Musical Mondays — Fairbairn Heritage Centre
Musical Mondays — Fairbairn Heritage Centre
Musical Mondays are back on the BIG STAGE at Fairbairn House Heritage Centre in Wakefield, Quebec! Reserve your tickets here
Musical Mondays are back on the BIG STAGE at Fairbairn House Heritage Centre in Wakefield, Quebec! Reserve your tickets here
Come out to the Friendly Town of Almonte on September 10th and 11th for the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum’s 27th Annual Fibrefest. At two locations; the Almonte Community Centre and the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum. Admission to Fibrefest is $7.00 per day, which gets you access to both sites. Local guilds will demonstrate spinning, knitting, […]
Osgoode Township Museum presents - Harvest Fest 2022 “Under The Harvest Moon” on Saturday, September 10, 2022. This year is extra special because not only does this event fall on the same date as the Harvest Moon, it will be in person on the museum grounds! Join us for a full day of activities including; […]
Join us for a family-friendly harvest celebration. In farming communities, the fall season meant hard work, but it was also a time for festivities in recognition of a successful growing season. Enjoy live music and put on your dancing shoes as our guest caller introduces you to some traditional steps. Discover how rural families would […]
Join The Historical Society of Ottawa and Guest speaker Rick Henderson, the author of Walking in the Footsteps of Philemon Wright, and Capital Chronicles blog, and the great-great-great-great-grandson of Philemon Wright. Henderson paints an intimate portrait of the man and his family — and of his dreams, struggles and successes as they carved a settlement […]
On September 21, award-winning journalist, author and educator, Ira Basen, will speak on the subject of "Reconciliation and the Writing of Canadian History". This free event is open to the public and will take place at Manotick United Church, 5567 Manotick Main Street, commencing at 7:30 p.m. After becoming aware of a growing controversy among […]
King of the Cold War crisis film, Dr. Strangelove became a cultural touchstone from the moment of its release in 1964. The duck-and-cover generation saw it as a satire on nuclear issues and Cold War thinking. Subsequent generations, removed from the film’s historical moment, came to view it as a quasi-documentary about an unfathomable secret […]
The BIFHSGO 2022 Fall Conference, focusing on "England and Wales: at home and on the move" will be held from 28 September to 2 October 2022. You can explore English and Welsh ancestry and UK/international migration with 12 international experts giving presentations over four days. As well, there will be three Connect sessions where you […]
Showings of CBC’s The Audience at Beechwood Cemetery at 7:00PM from September 28-September 30, 2022 (weather dependent). The radio show, originally aired in 1978, is a conversation between Duncan Campbell Scott and Dr. PH Bryce detailing their involvement in the residential school system and the choices they made that continue to have deep impacts in […]
Winnipeg was just one of 33 Canadian cities and towns to experience general strikes in 1919. So why no general strike in Ottawa? Ottawa came close. Four major attempts were made to convince the local labour movement but no general strike occurred. Guest speaker Brian McDougall, Peoples' History Walking Tours, and Adjunct Professor Indigenous and […]
Showings of CBC’s The Audience at Beechwood Cemetery at 7:00PM from September 28-September 30, 2022 (weather dependent). The radio show, originally aired in 1978, is a conversation between Duncan Campbell Scott and Dr. PH Bryce detailing their involvement in the residential school system and the choices they made that continue to have deep impacts in […]
Join us on September 30 2022, at the Beechwood National Memorial Center’s Sacred Space screening of the Spirit Bear and Children Make History short film. This stop-motion animation film tells the story of Spirit Bear hopping a train to Ottawa and banding together with children and animals to end injustice against First Nations children at […]
A national gathering to memorialize the children that never came home from school and support Indigenous children & families affected by the Indian Residential Schools and all Indigenous child apprehension programs. 8:30 AM - Eagle Feather Ceremony 9AM -12PM - Remember Me programming, including guest speaker Autumn Peltier, Global Indigenous Water Activist and Chief Water […]
Showings of CBC’s The Audience at Beechwood Cemetery at 7:00PM from September 28-September 30, 2022 (weather dependent). The radio show, originally aired in 1978, is a conversation between Duncan Campbell Scott and Dr. PH Bryce detailing their involvement in the residential school system and the choices they made that continue to have deep impacts in […]
Truth, Destiny and Self-determination – A project coordinated by textile artist Line Dufour, with the participation of over 500 international makers! The development of the COVID-19 has made all of us more aware of the impact of isolation on our well being. This sense of isolation forms the underpinnings of this installation launched in 2016. […]