Summary: This webinar, featuring Kayla Jonas, trains individuals to use Building Stories, a free online tool used to raise the profile of historic properties and trails in their own region! Led by the Building Stories team, this webinar introduces the project to participants and take them through the steps of adding properties, routes and tours to the Building Stories website.…
Bruce Krug was a man worth knowing. Although physically a bigger person than most others of his generation, it was Bruce’s voracious appetite for life, insatiable curiosity, and lifelong generous support of both Ontario’s environment and history for which the esteemed native of Chesley will best be remembered. Like other provincial personalities of prominence, Krug, over his long lifetime, attracted…
Our nation has lost a respected scholar and dedicated champion of heritage preservation. OHS is saddened by the unexpected death of Dr. (Frances) Jane Irwin on Thursday, February 7, 2013, following a stroke. On behalf of the OHS, I had the great honour and privilege to work with Jane for over two decades. She was a life member of the…
by John Rae | December 2012 Editor’s Note: In his article series for the OHS Bulletin John Rae examines a variety of access issues for heritage organizations and institutions. In his fifth installment, John discusses how commitment and ingenuity can go a long way to developing programs that provide access in smaller facilities. John, an OHS member and volunteer, has…
by John Rae | October 2011 Editor’s Note: In his article series for the OHS Bulletin, John Rae examines a variety of access issues for heritage organizations and institutions. In the following article, he discusses the value of expanding your horizons by taking multi-sensory tours, not just for persons who are blind, but for all patrons. John, an OHS member…
by John Rae | December 2010 Editor’s Note: In his article series for the OHS Bulletin, John Rae examines a variety of access issues for heritage organizations and institutions. In the following article, he discusses the value of expanding your horizons by taking multi-sensory tours, not just for persons who are blind, but for all patrons. John, an OHS member…
by John Rae | December 2009 Editor’s Note: In his article series for the OHS Bulletin, John Rae examines a variety of access issues for heritage organizations and institutions. In the following article, he discusses the value of expanding your horizons by taking multi-sensory tours, not just for persons who are blind, but for all patrons. John, an OHS member…
The OHS remembers Dr. Jean Robertson Burnet, June 10, 1920 – September 14, 2009. Canada has lost a distinguished scholar and teacher who made a very significant contribution to the study of our Canadian society. The OHS has lost an historian, author, editor, lecturer, volunteer, donor and one of its greatest friends. We must also remember first and foremost Jean’s…
by John Rae | December 2008 Editor’s Note: In his article series for the OHS Bulletin, John Rae examines a variety of access issues for heritage organizations and institutions. In the following article, he discusses the value of expanding your horizons by taking multi-sensory tours, not just for persons who are blind, but for all patrons. John, an OHS member…
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