Recent documents digitized through the DigiLab
By Karine Gélinas The DigiLab is a new hands-on facility for clients to digitize and contextualize documents from the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) collections. Since its launch in 2017, the...
View ArticleRecent documents digitized through the DigiLab
By Karine Gélinas Did you know that in Canada, books for visually impaired readers can be sent through the mail for free? This has been the case for more than 100 years. That is one of the many...
View ArticleFrom Assimilation to Negotiation: The 1970s Indian Claims Commission, digitized
By Marko Davidovic The Indian Claims Commission of the 1970s came into existence with a bang, as a footnote to Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s government’s proposed 1969 White Paper (formally known as the...
View ArticleJoin us in celebrating our 1,000th blog post!
The Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Discover Blog has hit an important milestone! We have published 1,000 blog posts! For the past eight years, the blog has showcased our amazing documentary heritage...
View ArticleJapanese Canadian internment: Over 40,000 pages and 180 photographs digitized...
By Gabrielle Nishiguchi The DigiLab has hosted many projects since its launch in 2017, two of which were carried out by Landscapes of Injustice. Landscapes of Injustice is a major, seven-year...
View ArticleChristmas in the Archives
By Jennifer Anderson In December, many of our clients, donors and readers are preparing for Christmas. So many Christmas traditions are linked to anticipation—preparing surprises for loved ones,...
View ArticleNew additions to the Virtual Gramophone!
By Margaret Ashburner Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to present a list of newly digitized recordings from our 78-rpm disc collection. These early 20th century recordings include a variety...
View ArticleNew Princes’ Toronto Band
By Margaret Ashburner 1920s Toronto was a busy time and place for the working musician. Dance bands were performing regularly, and multi-instrumentalists would have been in high demand. One such...
View ArticleLieutenant Alan Arnett McLeod, VC
By Emily Monks-Leeson In today’s profile for Library and Archives Canada’s blog series, First World War Centenary: Honouring Canada’s Victoria Cross Recipients, we remember Lieutenant Alan Arnett...
View ArticleLieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew, VC
By Emily Monks-Leeson Today our First World War Centenary: Honouring Canada’s Victoria Cross recipients, remembers Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew, who received the Victoria Cross, the...
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