Join us on Saturday February 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. on our YouTube channel for our presentation of “Makwa Giizis: Bear Moon”. The month of February is the beginning of the Anishinaabe lunar calendar. In this region of Mississauga it is known as Bear Moon. This is the time when bears begin to awaken from…
Welcome to our 38th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson on our YouTube channel for a very special episode of “Ask A Historian” on Thursday February 25, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. This week Matthew welcomes guests Mayor Bonnie Crombie, Linden King, Chair of the Mayor’s Black Caucus, and Natasha Henry, President of…
Did You Know Pink Shirt Day originated in Nova Scotia in 2007 when highschool students David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends took a stand against bullying when a fellow male student was being bullied for wearing a pink shirt? The students organized a protest distributing pink t-shirts to all the boys in their…
Victor Alexander Vignale was born in Trinidad, in the British West Indies, in 1894. His father, Raphael Vignale, was a successful cocoa planter. The Vignales were a large family, with Raphael and his wife Adelaide having 10 children. Part of the family came to Canada in 1913, including parents Raphael and Adelaide, together with children…
February 23rd marks the anniversary of Canada’s first powered flight in Canada, when, in 1909, pilot J.A.D. McCurdy flew the Silver Dart nearly 800 metres in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. This first flight over 100 years ago paved the way for today’s dedicated aviation and commercial pilots to connect people and move goods safely and quickly…
February 23, 2021 is Canada’s Agriculture Day. In recognition of #CDNAGDAY we would like to explore the farmers who broke ground and had a historical impact on the heritage and landscape of Mississauga. On our last episode of “Ask A Historian”, Carter inquired about the first Non-Indigenous farmer in Mississauga and the answer was a…
We recently received an inquiry about a house near the Wilcox House in Mississauga from our #HowDoYouHeritage post on our Instagram, so here is more information about the James Austin House. James Austin House Formerly located at 4615 Hurontario Street Built between 1865-1876 Demolished 1990 Formerly Listed on the Heritage Register The James Austin House,…
February 22, 2021 is #WorldThinkingDay. Celebrated since 1926, World Thinking Day is a day of international friendship. It is an opportunity to speak out on issues that affect young women and fundraise for 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 150 countries. In recognition of #WorldThinkingDay, we take a look at the Former O’Brien…
Welcome to our 37th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson on our YouTube channel for the latest episode of “Ask a Historian” on Thursday February 18, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. In this week’s episode, Matthew explores a few beginnings in our city with the first community centre and the first farm in…
This week is Heritage Week in Ontario, and there are a number of programs celebrating our local, provincial and national heritage. In 1985, the Province of Ontario identified the third week of February as Heritage Week as a way “to stimulate awareness of heritage resources and heritage-related issues within their communities, and to honour the…