Author Archives: durhamregionareaarchivesgroup
DRAAG To Host 2023 AAO Conference
The Archives Association of Ontario, along with the Durham Region Area Archives Group, is pleased to announce the 2023 Annual Conference to be held from May 10th to May 12th on the traditional territory of the Mississauga at the Cobourg … Continue reading
Archives Awareness Week 2021
Spring is here and what a fabulous way to celebrate the new season than by celebrating the amazing archival collections in our communities. The Archives Association of Ontario has designated this week, April 5th to 9th, as Archives Awareness Week … Continue reading
Implicit Bias and the Oshawa Museum’s Archival Collection
By Jennifer Weymark, Archivist This post was originally published on the Oshawa Museum’s Blog, December 4, 2020. What is implicit bias? The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University defines it as such: also known … Continue reading
Canadian Nursing Sister in WWI – Nursing Sister Emsley
By Jennifer Weymark, Archivist at the Oshawa Museum Throughout history, women have always played a role in warfare generally working to nurse the wounded. In Canada, nurses had served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps since the 1885 Northwest Rebellion … Continue reading
Porches of Northumberland County
By Abigail Miller, Archivist at Northumberland County Archives and Museum Northumberland County Archives and Museum has been officially closed to the public since Thursday, March 12, 2020. Katie and I are fortunate to be able to continue working from home … Continue reading
Online Heritage Collections at the Oshawa Public Libraries
By Nicole Adams, Local History and Genealogy Librarian at the Oshawa Public Library Exploring history from home has never been easier. We have been building our online collections for years and are always looking for new ways to engage the … Continue reading
Connecting the Past with the Future
By Jennifer Weymark, Archivist at the Oshawa Museum What a surreal time we are currently living through. In the not to distant future, historians will study this time and those of us who collect history can help those future historians … Continue reading
Archives Awareness Week 2020
Social distancing and self-isolation mean that Archives Awareness Week celebrations will look a little different this year. DRAAG thought this would be a great time to celebrate archives online and the many ways we can still access archival records and … Continue reading
Who Was John Baker?
By Jennifer Weymark, Archivist – Oshawa Museum This article was originally posted on the Oshawa Museum Blog in honour of Black History Month, January 25, 2019. John Baker is an important part of Oshawa’s history, even thought it is entirely … Continue reading
General Motors of Canada – Oshawa
By Jennifer Weymark, Archivist, Oshawa Museum This month marks the end of an industrial era in Oshawa. By the end of day on Friday, December 20, 2019 the last vehicle will have rolled off the assembly line at General Motors. … Continue reading
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