Videos

Videos

The Peace Arch at 100: A presentation by Barb Hynek

This virtual field trip of Surrey's Peace Arch will take you on a tour through history to look at the origins and...

History, heritage buildings, and murder

In a presentation to the Vancouver Historical Society, author Eve Lazarus tells a number of her favourite stories, from bellyflop contests to...

Interview: Lost Kootenays, Part 1

BCHF vice-president Mark Forsythe interviews BCHF director Greg Nesteroff, co-author with Eric Brighton of the new book Lost Kootenays: A History In...

UFV’s South Asian Studies Institute awarded grant from Centennial Legacy Fund

The British Columbia Historical Federation (BCHF) announces the South Asian Studies Institute of the University of the Fraser Valley is a grant...

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...

A virtual tour of the Surrey City Cemetery: A presentation by Sue Bryant

Surrey Centre Cemetery sits on the top of the hill above Mud Bay, overlooking farm land and the surrounding area as it...

Black Pioneers in BC: Economic, Political, and Social Influences

A video of a presentation by Fran Morrison has now been posted by the Friends of the BC Archives. It tells the...

Vancouver Historical Society presents Nancy J. Turner

Dr. Nancy J. Turner shares her knowledge about traditional uses and meanings of plants, medicine. A widely respected ethnobotanist and author, Turner...

Interview with Kyle Kusch

Take a virtual trip to Nakusp through this interview with Arrow Lake Historical Society's Kyle Kusch. Kyle walks us through the stories...

The Second World War in BC History and Public Memory

Scott Sheffield's investigations of the academic literature on the Second World War in BC revealed a surprising dearth of literature explicitly exploring...