Browse Items (687 total)

DISCO finished construction in 1901, making it one of the most modern steel plants in the world, and making Sydney into an important industrial city of North America. The plant was under American management and had mostly American machinery operating…

This quote from Cheryl Foggo's book Pourin' Down Rain talks about how the choices her family had made before she was born have a great deal of influence on her life. Her family's decision to move to the Canadian Prairies shaped Cheryl Foggo's life.…

Survivors of St. Anne's residential school have been fighting the government in the courts for years for access to their documents. The Supreme Court of Canada announced it would not hear a motion to appeal the case.

Stories spanning immigration, citizenship, and legislation between the late 19th century and early 20th century. It heavily underlines discriminatory racial/ethnic and gender understandings of that time.

This painting depicts a calm oak grove with Bannister’s characteristic atmospheric depth. Though seemingly simple, it reflects his commitment to claiming legitimate space within the landscape tradition dominated by white artists. Its inclusion…

Dr. Alvinus Calder immigrated from Grenada and attended the University of Toronto before he was forced to leave the college due to the fact that his race would offend white students at the school. Calder then went to Queens University, where he got…

This pastoral scene shows Bannister’s talent with rhythm, light, and his sensitivity to the labour of everyday life. His inclusion of working figures disrupts the idealized landscapes popular in his era, and he inserts lived working-class experience…

This painting operates on both an aesthetic and a symbolic level. On the surface, Approaching Storm is a technical study of shifting weather, featuring Bannister’s characteristic atmospheric depth. But within the context of Black art history, the…

This early landscape depicts the refined cottages of Dorchester, a wealthy Boston suburb frequented by the patrons Bannister hoped to attract. The painting reveals how he strategically worked within upper-class visual tastes to secure recognition and…

An important ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal to consider the conditions of life and the history of race before sentencing.