Join the Bytown Museum as they sit down and discuss today’s issues being addressed by museums, galleries and science centres across Canada, in a panel featuring: Alex Badzak – CEO, Ottawa Art Gallery Marie Chapman – CEO, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Margaret Beckel – CEO, Canadian Museum of Nature Sandy Baumgartner – CEO, Saskatchewan Science Centre […]
Fort Langley sits along the misty shores of the Fraser River in British Columbia. When our guest Aman Johal began asking locals if they knew of any ghost stories about the area, he didn’t expect many responses. Now, he has so many, that he runs sold out ghost tours every October. Join us around the […]
The Historical Society of Ottawa's evening lecture series continues with guest speaker, Andrew King, author of "Ottawa Rewind." Andrew King invites all to join him in his search to uncover long-hidden secrets from Ottawa's fascinating past.
Wakefield’s Fairbairn House Heritage Centre is pleased to share its latest exhibition, Notable Women of the Outaouais, which celebrates the remarkable lives and accomplishments of four women from the Pontiac. This talk highlights the variety of ways these women altered the social and physical landscape of the area. They poured their energy into worthwhile community […]
Eerie & unexplainable tales from Northern Ontario, isolated spots, and haunted locales! Beyond the safety of our city streetlights, and the flickering of our warm and comforting campfire, the darkness is always waiting. Join paranormal author and raconteur Mark Leslie as he shares a combination of hair-raising true tales of ghosts, spectres, and other unexplainable phenomenon alongside […]
Join the Osgoode Township Museum for another free Paint & Pixels -Virtual Paint Night! Suggested Supplies: Canvas Acrylic paints - We Used blue, orange, brown, red, black & white for this one! Paint brushes - Various sizes Paint palette - a paper plate or Cardboard to mix your paints Cup of water - for rinsing […]
8:00PM – 9:00PM EST – Haunted Campfire 9:00PM – 9:30PM EST – Q & A with Guest Perched on the sides of the hills surrounding St. John’s harbour, and often wreathed in the misty fog that drifts in off the North Atlantic, St. John’s is steeped in history, and the paranormal. Dark alleys and laneways […]
The North Lanark Regional Museum will be presenting 'Big Stories in a Small Town: Snapshots of the History of Almonte.' How is it that a small village in rural Ontario came to be named after a Mexican general? Did people really consider Almonte to be 'North America's Manchester'? How did one of the worst railway […]
How did an architectural style synonymous with medieval Europe become the style of choice in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canada? This illustrated talk will take us on a journey that begins in the Middle Ages, dips into the popular horror novels of the eighteenth century, crashes into the windswept, rocky coasts of Newfoundland and ends […]
Osgoode Museum’s Collections Officer Patrick Chisholm kicks off the Museum Talk virtual lecture series with Connecting with the Collection. Connecting with the Collection gives an introduction into collections and conservation in a community museum. It is designed to ignite interest in the stories and life cycles of objects to where they come from and how they are cared […]
Canadian and international speakers on methodology, DNA, and more, for both beginners and experienced genealogists. Featuring Thomas McEntee, Alec Ferretti, Mags Gaulden, Liane Kruger, Kathryn Lake Hogan, Donna Moughty, Gena Philibert-Ortega, John Reid, Glenn Wright. All session recordings and hand-outs will be available to attendees for 30 days after the event
8:00PM – 9:00PM EST – Haunted Campfire 9:00PM – 9:30PM EST – Q & A with Guest Overlooking the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia from the top of Citadel Hill, the Halifax Citadel’s history includes more than 150 years’ worth of ghost sightings, paranormal occurrences, and other spooky events. Join us to hear the story of the […]
A northern Ontario gold mine made Sir Harry Oakes one of the richest men in the world. His bizarre murder in the Bahamas in 1943 was considered the crime of the century. Charlotte Gray will follow her presentation by welcoming audience questions about her writing life as a best-selling author and historian. This speaker series […]