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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…

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 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…

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.

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.

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.…

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…

​​Film and the City: The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinemabook is a book that explores the Canadian urban perspective on screen. This book has many different sections about Clement Virgo's film Rude (1995). The book talks about Rude being the first…

These items are the cover image and a clip from Older Stronger and Wiser by Claire Prieto. Like Roger McTair she is one of the oldest names in the industry. This piece is about the older Black women of Canada, and it shares their stories and…

Mildred Jane is often a forgotten part of the Ware family, and yet she was a very important one. Her husband, John Ware, is the famous Black cowboy from the Canadian Prairies, but he could not have been as successful without his wife. It was because…