As part of Digital Doors Open, through this video, the Red Sky Métis Independent Nation shares with us their traditional knowledge of preparing birch tea.
As part of Digital Doors Open, enjoy a virtual tour of 618 Athol Street in Whitby and learn more about the features of this unique structure (including its original woodwork, leaded-glass windows and brick fireplaces).
Additional video resources of the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives include a fascinating history of Peel's Black communities through the North Peel Community Church.
Additional video resources of the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives include a rare opportunity to explore one of artist Tom Thomson's sketchbooks from inside the art gallery vault.
As part of Digital Doors Open, Professor William Moore of Boston University discusses the architecture and style of the Masonic Temple in Windsor in this video.
Watch this documentary – entitled Ritchie’s Follie: The Central Ontario Railway, by Sean Scally – to learn more about this little-known piece of Trenton history.
As part of Digital Doors Open, watch the video below for an introduction to the genealogist and archivist from Local History Branch - Windsor Public Library who are both onsite to answer your questions.
During Digital Door Open, watch this video from Quinte Waste Solutions to see how recycling works - from curbside collection to the sorting line to the finished bales of recycled materials that are then sold to companies for new uses.
Join tour guide Steve Collie – member of the Brampton Heritage Board and the Brampton Historical Society – for an informative and enlightening guided tour of downtown Brampton.
What was it like for Devon Hogue, the Business Information Officer for the City of Cambridge during those first days in August 2016 when The Handmaid's Tale was just a concept being pitched for the first time? Just how do you explain to residents why there are gallows erected in the park, army tanks and men with machine guns on the bridge, and three bodies hanging from the wall by the river? Find out in the following episode of Digital Doors Open Waterloo Region.
As part of Digital Doors Open, watch this film – entitled Playing with Fire, by Sean Scally – and learn what really happened that fateful night over a century ago to the British Chemical Company Site.
As part of Digital Doors Open, watch the Art and Architecture video series that explores the symbolism of the Assumption Church in Windsor as presented through art and architectural features (Part One of four is shown here).
Learn more about their lives and their company through this Sean Scally video – entitled Apples and Egos: The Saga of Eben James and William Fraser – and see for yourself how apples and egos impacted the history of Trenton.
Watch this documentary by Sean Scally – entitled Lumberbaron: The Gilmour Years – and discover the story about the effect of the Gilmour Lumber Company on the region from Trenton to the Muskokas.
Devon Hogue, the Business Information Officer for the City of Cambridge, takes us on a tour of key locations and the many challenges and rewards along the way. Join the tour in the below episode of Digital Doors Open Waterloo Region.
While you can now visit Niagara Falls again in person, there are still many digital experiences that are available and worth experiencing from your backyard.
As part of Digital Doors Open, join volunteer Michael Avis on a tour of the house in this video, as well as the log cabin and grounds, where you will experience Brampton’s pioneer heritage first hand.
Local yearbooks are one of 10 favourite items that are explored as part of Digital Doors Open by Karen Ball-Pyatt, Manager of the Grace Schmidt Room’s vast collection at the Kitchener Public Library.
As part of Digital Doors Open, take a virtual tour of the Canadian Conservation Institute through this video and learn more about this fascinating site.
For Digital Doors Open, take this video tour to see some of the steps that researchers at the Cancer Research Labs at The Ottawa Hospital take to make cancer-killing viruses.
As part of Digital Doors Open, watch this video (from Tourism Oxford) to learn more about the significance of the Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum.
Since the Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence Program launched at Fool's Paradise in 2014, over 30 artists have completed residencies here. Meet one of the artists here.
Stone Secrets – Episode 1: James McIntyre. Discover who was the Chaucer of Cheese, the Milton of Stilton. Listen to the fascinating story of Canada's cheese poet!
Stone Secrets – Episode 2: Merle Montgomery. Listen to the story of Merle Montgomery and his heroic efforts to protect the citizens of Ingersoll in 1918.
For Digital Doors Open, follow along with local historian and storyteller Mary Harris in this video as she describes Barrie's history, colourful proprietors, scandals, fights, grand events and unusual guests from years gone by.
Join artist Ron Baird as he speaks up close and personal about three unique metal structures, Time, Tracks and Trestle Bridge, in Brampton's Mount Pleasant Village Square.
As part of Digital Doors Open, watch the video below for a behind-the-scenes experience of this fascinating structure: the North House at rare Charitable Research Reserve.
Check out some of Research Casting International's current projects in this year’s Digital Doors Open tour. Explore their facility and watch as they work on the restoration of a brontosaurus, blue whale and mastodon!