Written by:
Kelly Ralston
Heritage Mississauga, Social Media & Program Coordinator
Written by:
Kelly Ralston
Heritage Mississauga, Social Media & Program Coordinator
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…
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…
This week on Ask A Historian, Matthew welcomes Jesse de Jager, Manager of Capital Projects at Credit Valley Conservation, as they discuss the future of the Jim Tovey Lakeview Conservation Area. Jesse reflects on the industrial past of the landscape and the plans and processes for reclaiming and repairing the natural landscape. Jesse de Jager…
Welcome to our 21st installment of “Ask a Historian”. Every week Heritage Mississauga will be taking questions about the history and heritage of Mississauga which our Historian, Matthew Wilkinson, will answer on Thursday afternoons. #ApartTogether, Heritage Mississauga is the source for inquiries and curiosity about our beautiful city as we continue our mandate to research,…
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