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  • Emigration of Teachers from the Caribbean to Alberta, 1960s

    Dr. Jennifer Kelly

    Within the larger group of Caribbean immigrants there were a number of internationally educated teachers who came from different islands in order to fill the need for teachers in Alberta.

  • Louise Umphreville: Edmonton’s Forgotten First Lady

    Tom Long

    History is how we understand the past and that understanding is based on records made and kept by biased hands….

  • Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre: Architectural Masterpiece and Community Recreation Hub

    Tracey L. Anderson

    A Centennial Project  Coronation Park, in west central Edmonton, is a 35-hectare park named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation. Although small compared…

  • Happy Memories of the Centennial Children’s Library

    Amy Wong

    As the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) Shelley Milner Children’s Library reopened in September 2020 to become a new beautiful space…

  • The Last Best West: Hattie’s Place, Part 3

    Dr. Russell Cobb

    Disclaimer: Please note that this piece references anti-Black violence, brutality, and white supremacy. A reference to a specific act of…

  • Early Market Gardens in Edmonton

    Katherine Koller

    Surrounded by rows of towering tomato, cucumber and pepper plants in a greenhouse near Edmonton, I marvelled at tapas from…

  • The Day Bill Coull Disappeared from the Airwaves

    Terry Jorden

    For David Ward, the memory of Bill Coull and his sudden departure from CKUA has left a strange taste in…

  • Bonnie Doon in the 1950s – Community Map

    Bonnie Doon Community League

    Explore how Bonnie Doon grew and developed from farm land to its current status as an urban, mature city neighbourhood….

  • Dr. Lila Fahlman: The First Muslim Woman Awarded the Order of Canada

    Bruce Cinnamon

    Lila Fahlman’s career as an activist began with a riot. It was Canada Day 1935, and the 11-year-old Lila was…

  • Gifting Indigenous Ward Names

    Rob Houle

    On December 7, 2020, following over a year of planning and work by the Edmonton Boundaries Commission, Edmonton City Council…

  • City as Arboretum

    Dustin Bajer

    Edmonton is a unique blend of indigenous and introduced species. As a sprawling city that contains eighteen-thousand acres of river-valley,…

  • Pondering Pehonan

    Rob Houle

    In amiskwaciwaskahikan (Edmonton), when you examine the current state of Indigenous relations, initiatives and heritage, one cannot help but be…

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