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The intangibility of our digital worlds
When was the last time you printed your photographs or made a photo album that you could hold in your hands? It’s probably been …
Taking MyOntario on the road
Travelling to festivals, museums and the like, we have been asking this question to people from Ottawa to Thunder Bay, and …
From the city that brought you the Nine-Hour Movement
The Industrial Revolution took off quickly in Hamilton, Ontario. As happened everywhere in the 19th century, industrialists …
Poetic expressions
I tell stories orally and in written form, mostly through poetry, which has now evolved into fine visual art. The inspiration …
Traditional masonry skills – Where are the new recruits?
In Canada, there appears to be a critical shortage of skilled tradespeople. Several government reports have been commissioned …
Still alive and speaking
When you consider the connection between language and culture, you need to keep in mind that you can never really fully …
Back to the farm
My parents (Ken and Martha Laing) decided to forgo fossil fuels to protest the first Gulf War – driven by anticonsumerism, …
The Elders taught me
At its deepest level, culture frames how we see the world; the unique way that we think and act is intimately related to the …
French is taught, English is caught
Language and culture are closely intertwined. “Our culture” means our traditions, our customs, our art and our heritage. …
A thirst to learn
Recently, the Ontario Heritage Trust sat down with France Picotte, Acting President of the Métis Nation of Ontario, to …
Portrait de famille
Rural and small town Ontario rests the eyes and refreshes the spirit of the traveller, but capturing the cultural undercurrents …
The sustainability of the Franco-Ontarian culture
For Groupe Média TFO, it is also a time to celebrate its 30th anniversary and to take stock of its track record as a public …
Lost breweries of Toronto
As an artifact, beer can tell you a lot about the culture that develops it. Take Molson Canadian as an example. That brand sums …
Ontario's language heritage
Language is intangible heritage in that it is not a solid object that you can hold in your hand like a porcelain teacup, or …
![Rose Lieberman, Rose [Hanford?] Green and Aaron and Sarah Ladovsky in front of United Bakers restaurant, Spadina Ave., Toronto, 1920. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, fonds 83, file 9, item 16.](https://stagetest-oht.boldwork.ca/uploads/Articles/SoupsOn_Archival_3505.jpg)
Soup’s on: A 105-year-old restaurant maintains Jewish food heritage in Toronto
From an interview with Ruthie Ladovsky. Ladovsky is a co-owner of United Bakers Dairy Restaurant in …
Keeping our stories alive
Since 1973, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA) in Toronto has been collecting, preserving and sharing the documentary …
Keeping Ontario funny
The CBC’s Baroness von Sketch Show is an all-female comedy series that “celebrates the absurd, mines the embarrassing and …
Preserve the craft and the built heritage will follow
Readers of this magazine will agree that heritage buildings play a significant role in the fabric of a community. An …
Clay connection – Indigenous living and creativity
A couple of decades ago, I witnessed a friendly debate between a white historian and an Indigenous ethnologist. The well known …
The proof is in the pizza
Around the lunch table at my office, I talk a lot about my experiences growing up outside of Windsor, Ontario – working at …
Sculpting the past
My family and I lived on a farm in The Netherlands during the Second World War. My father was an inventor and blacksmith, and …
A stitch in time
My interest in textiles and embroidery started with an interest in drawing and, even more specifically, an interest in line. …
Intangible heritage – understanding life’s rhythms
It is easier to be aware of our cultural heritage – the landscapes and buildings, art, sculpture and objects created by humans …
Telling tales
Storytelling is an art that is woven in and through everyday life. Great, memorable, life-changing stories can be told at the …