Events
Voices Through Time: Correspondence of the First World War
Speaker: Stephen Davies
When: Thursday, 27 February, 7:00 pm
Where: MoV
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Davies
Twenty-four years ago, Stephen Davies was teaching a history class about World War I. While the dates, battles, names and statistics he cited were integral to his curriculum, Davies felt something was missing: He wanted his students to connect with the real faces, lives and people behind the numbers.
He made it his mission to uncover these important stories from Canada’s history, aiming to collect around 200 letters to share with his students. That exercise ballooned into “The Canadian Letters and Images Project,” an online database of war letters written by Canadians with accompanying photographs.
Dr. Davies is hosting “Voices Through Time” in order to give Canadians a new perspective on old wars. “I feel that it’s important for people to see the human side of war,” says Davies. “I think people will be surprised by how personal and emotional these letters are.” Readings from the letters will be included in the talk.
The database currently houses over 300 sets of letters, unedited and uncensored, from the Anglo-Boer War to the Korean War.
More information on Davies and “The Canadian Letters and Images Project” can be found at www.canadianletters.ca.
Women’s Labour History in Vancouver: a Virtual Walking Tour
Speaker: Natasha Fairweather
Join us for a virtual walking tour of women’s labour history in Vancouver! Natasha Fairweather will be our tour guide, showing us the historic sites where women’s work built communities, challenged authorities, supported families, and — sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly — made history. Unlike most walking tours, this one will be vividly illustrated with videos and historic audio and photos. Stay warm and dry while you hear stories of cannery workers desegregating their own workplaces, a switchboard operator who saved a labour leader from being thrown off a ledge, the small feminist union that changed the rules for everyone, and much more.
Natasha Fairweather (she/elle) is the Project Manager at the BC Labour Heritage Centre, where she manages the Oral History Project, the Walking Tour Project, and the School Curriculum Project.
From Sen̓áḵw to Kitsilano to Sen̓áḵw again – a Kitsilano lecture in Kitsilano
Speaker: Michael Kluckner
The history of Vancouver’s cherished Kitsilano neighbourhood will be explored from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) era to the 21st century in this richly illustrated presentation by author-artist Michael Kluckner. A history of Kitsilano presented in Kitsilano at the Museum of Vancouver, and live-streamed on our YouTube channel.
(Our previously announced lecture by historian Daniel Marshall has been postponed.)
Fall/Winter 2024-2025
The November lecture is the last one until the new year. The lecture schedule for 2025 will be available soon. Please check back.
Wishing everyone an enjoyable holiday season and all the very best for the coming year!
NOTE: We have returned to the Museum of Vancouver since the April lecture. For those not wishing to attend in person, the lectures will be broadcast live on the Vancouver Historical Society’s YouTube channel.