2022 Victoria
2022 Victoria
BC History: Objects, Collections and Change
Objects have a life within a museum’s collection. That life may be short or long. New objects enter collections and others leave...
History as a Tool for Reconciliation
Today Indigenous people are struggling to negotiate treaties with the BC and Canadian governments and in other ways to re-assume meaningful say...
Victoria in 1922: A Re-creation
Victoria became John Adams’ adopted city in 1960. As a new kid who was interested in history, he tried to make up...
A Photo Taken, A Memory Preserved: The Material Act of Remembering
Nowhere is remembrance more evident than in Victorian funerary rituals, where a range of memento mori and markers of death served to...
A Tale of Two Families: BC’s Intercultural Family Teachings
Due to historical exclusion and colonial record-keeping practices, not many non-Indigenous families from minority groups can trace their family histories back to...
Access to Memory: Reflections on Government Support for Public History
As the director of a non-profit museum, president of the Friends of the BC Archives, and an adjunct professor of BC history,...
A New Perspective on the Uprooting and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians
The mistreatment of Japanese Canadians during the 1940s has traditionally been understood in terms of a temporary, wartime internment. Drawing upon the...
BC History in Fragments: What Lies Beneath Our Feet
Even the smallest historic object, lost or actively discarded, decades or even centuries ago, has a story to tell. In this presentation...
The BC Historical Federation at 100: Facing a Crossroads
In October 1922, a small group of interested citizens from Vancouver Island and the mainland of BC came together at the Provincial...
Certificate of Merit: Bill Wilson
Bill Wilson of Nanaimo was the recipient of a BCHF Certificate of Merit at the federation's annual gala on June 5.
