Category Archives: Canada

Library and Archives Canada provides funding to 37 local organizations in support of documentary heritage

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Gail Dever

This year, archives, museums and documentary heritage institutions will share $1.425 million to carry out 37 projects selected under Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) Documentary Heritage Communities Program. The projects were selected for the impact they will have on documentary … Continue reading →

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Digital Museums Canada awards more than $2 million in funding to museums and Indigenous organizations

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Gail Dever

Digital Museums Canada (DMC) yesterday announced an investment of over $2 million in 18 new online projects developed by museums and heritage, cultural and Indigenous organizations across Canada. DMC is managed by the Canadian Museum of History, and these projects were selected by … Continue reading →

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Update on the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives at the Archives of Manitoba

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Gail Dever

Following the recent news about Canada’s oldest company Hudson’s Bay liquidating its  assets and closing most of its department stores, the Archives of Manitoba, which houses the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (HBCA), has received a number of inquiries concerning the … Continue reading →

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Happy Irish Heritage Month

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Gail Dever

March is Irish Heritage Month — and it’s a great time for us to explore our ancestors who lived in Ireland and to share the stories we’ve uncovered with members of our family. There are more than 4.6 million Canadians … Continue reading →

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More free online Canadian school yearbooks added to The Ancestor Hunt

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Gail Dever

Like a whirling dervish, Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt has been at it again. He has updated his list of free online Canadian yearbooks, adding another 134 high schools and universities. There are now yearbooks for 645 high … Continue reading →

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Learn about Canadian gazetteers resources in this free 20-minute video

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Gail Dever

The International Institute of Genealogical Studies’ latest video popped up in my YouTube feed yesterday, and it looks good. Cheryl Levy, the Institute’s Director of Canadian Studies, provides a 20-minute overview in the video and explains how to use Canadian … Continue reading →

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Virtual cemetery of Loyalists on FindAGrave

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Gail Dever

There are more than 1,200 graves in Canada of United Empire Loyalists identified in the virtual cemetery that Brian McConnell has created on FindAGrave. The gravesites of these Loyalists are located in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, … Continue reading →

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New Canada Research Chair in Black Expressive Culture and Creativity

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Gail Dever

Dr. Cheryl Thompson has been named a new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Black Expressive Culture and Creativity. Her research will explore, map and share how Black Canadians’ lives have shaped Canada’s creative landscape. She will engage with Black scholars, … Continue reading →

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Six collections to be added to Canadiana, including Ontario historical county maps, a Black abolitionist newspaper, and an Acadia University student newspaper 

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Gail Dever

The Canadiana collection is expanding with the addition of six new collections from Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) member institutions.  Selected by CRKN’s Canadiana Content Sub-Committee through the inaugural call for development projects, the six collections tell stories from across Canada and span over … Continue reading →

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New book from Global Genealogy about three sisters who were British Home Children in Canada

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Gail Dever

Global Genealogy has published a new book, British Home Children to Canada — Three Sisters from Kensington and Chelsea Union, by Gloria Tubman who lives in Ottawa, Ontario. The author’s research into the story of her grandmother Annie Bond Hodgins’ life … Continue reading →

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