Welcome to our 54th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on June 24th at 4:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew welcomes returning guest John Dunlop, Manager of Heritage Planning & Indigenous Relations at the City of Mississauga, as they explore the…
Welcome to our 53rd installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on June 17th at 4:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew answers questions about the people and poets who influenced the landscape of Mississauga as well as revisits the Royals and their…
Welcome to our 52nd installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on June 10th on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew welcomes guest Scott Gillies as they discuss the history, and poetry, of cheese and the fascinating story of the Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum….
Welcome to our 51st installment of “Ask a Historian”. This week Matthew welcomes special guest Professor Donald Smith as they explore the marginalization of Indigenous culture in Canada using Professor Smith’s book “Seen But Not Seen” as a guide through this tumultuous but fascinating history. Donald B. Smith (born 1946) is a professor emeritus of…
Welcome to our 50th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on May 27th at 4:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew welcomes guest Tahir I. Qureshi as they explore the history of the Meadowvale Islamic center (MIC) and the dedication of the…
Welcome to our 49th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” today on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew welcomes guest Dr. Carolyn Harris as they explore historic Royal visits, their influence on our landscape, and the future connections of the Royal Family to Mississauga….
Welcome to our 48th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” today at 6:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew answers questions about some of the infamous fires that blazed through historic Erindale, and looks at the history of how Erindale was named….
Welcome to our 47th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” today at 5:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew welcomes guest Richard Collins, Historian, Museum Interpreter, and Author, as they explore some of the historic figures behind street names in Mississauga and…
Welcome to our 46th installment of “Ask a Historian”. Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” today on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew welcomes guest Denis Frias, Senior Librarian, Local History & Genealogy at the Mississauga Library System as they explore the history of the Mississauga Central Library, the…
Alien Day celebrates the fantastical Alien franchise and in recognition of this awesome day, we take a look at the connection between aliens and flying saucers in Mississauga. Are aliens and flying saucers really science fiction? “Project Y” was a flying saucer project lead by AVRO Canada aircraft engineer John Frost in 1952 after he…