May is #PolishHeritageMonth! It is a month to acknowledge and celebrate the incredible contributions Polish Canadians have made to Canada’s history, culture, and identity. DYK Ontario is home to more than 523,000 people of Polish heritage? Polish Canadians have lived in Ontario since the 19th century and, over the years, have made significant contributions to Ontario’s…
Heritage Mississauga’s the Credits are back for a virtual celebration honouring Mississauga’s Heritage Heroes for their contributions and achievements in preserving, celebrating, educating, and supporting our community heritage. Our theme this year is resilience which is defined as the process for adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of…
August 9th is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the theme is “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract”. What is a social contract? According to un.org: A social contract is an unwritten agreement that societies make to cooperate for social and economic benefits. In many…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day , or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a global celebration of Irish culture and is also a cultural and religious celebration in remembrance of Saint Patrick, a patron saint of Ireland. In recognition of this celebratory day, Heritage Mississauga will be exploring the Irish influences on Mississauga from…
At 9:00 a.m. on September 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed between representatives of the Japanese Empire and the Allied forces, formally bringing to an end the hostilities of the Second World War (although, in terms of international diplomacy, a State of War continued between…