
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day 2021


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…
When I was growing up in Mississauga, as a person of mixed Chinese heritage in Canada, I did not often see Chinese arts highlighted in my everyday life. I remember the glee I felt when I would see artwork from Chinese artists around my grandparent’s house or scattered around Mississauga’s Chinese Centre, where we would…
The former Lions Park in Port Credit (located at 20 Rosewood Avenue) was officially renamed Harold E. Kennedy Memorial Park in 2011 in honour of the long-serving and beloved City Councillor Harold Kennedy, who passed away in 2009. For most of his 27 years on City Council, Harold Kennedy represented the residents of Ward 1…
Today is Earth Day, which is marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and create global, national and local policy changes. The collective fight for a clean and sustainable environment continues with increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change become more and more…

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