Congratulations to Dr. Victor P. Lytwyn and Dr. Dean M. Jacobs! Their article “Naagan ge bezhig emkwaan: A Dish with One Spoon Reconsidered” in Ontario History’s Autumn 2020 issue has won the Canadian Historical Association’s (CHA) 2021 Indigenous History Best Article Prize. Dr. Jacobs is a former OHS Board Director, and was the first Indigenous Ontario History Guest Editor, for the journal’s Spring 2000 special…
By: Rose Fine-Meyer, Secretary, Ontario Women’s History Network Over the last 30+ years, the Ontario Women’s History Network (OWHN/RHFO) has provided a venue for educators from across Ontario to make contacts, develop projects, share resources, access course materials, and share new scholarship in the field of women’s studies and women’s history. Independent scholars, university researchers, teachers, graduate students, public historians,…
Photo: Jane Beecroft, Community History Project (CHP), is seen here with her cousin Doug Beecroft, Legislative Counsel, Government of Ontario (OHS Bulletin, June 2007, issue #160, pg. 4). The OHS remembers Eleanor Jane Beecroft, September 16, 1932 – October 11, 2021 On behalf of The Ontario Historical Society (OHS) and its grassroots membership across Ontario, I send our deepest condolences…
The Society’s 133rd Annual General Meeting was a great success, with members joining from across the province. After the business portion of the meeting, OHS President Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu introduced the 2021 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Robin Nelson, Assistant Professor of Arts and Cultural Management at MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta. The OHS is very pleased to share this recording of…
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/TĂ©moin d’hier” Cemetery Preservation Award: Ed Janiszewski: Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery Cruikshank Medal: Thorold Tronrud Fred Landon Award: Dieter K. Buse and Graeme…
The OHS remembers Gabe Scardellato, January 3, 1951 – August 8, 2020 Our country has lost a distinguished scholar and teacher who made a tremendous contribution to Canadian history. The OHS has lost a gentle giant. We have also lost a heritage champion, historian, author, editor and managing editor, member, lecturer, workshop leader, volunteer, donor and one of our most…
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…
Become a member of the OHS to receive email updates, announcements, and news.