The @dcb_dbc (@dbc_dcb en français) could not have been happier to collaborate with @NHenryDixon on this work -- we are excited for readers to see the 'behind the scenes' of it all! @Spacing story: spacing.ca/toronto/2025/0… Bios: biographi.ca/en/topics/topi…
#RemembranceDay: William A. White championed the determination of Black men to serve in #WWI, led recruitment efforts for the No.2 Construction Battalion, and was their chaplain and honorary captain. ow.ly/V1lb50C2WSz / ow.ly/F85S50C2WSA @VeteransENG_CA
#WomensHistoryMonth Henrietta Louise Muir (Edwards) (1849–1931), feminist activist, artist, and legal expert. Appreciated and celebrated by only a small group of her contemporaries, as one of the Famous Five she is now a Canadian cultural icon. biographi.ca/en/bio/muir_he… @WAGE_FEGC
Bio of the Day: Theophilus Mack (1820–81), physician, professor, and founder of a school of nursing. His major contribution to Canadian medicine was the organization of a professional training school for nurses. 📷 @LibraryArchives biographi.ca/en/bio/mack_th…
WORLD RECORD 🇨🇦🚨 Canada's Josh Liendo just broke the 100m butterfly world record at the Swimming World Cup in Toronto 🥇 Fellow Canadian Ilya Kharun takes the silver 🥈
On Oct. 23, 1945, the news broke that Jackie Robinson had been signed to play with the Montreal Royals. He would spend a season with the team before being promoted to the Brooklyn Dodgers on his way to the Hall of Fame. This is his story. 🧵 1/12
#WomensHistoryMonth Marguerite (d. 1757) was an enslaved woman, mother, domestic, and entrepreneur. She obtained her freedom sometime before her wedding in 1755, one of only three enslaved women to be manumitted in Île Royale. biographi.ca/en/bio/marguer… @WAGE_FEGC @ParksCanada_NS
Bio of the Day: Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838), educator. Although he experienced professional difficulties in England, his non-denominational monitorial system was being well received in the United States and in British North America. biographi.ca/en/bio/lancast…
Learn about the attack on the Llandovery Castle, a #WWI hospital ship, at this online talk. Our bio of one of the victims, a nurse from PEI, is here: biographi.ca/en/bio/mclean_…
I am giving an online talk Oct 23 re the attack on a Canadian hospital ship in WW1 My book at Amazon tinyurl.com/4z34saa3 and Indigo tinyurl.com/yck4rua2 Event link (and registration) tinyurl.com/3uwcfjkf #ww1 #fww @cbcbooks @fcwm_amcg @CanWarMuseum @dundurnpress
It is #WomensHistoryMonth! In 1994 Maude Abbott (1868–1940) was the only woman among the first ten laureates of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in London, Ontario. biographi.ca/en/bio/abbott_… @WAGE_FEGC @CdnMedHallFame @mcgillu @BishopsU 📷@MuseeMcCordStew
Bio of the Day: Gilbert Prout Girdwood (1832–1917), physician, army and militia officer, professor, chemist, medico-legal expert, and author. A pioneer of education in chemistry and one of the best medico-legal consultants in Canada. 📷 @MuseeMcCordStew biographi.ca/en/bio/girdwoo…
#NewBio! Marjory Jardine Ramsay MacMurchy (Willison, Lady Willison) (1870–1938), author, journalist, and social reformer. She was among the most respected Canadian female journalists of the early 20th century. biographi.ca/en/bio/macmurc…
SIX YEARS AGO (Oct. 22, 2019) the @Raptors received their championship rings on opening night! 💍
#WomensHistoryMonth Eliza Harvey (Jones) (1838–1903) learned, through “hard experience,” how to make rich, perfect butter at a time when much Ontario butter was judged to be fit for use only as axle grease. biographi.ca/en/bio/harvey_… @WAGE_FEGC 📷@LibraryArchives
Women's History Month: Hide Hyodo Shimizu petitioned for Japanese Canadians' right to vote, organized the education of children in internment camps, and pushed for redress for the dispossession and internment of Japanese Canadians.
Attention production companies! Historica Canada is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a Heritage Minute on the topic of Quebec history. historicacanada.ca/about-us/caree…
Go Jays Go! ⚾ From the Museum’s collection. 📷 CMH LH2013.34.143 #WANTITALL @BlueJays
In the winter of 1944, Dutch civilians were subjected to strict blockades by the German army plus harsh weather, leading to high rates of starvation and illness. Explore Canada’s role in liberating the Netherlands with our Think Like a Historian series.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/studyguide/…
Robert Clothier was known across Canada as Relic on The Beachcombers. But long before that show premiered, he was a decorated Second World War pilot who flew over 50 combat missions in Europe and had to learn to walk again following a crash. This is his amazing story. 🧵 1/11
Pauline McGibbon made history throughout her life. The first female Lt. Governor, the first female chancellor of both the University of Toronto and University of Guelph and the first woman to lead the Canadian Conference of the Arts. This is her story. 🧵 1/10
Bio of the Day: Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano (1762–1805), naval officer and explorer. An officer with scientific training, his was to become the best known of the Spanish expeditions to the northwest. biographi.ca/en/bio/alcala_…
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