Alan MacEachern Last year, an email informed me of a death. Two, actually. Top Hat would no longer publish Origins: Canadian ...

By educating the public about heritage designation, incorporating heritage into urban planning, and connecting with our wider communities, we can cultivate a brighter future for Ontario’s heritage ...

By Sean Graham This week I’m joined by Eugenia Kisin, author of Aesthetics of Repair: Indigenous Art and the Form of Reconciliation. We discuss what qualifies as ‘art’, how the ...

However, Ontario’s heritage industry faces a challenge. On January 1, 2027, the Province of Ontario will remove some 36,000 heritage properties listed on Municipal Heritage Registers in communities ...

ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events.

Heritage gives texture to our shared sense of place, belonging, and local identity.

Heritage gives texture to our shared sense of place, belonging, and local identity.

This week I talk with Aidan Forth, author of Camps: A Global History of Mass Confinement. We talk about the definition of camps, the commonalties among camps, and the ubiquity of mass confinement. We ...