Second day going through hospital repair & renovation records. Interesting to see that, even 100 years ago, everything ended up costing more than expected. #histodons #history #Canadianhistory
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#OnThisDay, 10 Apr 1974, Pauline McGibbon is sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada. She was the first woman to hold the role.
As a Montrealer, I wasn't aware of the history of the Rideau Canal. This isn't the first time USians wanted our territory. Now I understand why Ottawa is our capital!
The Engineering Marvel Built to Defend Against Americans — The Grisly History of the Rideau canal.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UtcM4ippsI0&si=FCd6ChokmMf7Iexa
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#OnThisDay, 2 Apr 1991, Rita Johnson becomes the first female premier of a Canadian province when she is elected by the political caucus.
Written by a friend from Vancouver
"This post offers a detailed, firsthand account of how a community worked with its national archives to open racist government records needed to understand and confront this history. It shows how a community’s agency, self-determination, and right to remember its past can move an institution to action."
https://activehistory.ca/blog/2025/03/27/the-right-to-remember-the-past-opening-chinese-immigration-records-in-canadas-national-archives/
Active History · The right to remember the past: Opening Chinese immigration records in Canada’s national archives“C.I.30 certificate of Dere Mee Gim.” The Paper Trail collection, UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Courtesy of the Dar Woon Family.…
#OnThisDay, 30 Mar 1982, Bertha Wilson was sworn in to the Canadian Supreme Court. She is the first woman appointed to sit on it.
When she had started at law school in 1955, she was reportedly advised to 'take up crocheting' instead.
Her 1988 ruling decriminalised abortion in Canada.
#OnThisDay, 29 Mar 1993, Catherine Callbeck is elected as the premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada, in the general election. She is the first woman to be elected by the public to a premiership in Canada.
Other women had previously held premierships through party leadership elections.
William James Topley’s Fancy Dress Ball Photographs
The fancy dress ball was a popular private costumed event in 19th century Canada. Those invited would portray characters from history, literature, mythology, or fairy tales, or dress in outfits inspired by foreign lands. While guests were expected to conform to societal expectations, they were allowed a few liberties - for example, women were permitted to wear their hair loose and they could reveal more of their legs than a typical ball gown of the day.
William James Topley’s Fancy Dress Ball Photographs
The fancy dress ball was a popular private costumed event in 19th century Canada. Those invited would portray characters from history, literature, mythology, or fairy tales, or dress in outfits inspired by foreign lands. While guests were expected to conform to societal expectations, they were allowed a few liberties - for example, women were permitted to wear their hair loose and they could reveal more of their legs than a typical ball gown of the day.
My photo made it to The Hollywood Reporter!
Alanis Obomsawin's film is the reason, I'm proud it's been a promotional handout all these years. (I'm also in one scene of the film with a group of media covering the crisis in 1990, but not significantly.) #Photography #Canada #documentary #CanadianHistory #indigenouspeoples #indigenousknowledge #indigenous
Alanis Obomsawin's film is the reason, I'm proud it's been a promotional handout all these years. (I'm also in one scene of the film with a group of media covering the crisis in 1990, but not significantly.) #Photography #Canada #documentary #CanadianHistory #indigenouspeoples #indigenousknowledge #indigenous
Dear Canada - a love letter composed by # by #TimThompson, sports video editor.
#Canada #CanadianCulture #CanadianHistory #CanadianMusic #CanadianArt #DearCanada #TommyDouglas #AnneMurray #MichaelJFox #GordonLightfoot #Painters #GroupOfSeven #FirstNations #Art #Music #History #Culture
"Chinese and Indigenous communities have shared histories. We faced hardships together while mining for gold in the British Columbia gold rush and experiencing the rugged Canadian weather and terrain.
There are many graves on First Nations territories when Chinese people died from the flu and from the building of the railway, crushed by landslides, collapsing tunnels and premature blastings (Mittelstedt, 2014). The First Nations communities took in the Chinese railroad workers and care for their grave sites to this day (Mittelstedt, 2014). We enjoyed economic success and partnerships that were respectful and mutually beneficial (Ma, 2012). Chinese people leased lands (on First Nations) to farm and then hired Indigenous people to help farm the land (Mathur et al., 2011, p. 74). The Chinese built elaborate gold-mining operations among First Nations communities and perhaps most importantly our communities intermingled and there were many marriages between Chinese men and Indigenous women. In 1891, 98% of Chinese people in Canada lived in British Columbia (Barman, 2013, p. 1), which explains why there are such intimate ties between Chinese people and our First Nations communities in British Columbia. Unsurprisingly, one in six Chinese men created a family with a local Indigenous woman (Barman, 2013, p. 1)."
https://fccrwc.com/chinese-and-indigenous-history-relationships-canada/
FCCRWC The Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada · Chinese And Indigenous History & Relationships In Canada | FCCRWCChinese and Indigenous communities have shared histories.
Painting of the Jumbo sculpture in St.Thomas Ontario. Jumbo was part of a visiting circus in the early 1900s, and was killed by a train while running from his handlers. The sculpture is life-size, and in an inspired moment, they used varnish with a pink tint. #painting #acrylicpainting #acryliconpaper #ontariocanada #elephant #canadianhistory #canadianartist
https://breadthofpopsanity.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-didnt-start-fire-canadian-edition.html
recut we didn't start the fire in the name of Canadian Nationalism.
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The War of 1812 (1812-1815), referred to by some contemporaries as the Second American Revolution, was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. #History #WarOf1812 #JamesMadison #AndrewJackson #CanadianHistory #Tecumseh #TreatyOfGhent #USHistory #USSConstitution #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-23125-en/
World History EncyclopediaWar of 1812The War of 1812 (1812-1815), referred to by some contemporaries as the Second American Revolution, was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. Often remembered only as a sideshow to...
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Oregon Boundary Dispute and most significantly the 1844 Presidential campaign slogan ‘Fifty-four Forty or Fight’ would be one, the Fenian Raids 1866 to 1871, would be another.
>‘“54-40 or Fight!”
>The issue remained unresolved until it became a political football during the 1844 US presidential election. Democratic Party candidate James K. Polk won the election on an expansionist platform, which included the annexation of the Republic of Texas.
> There was considerable expansionist pressure on the Polk administration. Some American pundits argued that the rightful US claim extended as far as the border with Russian Alaska at latitude 54 degrees and 40 minutes. The popular slogan “Fifty-four Forty or Fight!” reflected the position of diehard expansionists that the United States should go to war with Great Britain if they proposed anything other than total American control of the region.’
> ‘Fenian Raids
> The Fenians were a secret society of Irish patriots who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. Some members of this movement tried to take Canadian territory by force, so they could exchange it with Britain for Irish independence. From 1866 to 1871, the Fenians launched several small, armed attacks.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oregon-treaty
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fenian-raids
The burning of Washington (24 August 1814) by a British force was a pivotal moment in the War of 1812 and in US history. #History #JamesMadison #CanadianHistory #JamesMonroe #MilitaryHistory #RobertRoss #USHistory #WarOf1812 #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2631-en/
World History EncyclopediaBurning of WashingtonThe burning of Washington (24 August 1814) by a British force was a pivotal moment in the War of 1812 and in US history. Hoping to pull US military resources away from Canada, the British landed at...
The Siege of Fort Erie (4 August to 21 September 1814) was one of the last major military operations of the War of 1812. #History #BattleOfChippawa #CanadianHistory #MilitaryHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2621-en/
World History EncyclopediaSiege of Fort ErieThe Siege of Fort Erie (4 August to 21 September 1814) was one of the last major military operations of the War of 1812. Following the bloody Battle of Lundy's Lane, a US army retreated into Fort Erie...
The Battle of Lundy's Lane (25 July 1814) was one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812. #History #BattleOfChippawa #CanadianHistory #FortErie #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2617-en/
World History EncyclopediaBattle of Lundy's LaneThe Battle of Lundy's Lane (25 July 1814) was one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812. Fought near the location of present-day Niagara Falls, it saw a US army under Jacob Brown clash with a...