Résultats

      Part I - The Steamboat era with sections by Bill Ireland, Edward Bunt, Jack & Florence Thompson and Earl Siddal & Ted Bunt, Part II - Steamboat continued with Edward Bunt, Part III - Steamboat Era concluded with Edward Bunt, a song by Glen Reid, The Lumber Industry with Edward …

      Part I - Out of the Ashes, 16mm film: The Last Steam Train, Joe Glass, Mr. J. Hilliar, Mr. Walter Sharpe, Mrs. White, D. J. J. Wilson, Mr. Sheffield & Mr. Jewell, Dane McIntyre, Ed Whitcombe, One of the Empy Girls, Bob MacLanglin, Pearl Culbert, Bill Rosley, A. A. Agar, …

      A time-lapse montage captures the set up of Housepaint, Phase 2: Shelter, a ground-breaking exhibition of street art in the Roloff Beny Gallery. Presented by the Institute for Contemporary Culture, ten street artists created colourful canvas house responding to issues of poverty and homelessness in memory of the former residents …

      The Institute for Contemporary Culture presented the third annual Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture on November 20, 2008. Glenn Lowry introduces his lecture, Oil and Sugar: Contemporary Art and Islamic Culture, examining relevant and topical cultural issues of international scope.

      Embellished with silk embroidery, ribbon appliqués, spangles and glass stones, follow the journey of Marie-Antoinette's lavish dress from ROM's vault to the gallery. Discover the delicate conservation methods, innovative mounting techniques and the mesmerizing history of the woman who once wore this dress.

      Chief Sitting Bull was a great leader, a holy man and a central character in North American history. Discover how Sitting Bull's headdress, shirt and other personal artifacts were prepared for display in the Daphne Cockwell Gallery of Canada: First Peoples.

      Christopher Phillips, curator of Shanghai Kaleidoscope, shares his passion for Shanghai art, architecture and fashion design and introduces some of the most provocative pieces on display in the Institute of Contemporary Culture's Roloff Beny Gallery until November 2, 2008.

      Sally Wu introduces the work of some of Shanghai's leading fashion designers on display in the Institute of Contemporary Culture's Shanghai Kaleidoscope until November 2, 2008. These compelling pieces convey much more then just personal fashion.

      Ten feet tall and fifteen tons of sand! Learn how sand artist, Sandi ‘Castle’ Stirling, sculpts a shapeless sand pile into a stunning Egyptian inspired work of art.

      Roberta Shaw, Assistant Curator of Egyptian Arts & Culture, introduces the restoration project of the ROM’s Book of the Dead of Amen-em-hat. A team from the University of Bonn worked throughout May 2008 to piece together this rare ancient Egyptian papyrus dating to about 320 BC.

      Lights, camera, fashion. Explore the extensive transformations in textile design and technology throughout the past three millennia in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume, opening April 16, 2008. See the full Stavros: Master Tailor video and more in the gallery.

      Dr. Deepali Dewan, Curator of South Asian Arts and Culture, discusses representations of women in South Asian Art using artifacts on display in the Sir Christopher Ondaatje South Asian Gallery.

      Watch the construction of Gordo, the Barosaurus skeleton mounted in the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs. The real fossil specimen is the largest dinosaur ever to be mounted in Canada at almost 27.5 metres (90 feet) in length.

      This episode of Ancestors in the Attic focuses on Karl Tombak, a student of Oakville Trafalgar High School in 2008. Karl investigates the death of Major Robert Gordon Slater of the Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, one of the names on his high school cenotaph, with the assistance of this …

      This episode of Ancestors in the Attic focuses on Ian Egglestone, a student of Oakville Trafalgar High School in 2008. Ian investigates the death of Pilot Officer Peter Barnicke of the Royal Canadian Air Force, one of the names on his high school cenotaph, with the assistance of this television …

 appeared in Sentinel Review, 20 Mar 2008, p. 13. Date of Event: 29 Mar 2008     MAJOR, Jesse Joseph - Suddenly on March 17, 2008 in Oliver, British Columbia in his 25th year. Loving and cherished son of Vicky (nee Carter) and Daniel Major both of Woodstock, beloved brother of Nicole Major of New Zealand and Erika Major of Woodstock. Loving partner and soul mate of …

 appeared in Sentinel Review, 20 Mar 2008, p. 13. Date of Event: 18 Mar 2008     BLAKLEY, Virginia Ann - At Leisure World Oxford Nursing Home on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, with her family at her side, Virginia Blakley, formerly of Salford, in her 77th year. Dear mother of Linda (Harvey) Gardner, Brian (Evelyn) Forsyth, daughter-in-law Joyce Forsyth of St. Thomas, Thomas (Linda) ...

 appeared in Sentinel Review, 20 Mar 2008, p. 13. Date of Event: 19 Mar 2008     PACKMAN - At Woodstock General Hospital after a massive stroke on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Helga Elisabeth Packman (nee Mielsch) of Woodstock in her 72nd year. Beloved wife of Chris Packman and mother of Rose and Eric. Dear sister of Hannes Mielsch (Heidi) and Trudi Mielsch. Also survived by ...

 appeared in Sentinel Review, 20 Mar 2008, p. 13. Date of Event: 19 Mar 2008     WARD, Dorothy Eva Ward - formerly of Stratford passed away peacefully at Leisureworld Nursing Home, Ingersoll on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in her 80th year. She was born in Halfway, Michigan on November 11, 1928 and was the daughter of the late Charles Parkins Sr. and the former Florence May …

 appeared in Sentinel Review, 20 Mar 2008, p. 13. Date of Event: 18 Mar 2008     FULLERTON - At Alexandra Hospital, Ingersoll on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, Lance Fullerton, of Ingersoll, in his 42nd year. Dear son of Ted and Jan Fullerton of Ingersoll. Beloved husband of April (Perron) Fullerton. Dear father of Ben at home. Dear brother of Candy and her husband Walt Richter of …