Recent news
Recent news
“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.
Back to our roots!
The Know History team is going home to Bank Street! As of this weekend, our Ottawa office has officially moved to 384 Bank Street. The location of our first office, we have always loved this vibrant and historic community. On the morning of July 27th, a crowd of passionate individuals filtered into the Southern Alberta Pioneers Memorial Building in south Calgary. The event marked the opening of Historic Calgary Week, an eleven day “week” dedicated to exposing Calgary’s rich history...
Historic Calgary Week
This year, Know History is the proud sponsor of Historic Calgary Week! Last week we attended the opening ceremony of the eleven-day celebration. On the morning of July 27th, a crowd of passionate individuals filtered into the Southern Alberta Pioneers Memorial Building in south Calgary. The event marked the opening of Historic Calgary Week, an eleven day “week” dedicated to exposing Calgary’s rich history...