Another great CBC contest - who is the greatest Canadian. Through the past few months people have been sending in nominations for Greatest Canadian. The television program on Sunday October 17 will kick off the voting to select the best.
From the announcement: "After each broadcast, you'll be able to vote by web, phone or wireless text message for the candidate that you feel is the greatest. Every Greatest Canadian vote you cast online will automatically enter you in a
contest to win one of 10 prizes of 2 Air Canada tickets to anywhere in the country OR a grand prize of 2 tickets and a mystery trip related to the winning nominee."
Toronto Star has Pages of the Past -- the archives of the Toronto Star newspaper from 1892 to 2001 in pdf format. It costs money to access - there is a fee schedule starting at $4.95 CDN for 5 hours. Other options are for 2 days and 7 days. Content includes births/ deaths/ obits/ memorials, the editorial / opinion pages, and the classified as well as news, entertainment etc. There is no charge to search by date and keyword but you need a subscription to view.
1945 is the one year that is free as a trial. Pick a date or search for a term. Headline for January 18, 1945 was Konev Invades Silesia -- Moscow Russians Driving for Breslau. Print will be small and blurry - have to use the Acrobat Reader controls to magnify the text and shift the page.
Reviewed in ResearchBuzz -- Toronto Star Archives Available; 1945 Free (Aug 2)
Telling Stories: Narratives of Nationhood - a view of Canadian Confederation through art - " In Telling Stories: Narratives of Nationhood, a diversity of art by Canadian artists is the medium for the exploration of Canadian history and heritage, identity, culture, geography, and politics."
Lesson plans were written by a group of educators in PEI and Nova Scotia. "These Integrated Learning Units, written with remarkable commitment, link the wonderful paintings, sketches, journals, sketchbooks, letters, and architectural plans in the Harris Collection to curriculum outcomes for Atlantic Canada and to the eight unique Telling Stories themes."
CBC has a retrospective on D-Day with headlines, photographs, and 4 minutes from an audio account from an RAF air raid. There are more maps and data at the DDay news site.
Library and Archives Canada has digitized Canadian Mail Order catalogues from Eaton’s, Simpson’s, Christie Grant, Dupuis Frères, Goodwin’s, Nerlich and P.T. Legaré for the period 1880s to the 1970s. Can browse by date, company, or keyword. Site will be great for students, historians, history buffs, and collectors. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/33/index.html
Journeys of Discovery creates "getaways" in Ontario to places that are rich in history and culture. It's a good looking site with some very appealing travel ideas and packages.
"Journeys of Discovery is a new Ontario tourism alliance made up of fourteen select historic and cultural sites across southern Ontario.
Journeys of Discovery offers Canadians a chance to go behind-the-scenes at these historic and cultural sites and meet one-on-one with archaeologists, curators, biologists, artisans interpreters, costumers and storytellers who share their knowledge of our rich history and provide a unique perspective on the cultures and people who shaped this province and built our nation."
The Memory Project -- 85 artifacts from World War I are on view. These were collected in a national call for contributions by The Globe and Mail, The Dominion Institute and the government of France.
Veterans turning to Web to help people remember Canadian Press (Nov 10) There are more web sites with memories of the wars -- Legion.ca, Juno Beach Memorial, Canadian War Museum - newspapers.
Birth of the internet Justin Thompson, CBC News Online (Oct 29) - timeline 1969 to 2002 that includes some Canadian events.
Heritage Web site gets boost Canadian Press (Sept 9)
"First Voices, a First Nations Internet-based archive recording the province's rapidly disappearing aboriginal languages, was given a near million-dollar boost Monday by Heritage Minister Sheila Copps."
First Voices is a group of web-based tools and services to be used for archiving aboriginal languages. It is based in British Columbia.
Heritage Web site gets boost Canadian Press (Sept 9)
"First Voices, a First Nations Internet-based archive recording the province's rapidly disappearing aboriginal languages, was given a near million-dollar boost Monday by Heritage Minister Sheila Copps."
First Voices is a group of web-based tools and services to be used for archiving aboriginal languages. It is based in British Columbia.