The North Vancouver Museum and Archives is again presenting walking tours of North Vancouver's waterfront in 2009 with the WaterFront Production's costumed Shipyard Guys and Gals. Hear all about North Vancouver's wartime history.
Some time ago I took a tour and can recommend this - fun and educational! Walking tours are a great way to learn about local history. I'll be going again this year.
These tours are free and are wheelchair accessible. About 45 minutes each. Groups with special needs are welcome. You don't need to pre-register.
Meet at the PGE Railway Station,at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue, daily Wednesday to Sunday, 1:30-3 pm, till Labour Day.
You can also prebook a group or private tour. To book or for additional information, call Waterfront Productions: 604 990 3700 extension 8008 or call 604 987 5612.
E-mail: nvmac@dnv.org
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Skeletons in the Closet: The Eternally Wounded Woman..." talk and slide show, 27 June 2009, Museum of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"Skeletons in the Closet: 'The Eternally Wounded Woman': Women, Exercise and Doctors in the late Nineteenth Century" a talk and slide presentation by Patricia Vertinsky, Sports Historian and UBC Human Kinetics professor.
Presented by the HERSTORY CAFE and the MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER
Saturday June 27, 2009
1pm - 2pm
Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St. (in Vanier Park)
More info: www.herstorycafe.ca
Free admission
"Vertinsky examines the debate about women and exercise from the points of view of the male medical establishment, the early pioneer female doctors, intellectual feminism and the developing profession of psychology.... What men and women doctors had to say about female health and physical activity had an important impact upon the lifestyle and outlook of middle-class women and provided a legacy which has had a lasting effect," a quote from the back cover of Vertinsky's book, "The Eternally Wounded Woman: Women, Exercise and Doctors in the late Nineteenth Century". This talk incorporates the themes of culture, physicality and the making of the female body.
Dr Patricia Vertinsky is a Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She is a social and cultural historian working across the fields of women's history, sport history and sociology, popular culture and the history of health and medicine.
Presented by the HERSTORY CAFE and the MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER
Saturday June 27, 2009
1pm - 2pm
Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St. (in Vanier Park)
More info: www.herstorycafe.ca
Free admission
"Vertinsky examines the debate about women and exercise from the points of view of the male medical establishment, the early pioneer female doctors, intellectual feminism and the developing profession of psychology.... What men and women doctors had to say about female health and physical activity had an important impact upon the lifestyle and outlook of middle-class women and provided a legacy which has had a lasting effect," a quote from the back cover of Vertinsky's book, "The Eternally Wounded Woman: Women, Exercise and Doctors in the late Nineteenth Century". This talk incorporates the themes of culture, physicality and the making of the female body.
Dr Patricia Vertinsky is a Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She is a social and cultural historian working across the fields of women's history, sport history and sociology, popular culture and the history of health and medicine.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tombstone Tuesday - Irene MacDonald, British Columbia, Canada
Irene MacDonald, OBC (Order of British Columbia biography)
1933- 2002
3 Metre Diving 1956
Our Miss World
Garden Chapel, memorial plaque, Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Irene Margaret MacDonald - 1956 - Bronze Medal, Olympic Games at Melbourne - Women’s 3m Springboard Diving,
Canada's first Olympic diving medal.
Biography, Canada Sports Hall of Fame
The British Columbia Genealogical Society has published a CD with burial listings and inscriptions from Ocean View Burial Park.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mothers' Day - Mother on Election Day - Postcard 1909 - 1912
Happy Mothers' Day!
This card doesn't have direct ties to British Columbia but the theme seems doubly appropriate here as it's Mothers' Day today and Election Day for British Columbians on Tuesday this week.
Coloured postcard, private collection. Election Day, Suffragette Series No 7, Dunstan-Weiler Lithograph Co. 1909. Her ribbon says 'District Captainess 23rd Dist'.
Postmarked: Canton Ohio Jun 6 1912 7-PM
Addressed to: Mrs. D. Moore 1614. N. High St Columbus Ohio
Dear Mother: This will be in 10 yrs when the women vote,
oh! you poor men, Ina
In 1912, Ohio voters turned down a state amendment that would have allowed women to vote, but Ina and her mum didn't have to wait quite 10 years as Ina predicted until they could vote.
Although most of Ohio's national representatives voted against the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which prohibited each of the states and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's sex, the Amendment was ratified, August 18, 1920.
Ohio state representatives did then pass the Amendment, and Ohio was the fifth state to ratify the 19th Amendment.
References
Nineteenth Amendment, Ohio History Central: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1463
Women Working for the Right to Vote, Ohio Secretary of State: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/about/ohiohonors/March/righttovote.aspx
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
More Support Today for the Women Ski Jumpers
News today - more support for the women ski jumpers and their efforts to have their sport recognized and included in the 2010 Winter Olympics in British Columbia, Canada.
"As women ski jumpers await the verdict on their court challenge to being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics, two of Canada's most celebrated female athletes weighed in yesterday on behalf of their high-profile cause."
Quoted from "Female ski jumpers get a boost" by Rod Mickleburgh
6 May, 2009 GlobeandMail.com
The two athletes are British Columbia Senator Nancy Greene Raine, one of Canada's best known champion skiers, and Canadian mogul champion Jennifer Heil.
Read Senator Nancy Greene Raine's statement today in the Canadian Senate.
For more about this issue, see Let Women Ski Jump in 2010 (be sure to watch the ICE GATE....women ski jump -Seaperl Productions video) and follow LetWomenJump on Twitter.
"As women ski jumpers await the verdict on their court challenge to being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics, two of Canada's most celebrated female athletes weighed in yesterday on behalf of their high-profile cause."
Quoted from "Female ski jumpers get a boost" by Rod Mickleburgh
6 May, 2009 GlobeandMail.com
The two athletes are British Columbia Senator Nancy Greene Raine, one of Canada's best known champion skiers, and Canadian mogul champion Jennifer Heil.
Read Senator Nancy Greene Raine's statement today in the Canadian Senate.
For more about this issue, see Let Women Ski Jump in 2010 (be sure to watch the ICE GATE....women ski jump -Seaperl Productions video) and follow LetWomenJump on Twitter.
Call for Papers - Women, Sports and Physical Recreation - Women’s History Network of British Columbia 2009 Conference -Vancouver BC
REMINDER
Call for Papers - Women, Sports and Physical Recreation - Women’s History Network of British Columbia 2009 Conference - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Theme: Historical Perspectives on Women, Sports and Physical Recreation
Call for Papers and Presentations - Deadline June 30, 2009
The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) invites proposals for papers and oral or visual presentations on the theme of Historical Perspectives on Women and Sport and Physical Recreation.
Topics might focus on individual sportswomen or women’s sport teams, on the role of sports and outdoor recreation in girls’ and women’s groups and in female education, on media coverage of women’s sports and public recognition of women athletes or sport groups, or on women’s role in (or exclusion from) sports organizations, for example.
The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) is a broadly based not-for-profit society that exists to enhance interest and encourage activity in women's history across BC and to celebrate the contributions women have made to the history of the province.
WHN/BC’s yearly conference, during Canada’s Women’s History Month in October, is an opportunity for networking, sharing & learning about new ideas & current research into women’s history.
The Women’s History Network of B.C. is committed to inclusivity with respect to gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, region, religion and ability.
Location: The 2009 Conference will be in Vancouver in October. Locations to be announced.
Deadline for proposals – June 30, 2009
Contact: Proposals of maximum 350 words for papers or presentations of 20 minutes in length should include contact information and a brief biography.
Please submit proposals by e-mail attachment to Dr. Linda Quiney: linda.quiney@ubc.ca
or by mail Dr. Linda Quiney, University of British Columbia, History Department, 1297-1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Call for Papers - Women, Sports and Physical Recreation - Women’s History Network of British Columbia 2009 Conference - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Theme: Historical Perspectives on Women, Sports and Physical Recreation
Call for Papers and Presentations - Deadline June 30, 2009
The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) invites proposals for papers and oral or visual presentations on the theme of Historical Perspectives on Women and Sport and Physical Recreation.
Topics might focus on individual sportswomen or women’s sport teams, on the role of sports and outdoor recreation in girls’ and women’s groups and in female education, on media coverage of women’s sports and public recognition of women athletes or sport groups, or on women’s role in (or exclusion from) sports organizations, for example.
The Women’s History Network of British Columbia (WHN/BC) is a broadly based not-for-profit society that exists to enhance interest and encourage activity in women's history across BC and to celebrate the contributions women have made to the history of the province.
WHN/BC’s yearly conference, during Canada’s Women’s History Month in October, is an opportunity for networking, sharing & learning about new ideas & current research into women’s history.
The Women’s History Network of B.C. is committed to inclusivity with respect to gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, region, religion and ability.
Location: The 2009 Conference will be in Vancouver in October. Locations to be announced.
Deadline for proposals – June 30, 2009
Contact: Proposals of maximum 350 words for papers or presentations of 20 minutes in length should include contact information and a brief biography.
Please submit proposals by e-mail attachment to Dr. Linda Quiney: linda.quiney@ubc.ca
or by mail Dr. Linda Quiney, University of British Columbia, History Department, 1297-1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Monday, April 27, 2009
My Mother's Story - May 10 2009 - Granville Island Stage - Vancouver British Columbia Canada
My Mother's Story at the Granville Island Stage
Mother's Day, Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 4 pm
Twenty of of Vancouver's best loved actresses collaborate to share inspirational, hilarious and unforgettable stories about Motherhood.
My Mother's Story combines the life stories of 20 extraordinary ordinary women as written and told by their daughters. Storytelling at its best, this 90 minute show documents the lives of women all over the world, all races, living through all kinds of heartache and joy.
My Mother's Story was presented in Vancouver for Mothers' Day in 2006, 2007 and 2008. This collaborative, evolving work all started with a five minute story about a mother told to Vancouver actor Marilyn Norry.
Marilyn Norry will be giving evening workshops May 14, 21, 28, and June 4 to encourage and assist those who'd like to write about their mother's lives. Space is limited, so sign up now.
The book, My Mother's Story, will be published this May.
There is now a website, My Mother's Story: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Women, where both longer and shorter stories can be shared on-line, if wanted.
For more information: mymothersstory@gmail.com
For theatre tickets: 604-629-8849 or http://www.vancouvertix.com
Mother's Day, Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 4 pm
Twenty of of Vancouver's best loved actresses collaborate to share inspirational, hilarious and unforgettable stories about Motherhood.
My Mother's Story combines the life stories of 20 extraordinary ordinary women as written and told by their daughters. Storytelling at its best, this 90 minute show documents the lives of women all over the world, all races, living through all kinds of heartache and joy.
My Mother's Story was presented in Vancouver for Mothers' Day in 2006, 2007 and 2008. This collaborative, evolving work all started with a five minute story about a mother told to Vancouver actor Marilyn Norry.
Marilyn Norry will be giving evening workshops May 14, 21, 28, and June 4 to encourage and assist those who'd like to write about their mother's lives. Space is limited, so sign up now.
The book, My Mother's Story, will be published this May.
There is now a website, My Mother's Story: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Women, where both longer and shorter stories can be shared on-line, if wanted.
For more information: mymothersstory@gmail.com
For theatre tickets: 604-629-8849 or http://www.vancouvertix.com
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