Category Archives: Exhibits

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Anna St.Onge

December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada.
Established in 1991 by Parliament, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal.
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Remembrance Day exhibit

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Anna St.Onge

In honour of Remembrance Day, the archives has installed an exhibit of letters written by servicemen and women during the First and Second World Wars.  A compliment to the online exhibit Letters Home, patrons can browse the physical exhibit material … Continue reading →

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Mariposa: Fifty Years of Making Music Exhibit Launch

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Anna St.Onge

                                            
This weekend marks the annual return of folk music enthusiasts (not a few of them York alumni) to the town of Orillia for the Mariposa Folk Festival.  To mark the fifty years that the festival has been running, York … Continue reading →

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Barbara Godard Memorial 10 May 2011

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Anna St.Onge

                                     
Barbara Thompson Godard (1941-2010) was Professor of English, French, Social and Political Thought, and Women’s Studies at York University, where she also held the Avi Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian Literature.
 
With a B.A. from the University of Toronto and … Continue reading →

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