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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

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

This week I’m joined by Jennifer Neville, author of Truth is Trickiest: The Case for Ambiguity in the Exeter Book Riddles. We discuss the background of the riddles, who may have transcribed them and ...