Host of the podcast\radio show Canadian History Ehx. Author of "Canada's Main Street: The Epic Story of The Trans-Canada Highway" Sharing Canada's history daily
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ALT Pauline McGibbon in a navy dress wearing a red-and-white rosette and teardrop pendant, holding white gloves on her lap while seated in an ornate wooden chair and looking calmly toward the viewer against a muted brown background.
ALT Small carved wooden paddle held in hands, inscribed "I AM PADDLE TO THE SEA" and "PLEASE PUT ME BACK IN THE WATER," a plea to return the toy to the sea.
ALT Four young men in a 1970s-style studio portrait, arranged two front and two back, all with long hair and serious expressions—one with a mustache and beaded necklace, another wearing an unzipped jacket showing chest hair.
ALT After Operation Soap, which was a series of bathhouse raids by Toronto police in February 1981, he became involved in gay rights activism. After he was diagnosed with HIV in 1987, he became involved with the AIDS Committee of Toronto. He was the chair of the HIV Legal Network and several other AIDS support organizations. For his efforts to improve healthcare and social justice resources for people living with HIV and AIDS in Canada, he was awarded the Order of Canada in 2014.
ALT An author and labour activist, in 1942 she led a strike of bank employees in Montreal. It was the first Canadian banking industry strike. Later, she led a drive to unionize Eaton’s workers. Between 1948 and 1952, she organized 9,000 Eaton’s employees. She was successful in getting Eaton’s employees increased salaries and benefits. In 1979, she received the Governor General’s Award in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Persons Case. (Photo from Library and Archives Canada
ALT A historic black-and-white photograph of World War I flying ace Billy Bishop seated inside the open cockpit of a biplane. He wears a military uniform and glances back over his left shoulder with a slight smile, with the aircraft’s struts, upper wing, and machine gun frame visible around him.
ALT A formal black-and-white portrait of Sir William Stephenson, famous World War II Canadian intelligence officer known as "Intrepid". He is shown from the waist up, dressed in a dark suit jacket, matching vest, dark tie, and white pocket square, looking thoughtfully to his right against a solid black background.
ALT Ernie Coombs dressed as Mr. Dressup, smiling at the camera while making hand gestures. He wears a vibrant, multicolored jacket, bright pink gloves, glasses, and a black hat embellished with a gold crown, yellow pom-pom, and tinted lenses. To his right, the puppet Casey wears a sparkly hat with white fluffy trim, and the puppet dog Finnegan wears a festive headpiece made of shiny gold tinsel strips. They are positioned in front of their iconic wooden treehouse set.
ALT A professional headshot of Colin Mochrie looking directly at the camera with a gentle expression. He is bald with white hair on the sides, a trim white-and-gray beard, and moustache. He wears a black suit jacket over a dark vest and an open-collared, light blue, micro-polka-dot shirt against a neutral charcoal gray background
ALT Yves Thériault resting his head on his hand with a cigarette between his lips, eyes cast downward and wearing a checked suit jacket in a vintage black-and-white portrait conveying introspection.