Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for “Ask A Historian” on November 18, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew answers questions from teachers, students and residents on historic streets in Streetsville, the landscape before West Credit Secondary School, and when someone from Mississauga won the Stanley Cup. Each week on Ask A…
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our latest episode of Ask A Historian, Mississauga Legends: the Story of Legends Row today on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew interviews Ron Duquette, President & Founder of Legends Row, as they take a look back at the beginning of Mississauga’s Walk of Fame and all of the phenomenal…
Join “Ask A Historian” this week with Matthew who will be interviewing contributors to our new program “Mississauga Confidential”, Nicole Mair and Bryan Ho. “Mississauga Confidential” is a true crime podcast series that will explore actual stories of crime, and punishment, from historic Mississauga which will be featured on our upcoming podcast channel “Heritage Bytes”….
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for a special episode of “Ask A Historian” on September 30, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. on our YouTube channel. We will be airing this episode earlier to allow our followers to participate in the numerous events that will be taking place in recognition of Orange Shirt Day and the National Day…
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for this episode of Ask A Historian. This week, Matthew answers the most frequent questions we receive from the community about the stories of the Mississaugas and the history of Residential Schools, the Credit Mission, and the infamous Jones Brothers. Matthew also provides some in-depth resources to support you in your…
Join Matthew this week on Ask A Historian as he answers questions about prior landfills that we now play in, old houses and the stories they tell, and if Malton has always been a part of Mississauga. Know everything about Mississauga? If not, send in your questions and we may include them in an upcoming…
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on September 9, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week, Historian Matthew Wilkinson answers questions from the community on old buildings in Cooksville, movie theatres from the 1970s, and the introduction and impacts of disease from settlers on Indigenous communities….
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on August 26, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew answers questions about the historic Britannia United Church, a functional Clarkson refinery that has supported community initiatives, and the doctor known as the “greatest son of Peel”. Each week…
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on August 19 2021 on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew interviews John Eigl, Historical Researcher at Heritage Mississauga, on the laborious but rewarding process of researching Mississauga’s connections to the Second World War. John Eigl has recently graduated from McMaster University’s History…
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson for our next episode of “Ask A Historian” on August 12, 2021 on our YouTube channel. This week Matthew answers questions about the significance of the Civic Holiday, the haunting sounds of bagpipes heard playing in a local cemetery, and an aviation hero. In upcoming episodes we will be focusing on…