Troops deliver a "Feu-de-Joie" for the Queen's Birthday Review, Ottawa, Canada.
This picture was taken 24 May 1868, the first Victoria Day after Confederation.
This image is in the public domain and is from Library and Archives Canada.
Canadian History Image of the Day
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“Globalization and the Making of Canada” Workshop
29 09 2009I have updated the program of the “Globalization and the Making of Canada” workshop.
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Ned Franks on History of Minority Parliaments in Canada
29 09 2009Ned Franks, Queen’s University political scientist, talks about the history of minority parliaments in Canada on TVOntario’s Agenda. Steve Paikin was, as always, a superb interviewer.
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Canadian History Image of the Day
29 09 2009
Canada Marine Works, Lachine Canal, 1875
Note that the location is given as “Montreal, C.E.” In 1867, “Canada East” had become the Province of Quebec. As this lithograph shows, it took time for the new name to catch on in ordinary usage.
Source: Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana and the National Archives of Canada.
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YouTube Videos About North American Public Archives
28 09 2009The first video from the U.S. National Archives, which is the targeted at the general public, gives a good sense of what archives are good for.
Although somewhat amateurish in terms of production values, this video does a good job of explaining how to use the Canadian national archives, Library and Archives Canada.
This more professional-looking video discusses the impressive new home of the Archives of Ontario, which is located at York University.
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Canadian History Image of the Day
27 09 2009
Battle of Queenston Heights
This painting depicts the Battle of Queenston Heights. The battle took place in October 1812 and was a victory for the British. The American invasion force, which has crossed the Niagara River from the American territory (right) was dealt a major blow. The painting itself dates from 1866 when the Niagara peninsula region was again invaded from the United States, this time by the Fenians, an Irish republican organization.
This image is in the public domain and is from Library and Archives Canada.
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Kingston Student Riots
27 09 2009
Rowing Blade in Queen's Tricolour
Police in Kingston were expecting big trouble in the student ghetto last night. This is what happened.
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Canadian History Image of the Day
27 09 2009
Athabasca Tar Sands, Early Twentieth Century
This image is in the public domain and is from Library and Archives Canada.
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HBC Records as a Source for Studying the History of Climate Change
26 09 2009In this video of a presentation he gave in October 2008, historian George Colpitts of the University of Calgary discusses how the records kept in the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives can be used to study the history of climate in Canada. The records kept by the trading posts and ships of the Hudson’s Bay Company have been used by many different types of Canadian historians (economic historians, gender historians, Native Land Claims researchers). Now they are being used by environmental historians working on the very important topic of historical climate change.
HBC Ships in Hudson Strait, Summer 1819
Colpitts gave this presentation at the Canadian Climate History workshop at the University of Western Ontario. You can watch the other presentations here.
Image Source: Library and Archives Canada.
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Tags: climate change, economic historians, Environmental historians, environmental history, fur trade, historical climate change, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company Archive, Network in Canadian History and Environment, University of Calgary, University of Western Ontario
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How Are Books Digitized?
26 09 2009Many of the people who read this blog have used Google Books. This video explains how books at the British Library in London are digitized. The video refers to the National Digital Newspaper Program in the United States.
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The Past Speaks 