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Morbus Delirium
Montreal Science Centre
Can you stop the epidemy? This web based game puts you in the middle of a sanitary crisis in Quebec. A highly mutagenic virus called "Morbus Delirium" propagates with stunning speed and you have only a couple days to find the source, contain the epidemic...
Community Builders: The Organizations, Groups and Fraternities of The Pas
Sam Waller Museum
Over the years, fraternal organizations from the Lions Club to the Protective Order of the Elks have played in important role in the northern town of The Pas, Manitoba. This exhibition explores the community-building activities of these groups, and their...
French Life in the Capital
Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française
Francophones have been shaping the face of Ottawa ever since the city was founded. Explore the highlights of this little-known history and discover the singular culture of the capital’s francophones. Eminent experts talk about French life in Ottawa and...
150 years | 150 works: Canadian Art as Historical Act
Galerie de l’UQAM
In this exhibit where art and history come together, discover 150 works that helped define Canada’s cultural identity over the past 150 years. Among them are classics and lesser-known works that have left a mark on Canadian art, or bear witness to major...
Off to Salty Waters – Vacationing on the St. Lawrence (1850−1950)
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent
Immerse yourself in the spirit of summer holidays spent by the sea. Explore vacation places of the past along the St. Lawrence seaway and meet the urban bourgeoisie who holidayed there between the mid-19th and the early 20th centuries. The mood and history...
Building New Lives: Stories of Holocaust survivors’ immigration to Canada
Montreal Holocaust Museum
After the Holocaust, Canada became home to over 35,000 Jewish refugees. What challenges did survivors face when they arrived? Where in Canada did they settle, and who helped them find a new home, work and education? Learn about this unique history through...
Gold Rush: Stories of Big Mines and a Little Town Named Malartic
Musée minéralogique de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Discover the history of Malartic, a community in Abitibi-Témiscamingue where the production of gold sets the pace of life. Shaped by two gold rushes since the 1930s, this small mining town is now exploiting one of the largest goldfields in the country....
Kingulliit
Avataq Cultural Institute
"Kingulliit" refers to the generation of Inuit born between 1900 and 1930 — the first in centuries to face a radically new world. Through a series of seven short films shot between 1956 and 1974 in Nunavut and in Nunavik, renowned anthropologist...
Canadian History and Society: Through the Lens of Sport
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Sports have been woven into the fabric of Canada since the country’s earliest days. Created by Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in association with 11 Canadian organizations, this online exhibition features five main sports-related themes, covering the...
Growing Pains: The 1867 Crisis at Kingston General Hospital
Museum of Healthcare at Kingston
For many Canadians, 1867 was a year of celebration. For others, however, it was a year of crisis. Unexpectedly deprived of federal funding, some public hospitals were forced to close. This is the story of Kingston General Hospital, and the community that...
Antoine Labelle—A Priest in Too Tight a Cassock
Société d’histoire de la Rivière-du-Nord
Get to know one of the most colourful figures of his time. A passionate advocate of the settlement and economic development of the Laurentians, Father Labelle realized his ambitions as a builder with spirit and enthusiasm. Anecdotes, little-known facts,...
Topography of Grief – Mapping the Great War Dead in London, ON (1914–1921)
The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum, MA Public History Program, UWO
Like many other Canadian cities, London, Ontario, felt the impact of the trench warfare fought in Europe between 1914 and 1918. The exhibit explores collective memory and individual grief by mapping homes in mourning, as well as official commemorative...
