Exhibit: Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
Author and curator: Ryan Targa
Location: Scott Library, Second Floor Atrium
13 April 2015 - 1 May 2015
The years between 2014 and 2018 mark the 100th year anniversary of the First World War. During this conflict the Great Powers of Europe contested one another for total supremacy, bringing with them [...]
Exhibits
'Pushing Buttons, Pushing Stories' online exhibit speaks volumes
Originally published in yFile: York University’s News.
A digital archive of selected political buttons from the Jean Augustine collection is now on display in the Pushing Buttons, Pushing Stories exhibit. The political buttons were donated to the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections in 2007.
The digital archive provides a selection of political buttons representing the themes [...]
Memory and migration: Display documents the history of Greeks in Toronto
Originally published in yFile: York University’s News.
Greek Portuguese soccer match in Toronto. 1967. Toronto Telegram fonds ASC12880
The Greek Canadian History Project is marking 150 years of Greek immigrants in Toronto with "Memory and Migration: A history of Greeks in Toronto", an exhibition of hundreds of historical images and documents in the Rotunda at Toronto City [...]
Remembrance Day exhibit
In honour of Remembrance Day, the archives has installed an exhibit of letters written by servicemen and women during the First and Second World Wars. A complement to the online exhibit Letters Home, patrons can browse the physical exhibit material now on display on the second and third floors of the Scott Library.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada.
Established in 1991 by Parliament, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal.
As well as commemorating the 14 young women whose lives ended in an act of gender-based violence, December [...]
Remembrance Day exhibit
In honour of Remembrance Day, the archives has installed an exhibit of letters written by servicemen and women during the First and Second World Wars. A complement to the online exhibit Letters Home, patrons can browse the physical exhibit material now on display on the first and third floors of the Scott Library.
The physical exhibit [...]