I have come across
the following Canadian websites, social media websites, and newspaper articles
this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be
interested in them, too.
Social
Media
(Blog)
120th birthday of William George Barker, Canadian flying ace and Victoria Cross
recipient
November 3rd marked the 120th anniversary of the
birth of William George Barker, Canadian First World War flying ace and
Victoria Cross recipient.
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From trenches and beyond: Six books illuminate Canadian military history
Six books have been released by Canadian authors
detailing Canada’s role in military conflicts from the War of 1812 to the First
World War.
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WATCH: Former Canadian senator donates piece of WWI history to Okanagan
Military Museum
It
was a momentous day for the Okanagan Military Museum Thursday as they welcomed
a new piece of history into their collection.
Just
days before Remembrance Day, Senator Ross Fitzpatrick and his family donated a
set of World War I medals to the museum.
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Letters from First World War soldiers posted online through U of M project
One Manitoba soldier named Fred Baragar was
particularly prolific in his writing. He had studied English at the University
of Manitoba, and wrote hundreds and hundreds of pages to home, most addressed “from the somewhere.”
Newfoundland
Author
traces Newfoundland regiment's path 100 years later
Michael Winter takes us along the winding path
the men of the Newfoundland Regiment followed during the First World War. Winter's
book, Into the Blizzard: Walking with the Newfoundland Dead, is part history,
part travelogue, and part author's musings on how our modern minds contemplate
the past.
Quebec
Half of Canadians learned 'a lot' about WW2 in high school: poll
The
results of the Leger survey contradict longstanding concerns that we've largely
forgotten our military history.
Ontario
Conservatives
support NDP bill to make Remembrance Day a national holiday
The
Conservative government is throwing its support behind an NDP private member’s
bill that would make Remembrance Day a national statutory holiday, as Canadians
mourn the death of two Canadian soldiers killed in separate attacks on home
soil.
Fighting
in Flanders - Gas. Mud. Memory: New exhibition explores Canadian experience in
Belgium during First World War
This
exhibition examines the challenges Canadian soldiers encountered while serving in the last region
of Belgium still in Allied hands. It also delves into the memories that remain
and highlights the iconic poem In Flanders Fields.
Untold 'story of ‘bravery': Heritage Minute chronicles Winnipeg Falcons, torn apart by
WWI and reunited in pursuit of Olympic gold
Heritage
Minute has created more than 70 short films on moments and characters taken
from history. Many vignettes have become ingrained in memory — either from
their content or from the frequency with which they run on Canadian television
— and have emerged as a sort of national history teacher.
Honouring
heroes with a history
The
Montreal native and Brockville resident has a basement full of books and other
information, scores of photographs and other memorabilia, documenting the
Second World War and Korean War.
He
is currently assisting in providing information for a revised history for his
Second World War regiment, the Royal Regiment of Canada.
The
Alton Mill’s contribution to Canada's efforts during the Second World War
During
the Second World War, Canada contributed nearly $10 billion in manufactured
goods towards the Allied effort.
It’s
really a hometown story': John McCrae honoured in Guelph
Every
year on Nov. 11, Lt. Col. John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” is recited as
Canadians remember those lost in the line of duty and honour those who continue
to serve.
The
poem continues to resonate in Canada and Britain on Remembrance Day. On
Thursday, a ceremony took place to honour McCrae in his hometown of Guelph,
Ontario.
Manitoba
Manitoba
soldier’s remains identified 96 years after WWI death
Private
Sidney Halliday, who lived on a farm near Minto, Manitoba before shipping off, has
been identified as one of the soldiers whose remains were found in Hallu,
France, in 2006.
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
to unveil war memorial honouring WWI soldiers
On Thursday at the City Archives, Saskatoon
Mayor Donald Atchison will be unveiling a World War Book of Remembrance that
documents every solider from Saskatoon and student at the University of
Saskatchewan who enlisted and died while engaged in combat from 1914 to 1918.
Alberta
Flags
of Remembrance fly in central Alberta
In
the brisk October air of early morning on a dark highway in central Alberta, a
quiet group of men and women stood sentinel alongside 116 Canadian flags waving
in the breeze in remembrance of 116,000 Canadian war dead from 1900 to 2014.
11
Days of Remembrance: A salute to the history of salutes
Showing
the public your palm in a salute goes all the way back to knights.
“It
started with knights raising their visor and saying ‘I have no weapons in my
hand’,” said Capt. (retired) Jason Watt, South Alberta Light Horse regiment.
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Days of Remembrance: Citizens of Burdett fought hard in First World War
When
the call came to fight for King and Country, small rural communities in Alberta
were on side, perhaps accounting for proportionately more soldiers than larger
towns and cities, because of their close ties to Britain, says a historian.
Story of the Week
The
Archives of Ontario is offering a New WWI Speakers Series
The
first speaker, Jane E. MacNamara from the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS), will talk about Inheritance Interrupted: WWI reflected in Ontario Estate
Files. The date of her talk will be Thursday, November 13, 2014.
The
Great War cut short many lives and disrupted the expected passing of property
and goods to the next generation. Laws were changed, society changed, the world
changed. Drawing from estate files from across the province; this presentation
will show examples of these changes and demonstrate how reading between the
lines and understanding the process and implications of inheritance records can
enhance family and local history—in any era.
The
second speaker will be Stewart Boden, Outreach Officer & Exhibit Curator,
Archives of Ontario, and the title of the talk will be Curating Dear Sadie:
Love, Lives and Remembrance from Ontario’s First World War, from the current AO's onsite exhibit of the same name, which he researched and curated.
The date of the
talk will be Thursday,
February 5, 2015, 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm.
Through Stewart’s
presentation, the audience will hear about challenges that came from
researching the Archives records, and taking different paths while curating the
exhibit.
The
series will be held in the George Spragge Classroom at the Archives of Ontario.
Admission
is free, and a tour will be given of the new exhibit.
You can register online at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/about/speaker_series.aspx
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