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B.C. Elders’ Gathering
KH Senior Associate Elina Hill volunteered at the 42nd annual B.C. Elders’ Gathering in July, and writes about the event.
Know History Awarded Public History Prize from Canadian Historical Association
Ottawa and Calgary-based firm Know History Inc. is honoured to be one of three winners of the 2020 Canadian Historical Association Prize in Public History. The company won for its work on the Historic Métis Communities Video Project, done in partnership with the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO).
Know History’s Covid-19 Update
Know History is committed to the health and well-being of our staff, and to being respectful, responsible members of the communities in which we work. We are fully complying with the Public Health Agency of Canada’s recommendations for physical distancing and hygiene protocols in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Know History Honoured with International Award for Indigenous Video Project
Canadian historical services firm Know History Inc. has been named the recipient of the U.S.-based National Council on Public History’s 2020 Excellence in Consulting Award for the Historic Métis Communities Video Project, done in partnership with the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO)
Know History welcomes Senior Advisor Lyle Dick
Know History is pleased to welcome Lyle Dick to our team. Lyle joins us as a Senior Advisor to provide expert advice, mentor young professionals on our staff, and represent Know History at conferences and other events.
Dark Tourism: Canadian Residential Schools through the European Model
This piece was written by our KH Associate Paige Foley, based in our Calgary Office. February 28th, 2019, the Military Museums of Calgary hosted a lecture on dark tourism.
“The number of the dead was so great”: Métis accounts of the 1870 smallpox epidemic on the prairies
This piece is the result of a collaborative effort from our team! Thanks go to Sara Wilmshurst, who wrote the main body of the article, with feedback from Alice Glaze, Nicole Marion-Patola, and Anna Kuntz.
Royal Alberta Museum Excursion – Family Style!
During the holiday break KH Senior Associate Anna Kuntz along with her family visited the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton, Alberta. Below is a short post about her impressions.
Grandma’s Fruitcake
KH Senior Associate Elina Hill is a big fan of our podcast, Notice History. For our upcoming episode, she penned some of her thoughts on fruitcake, and what the special holiday treat means to her family!
Know History Scholarship, Western University
In 2018, Know History’s Associate Director Connie Wren-Gunn was interviewed by the Globe & Mail about our role in a Parks Canada project to gather the Inuit oral histories of the Franklin Expedition, and knowledge of the land, sea and ice around the sites where HMS Erebus and HMS Terror lie.
Recent news
Introducing: The Killarney Virtual Exhibit!
We are proud to announce the completion of our latest project in partnership with the Municipality of Killarney.
National Gathering on Unmarked Burials
Yesterday, Ryan Shackleton led a workshop at the National Gathering on Unmarked Burials discussing best practices for researching the missing children. Ryan shared tips on how to create a research plan, as well as how to locate relevant documents, access restricted archives, and securely store your research.
Pizza, Pasta, and People: The Ingredients of the Italian Immigrant Community
During her 2022 internship with Know History, Danielle Sinopoli created an interactive map to showcase the history of Italian immigrant food culture in the GTA.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS!
We are thrilled to be sponsoring Active History’s new series, “Active History: Indigenous Voices.” We are now accepting proposals from First Nation, Inuit, or Métis creatives who have unique ideas about sharing Indigenous history.
National Gathering on Unmarked Burials
Next week at the National Gathering on Unmarked Burials, Know History will present a workshop on best practices for researching the missing children and unmarked graves.
Archival Research with The Survivors’ Secretariat
Over the past nine months, Know History has worked closely with the Survivors’ Secretariat to collect over 12,000 archival documents that shed light on the history of the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario.
