Videos

Videos

Adventures in Digital History: A presentation by Dr. Kyle Jackson and students

How can historians use new digital tools to enliven and deepen our study of the past? In this presentation, Dr. Kyle Jackson...

Interview with Claudia Cornwall — BC In Flames: Stories from a Blazing Summer

Earlier this month BCHF's Mark Forsythe and Doug Brigham connected with Claudia Cornwall, author of "British Columbia in Flames: Stories from a...

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...

Wendy Wickwire on Public History: Between the Professionals and the People

In case you missed it, we recorded Wendy Wickwire's presentation from our first virtual annual general meeting held on September 12th.

Students produce tribute to Semiahmoo First Nation

Semiahmoo Secondary students have created a film to strengthen ties with the Semiahmoo First Nation. Mehak Dhaliwal, Dasnoor Kaur, Jasmine Mangat and...

The Francophones of Surrey: A presentation by Maurice Guibord

Maurice Guibord, director of the Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, will engage you with his presentation which incorporates his research on...
Michael Layland is interviewed by Mark Forsythe

Interview with Michael Layland

BC Historical Federation Vice-President Mark Forsythe caught up with the 2019 Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing prize winning author Michael Layland to...

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...

Buy Local, Give Local BCHF campaign kicks off

https://youtu.be/ZoVrcjOSmJ8 Community museums, historical societies, heritage groups and cultural organizations form the foundation of the diverse cultural...
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In Still Water- Avante Garde Hippies & The Grateful Dead – Professor Gregory Betts

The Vancouver Historical Society presents Poet and English professor Dr. Gregory Betts who discusses the impact of the Grateful Dead and the...