Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for Ask A Historian on Thursday March 24, 2022 as we announce the launch of our most recent comic book, The Grange: Legend of the North Star. This week, Matthew interviews two of the driving forces behind the 11th volume in the Heritage Mississauga comic book series, Justine Lyn, Resource Centre…
Did you know that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. passed through Mississauga to attend the talk held on March 15th, 1962. During the 1960s, Civil Rights was at the forefront of not only American, but also Canadian minds. In 1962, civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. travelled to Toronto to speak at Toronto’s…
Heritage Mississauga continues to research, record, and celebrate Black History in Canada. Research Centre Assistant Justine Lyn has embarked on an arduous research project to gather records on the history and journey of many Black families that came to Canada. One of the many resources Justine has utilized is census records, which tell fragments of…
This week, Matthew welcomes Professor Anna Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Drama at UTM with a special focus on African American Literature and Diaspora Studies. Matthew and Professor Thomas will explore how early African American literature reflected and impacted changing attitudes towards slavery and what roles these literary works played…
By: Justine Lynne Black history research is often quite tricky and has been a focus at Heritage Mississauga for many years. We have shared other research findings in earlier articles in this series. In almost every case, we feel that there is so much more to uncover, and we are left with a lot of…
February is #BlackHistoryMonth and the theme this year is “February and Forever: Celebrating Black History today and every day” which focuses on the need to acknowledge the contributions of Black Canadians historically and everyday. Heritage Mississauga continues to research, record, and celebrate Black History in Canada. Research Centre Assistant Justine Lyn has embarked on an arduous research…