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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]