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During the early 20th century, the institutions that would later form the U of G accepted Black students when others wouldn’t—but they also accepted racist language and stereotypes Graham Burt | Archives Associate Content warning: Please be advised that the following article examines racial stereotypes and contains racist language. […]
Recent Toronto planning report echoes the mid-twentieth century craze for affordable multi-unit housing Ryan Kirkby | Archives Associate e’ve all read the headlines: affordable housing in big cities like Vancouver and Toronto is a thing of the past. Millennials and Generation Z are the chief casualties of this crisis—most of […]
What one American’s love affair with tobogganing can teach us about the historical and social significance of the sport Graham Burt | Archives Associate “A winter in Canada! I think I should rather spend it there than anywhere else on the face of this broad earth.” “What! And freeze to […]
Take note from landscape gardener Humphry Repton, who loved rich plant life Lara Carleton | Archives Clerk hroughout the pandemic, many have taken solace in spending more time outdoors, especially in their own backyards. Some backyard enthusiasts have personalized herb and vegetable gardens, while others have beautified their own […]
George Tanaka led a life of landscape design and advocacy work for the rights of Japanese Canadians Kathryn Harvey | Archivist I held the pages down on the steering wheel and scanned the sheets as the edges flittered in the gusts. There it was in black and white—our short hard […]
Experiences of hunting, sport, and railway travel come to life through little scraps of paper Ashley Shifflett McBrayne | Library Associate ave you ever thought about what it’d be like to travel to Scotland? Well, you’re in luck —McLaughlin Library’s Archival & Special Collections has an excellent collection on Scottish […]
A spotlight on the history of the ‘mammy’ caricature as she appears in a Canadian advertising cookbook Laila El Mugammar | Journalist & Activist lack Heritage Month is an opportune time to spotlight archival material that contains evidence of a long history of anti-Blackness. Specifically, Canadian advertising cookbooks in the […]
A look at the history of an advertising technique used before the 20th century Lara Carleton | Archives Clerk oday, most advertisements light up our screens through television commercials and images on social media, peak our interest through quick segments on the radio, or catch our eyes on billboards and […]
Ryan Kirkby | Archives Associate n a chilly Christmas night in 1895, local pimp Lee Shelton walked into a St. Louis saloon and shot Billy Lyons. His reason? Lyons touched his hat. There is more to the story. According to folklorist Cecil Brown in his book Stagolee Shot Billy […]
War, Pandemic, and the Homemaker Gillian Manford | Archives Clerk his is a time of changing conditions, of different habits and different modes of living. Many of the things we… take for granted no longer exist or must be adapted to present-day needs. And because our food is of the […]
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