Volume 3, Number 1, January-February 2007

Activities Outside Ottawa

Library and Archives Canada develops and tours exhibitions featuring items from our extensive collection, bringing our documentary heritage to communities across and outside Canada.

The following exhibitions are currently on tour.

• Where Are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools
• The Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

Where Are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools

This exhibition, the result of a partnership between Library and Archives Canada, the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the Legacy of Hope Foundation, encourages dialogue and understanding about the effects of the residential school system on the First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities. Over 200,000 people have viewed the exhibition since it opened in 2002. A virtual exhibition is available at www.wherearethechildren.ca/en/home.html.

The partners wish to acknowledge Archives Deschâtelets, Archives of Ontario, Canadian Museum of Civilization, The Anglican Church of Canada: The General Synod Archives, Glenbow Archives, The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives, Provincial Archives of Manitoba, photographer Jeffrey M. Thomas, United Church of Canada: Victoria University Archives, and Yukon Archives for their contribution to the contents of the exhibition.

February 1 to March 31, 2007
Lethbridge Public Library
Lethbridge, Alberta

For more information about booking this exhibition please contact:
Angie Bruce, Legacy of Hope Foundation
Telephone: 204-925-4610 ext. 234
Fax: 204-582-9508
Email: abruce@ahf.ca

The Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana

In March 2002, Library and Archives Canada acquired more than 4,000 works of art from one private collector, Mr. Peter Winkworth (1929-2005). The Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana exhibitions are being unveiled to Canadians as a series of regional presentations, with works from the Atlantic provinces; Quebec; Ontario; the Prairies, the Northwest Territories and the North; and the Pacific Coast and the Yukon. Each exhibition focuses on developments in Canadian history as they relate to conflict and commerce, the geography of the land and the nature of its inhabitants, and the evolution of Canadian society. Enjoy these selections for their informative value, their aesthetic appeal, their quality of execution, and more--for their unique perspective on Canada's past.

A virtual exhibition of part of the Peter Winkworth Collection is also available for viewing online at www.collectionscanada.ca/art/050602_e.html.

Early Impressions of Quebec
January 20 to March 16, 2007
Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec

Rocky Shores and Stormy Seas--The Atlantic Region
February 2 to April 22, 2007
The Rooms
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Vast New Lands--Canada's Northwest
February 17 to April 15, 2007
Red Deer and District Museum and Archives
Red Deer, Alberta

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