A current exhibit on at The Textile Museum of Canada is Beads, They’re Sewn So Tight, through May 26, 2019. I’m attracted to and fond of beadwork, having grown up in a household filled with Canadian and American Indigenous artwork, and having learned to bead on a loom as a youth. So I found this …
So reads the text of the Ontario Historic Plaque at the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs (or Fish Fence), at the Atherley Narrows near Orillia, Ontario. Last week while traveling for work, my colleague (i.e. employer) very kindly indulged my historic-plaque-collecting mania by making an unplanned stop at the Weirs on our way out of town. This …
In frigid Toronto, on January 30, 2018, a beautifully organized Summit for Canadian Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs) was hosted by Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Museums Association, and the Ottawa Declaration Working Group. I was thrilled to attend, representing The Ontario Historical Society. It was an extraordinary event, filled with insights from top …
A visit last weekend to the former Anglican Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario, was a disturbing but educational experience. Three survivors from Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation generously shared their stories as they guided us through the property, which was operated by the Government of Canada from 1885 to 1970. The Toronto …
