on-the-lake-museum-virtual-lecture-canada-and-the-civil-war/
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SUMMARY:North Toronto Historical Society (Virtual): Avenue Road: An Illustrated History
DESCRIPTION:The history of one of Toronto’s most important thoroughfares from the late 19th century onwards\, examining the history and architecture of important sites that have shaped Avenue Road. These will include estates\, apartment buildings and schools. Presentation by NTHS member Eli Aaron\, an urban planner with an interest in history and heritage preservation. \nNOTE: A brief Annual General Meeting will precede this programme. \n\nPLEASE REGISTER TO ATTEND AFTER 1 FEBRUARY \nEmail membership@northtorontohistoricalsociety.org and we will send you an invitation with details. You can join us on Zoom by internet or phone.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/north-toronto-historical-society-virtual-avenue-road-an-illustrated-history/
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SUMMARY:Oakville Public Library (Virtual): Karolyn Smardz Frost on "The Four Points of the Compass: Oakville and the Underground Railroad"
DESCRIPTION:A unique opportunity to learn more about Oakville’s Black History. For Teens and Adults \n\n\n\n\n\n\nArchaeologist\, historian and Governor-General’s award-winning author Karolyn Smardz Frost has helped explore and preserve our nation’s rich African Canadian past for nearly four decades.  Recently she has been working with the Town of Oakville to unearth clues to the lives of Black immigrants who made Halton County their home during the Underground Railroad era. A consummate storyteller\, she will share four intriguing tales about people who arrived from the South\, West\, North and East. Each carried with them skills and talents\, courage and ambition to help build Oakville as we know it today.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/oakville-public-library-virtual-karolyn-smardz-frost-on-the-four-points-of-the-compass-oakville-and-the-underground-railroad/
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SUMMARY:Wellington County Historical Society: “A Stolen Life - Searching for Richard Pierpoint” with author Peter Meyler
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 23\, 7:00 p.m. — Author Peter Meyler talks about Richard Pierpoint’s life\, from early years in slavery to soldier\, freedom and building a black community. \nPresentation via Zoom. Register for “A Stolen Life – Searching for Richard Pierpoint” with author Peter Meyler \n\n\nRichard Pierpoint was a loyalist\, soldier\, community leader\, social justice advocate\, and storyteller. As a leader in the early Black Canadian Community\, Pierpoint fought and petitioned for causes important to himself\, his community and to Canada as a whole. Peter Meyler will reveal Pierpoint’s legacy as a man taken from his home and enslaved as a teenager\, who fought for his freedom in two wars and worked to build a Black Community amid prejudice and discrimination. \nPeter Meyler is the co-author of A Stolen Life: Searching for Richard Pierpoint. In 2001\, Peter edited a reissue of an 1889 book\, Broken Shackles: Old Man Hanson From Slavery to Freedom\, one of the very few books that documented the journey to Canada from the perspective of a person of African descent. He contributed his research on early Black Canadian pioneer John Daddy Hall as part of a 4-part TV mini-series\, BLK: An Origin Story\, which aired in February 2022 on History Canada. Peter has written numerous articles about Ontario’s black history\, which have appeared in such publications as The Beaver\, the Toronto Star\, Share and Families.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/wellington-county-historical-society-a-stolen-life-searching-for-richard-pierpoint-with-author-peter-meyler/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Wellington County Historical Society":MAILTO:ronhattle@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Historical Society of St. Catharines Online Lecture (Virtual): “A Community at War – the Military Service of Black Canadians of the Niagara Region”
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jim Doherty\, president of the Niagara Falls Military Museum\, via Zoom.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/the-historical-society-of-st-catharines-online-lecture-virtual-a-community-at-war/
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SUMMARY:UEL Association of Canada Toronto Branch February 2023 Meeting (Virtual): "British Child Migration" by Pat Skidmore
DESCRIPTION:On February 23\, 2023 at 7:30 pm via zoom\, Pat Skidmore is going to give us an overview of the 350 year history of British Child Migration – a history that has been kept silent for a good portion of the 350 years.  British Child Migration took place as far back as the 1830s to the late 1940s\, although the ‘height’ of child migration to Canada was between 1869 and the 1930s. \nHer research is mainly centered on the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School and her mother\, Marjorie’s\, experience there.  Over 120\,000 children were sent to Canada . Over 95% of the children were not orphaned. \nTo register\, send an email to torontouel@gmail.com – a meeting link will be sent out by February 20th.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/uel-association-of-canada-toronto-branch-february-2023-meeting-virtual-british-child-migration-by-pat-skidmore/
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SUMMARY:Woodland Cultural Centre: Ędwadǫtga:dǫh (We Will Have Fun)
DESCRIPTION:Join us February 25-26th for Ędwadǫtga:dǫh (We Will Have Fun)\, a family celebration of art\, theatre\, music\, dance\, and food! \nThis two-day event at the Six Nations Community Hall in Ohsweken is a performing arts festival for the entire family. There will be children’s workshops\, storytelling\, and activities on the afternoon of the 25th\, and a coffee house with several featured performers in the evening. \nOn the 26th\, there will be a dance performance in the afternoon\, a vocal performance\, and food tasting\, with a theatre performance to follow. \nFor more information\, please contact Eden Capulong via email or phone at 519-759-2650 or arts@woodlandculturalcentre.ca.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/woodland-cultural-centre-edwad%c7%abtgad%c7%abh-we-will-have-fun/
LOCATION:Six Nations Community Hall\, 1738 4th Line\, Ohsweken\, Ontario\, N0A 1M0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Thunder Bay Museum Free Public Lecture (In Person and Virtual): Lakehead University Graduate Students - Christine Green and Haileigh Riddell
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society for a lecture from Lakehead University Graduate Students Christine Green and Haileigh Riddell. This will be a in-person event that is free to view. The lecture will be broadcast live via ZOOM for those who cannot attend in-person and recorded and posted to the Museum’s YouTube at a later date. \nCLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEBINAR\n  \nChristine Green\, Constructing a Collective Past: Locating Indigenous Histories in Local Narratives \nTruth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #67 calls for the federal government to undertake a national review of museum policies and best practices to determine compliance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and make recommendations. Of specific importance is UNDRIP Article 15.1\, outlining Indigenous peoples’ right to have their cultures\, traditions\, and histories appropriately represented in education and public information. \nOne of the main ways the public interacts with Canadian history is through museums and public history initiatives. So\, the question becomes what representations of Indigenous histories are being presented in museums? This presentation will examine exhibition and programming practices in museums located in Northwestern Ontario in order to analyze the collective imagining of community histories in relation to Indigenous peoples. By examining exhibits\, programming\,  and outreach materials at various museums across Northwestern Ontario a pattern of representation emerges where Indigenous histories are relegated to the fur trade era and earlier. This presentation will examine why this pattern exists\, what museums are doing to correct it\, and what museums need in order to support the major changes required. \nHaileigh Riddell\, Eugenics: A comparison of Ontario and Alberta while examining the connection to Northwestern Ontario \nHer presentation compares the Eugenics Society of Canada\, based in Ontario\, and the Alberta Eugenics Board\, while examining the connection to Northwestern Ontario. In comparing the two provincial eugenic organizations\, the talk explores the similarities and differences in key policies\, legislation\, and public sentiment\, while discussing the lasting impact of eugenic practices in Canada. \nFree Museum Admission during the event. Refreshments will be available.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/thunder-bay-museum-free-public-lecture-in-person-and-virtual-lakehead-university-graduate-students-christine-green-and-haileigh-riddell/
LOCATION:Thunder Bay Museum\, 425 Donald St E.\, Thunder Bay\, Ontario\, P7E 5V1\, Canada
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