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Virtual STEM

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Have you ever wondered how things work? How space travel is possible? Why some things float and other things sink? How we generate electricity? How sound travels? Let’s discover the answers together! Led by undergraduate physics students and guided by professors Dr. Joanne O’Meara and the Great Orbax, Virtual STEM was held last November with two…

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It Happened Here: Gallows at the Court House

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

It Happened Here is a place-based video series exploring the history behind well known locations in the City of Guelph. For this episode, you're invited to join Education Coordinator Ken Irvine at the Court House to learn about the history of Guelph's involvement with capital punishment. Exploring the period of religious intolerance that gripped the…

Guelph Girls Hockey Association at 25 Years

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The exhibition Guelph Girls Hockey Association at 25 Years traces the history of the Guelph Girls Hockey Association. Since 1996, GGHA has offered recreational and competitive hockey for female players, centred in physical fitness, self-esteem, and confidence building, and on the development of volunteers and community leaders.

Mind the Gap – Intergenerational Connectivity between Seniors and Youth

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Organized by Centre for Artistic & Social Practice (Hamilton, ON) and presented at Guelph Civic Museum, Mind the Gap is an exhibition of artworks created by a community of seniors and youths working with practicing artists in Hamilton and Guelph. Through co-creative artmaking, the project aimed to decrease isolation among the participants and to bridge their generational gap.

History Bites: Melba Jewell

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In commemoration of Black Heritage Month don't miss History Bites with Melba Jewell! This event features an online oral history conversation with a prominent member of Guelph's Black community and Jewell family historian (and bass player for the celebrated ‘60s musical trio The Fabulous PJs!). History Bites is a monthly series of bite-sized conversations inspired by…

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Military Lecture: Atomic Soldiers – The Canadian Armed Services and Radiation Exposure during the Cold War

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Banner Image: April 1935, W.L. Britnell and Stan McMillan unload the first shipment of uranium concentrate from the Northwest Territories. Source: opentextbc.ca, Canadian History: Post-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw Military Lecture: Atomic Soldiers - The Canadian Armed Services and Radiation Exposure during the Cold War is presented by Dr. Matthew Wiseman. During the early Cold…

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It Happened Here: Provincial Winter Fair

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Join Guelph Museums Education Coordinator Ken Irvine as he walks you through the evolution and history of the Provincial Winter Fair from the core of beautiful Downtown Guelph!

History Bites: Mind the Gap

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Dawn Owen will be in conversation with Becky Katz, Alex Jacobs-Blum, and Chyler Sewell, the artist facilitators behind Mind the Gap: Intergenerational Connectivity between Seniors and Youth, now showing at the Civic.

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