Join us at the Thunder Bay Museum for this in-person course. The course will be taught in 8 sessions, 2 hours every Saturday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 PM. On some Saturdays, the group may meet at other locations such as the public library or other locations to explore. The instructor will communicate this to the group with ample notice.
Full Course Registration is $50 for Society Members and $100 for non-members. To purchase a membership visit here: Membership Application
Session Schedule:
Cancelled sessions will be rescheduled for Saturdays in May.
Memoirs Made Easy is an 8-week course. See below for the course objectives, topics to be covered, information about the instructor, and supplies needed. Memories, what are you doing with yours?
Course Objective:
The plan is to encourage you to begin documenting your life's story in a fun and interactive setting. There is no one way to document your story. Come and discover your way. Future generations will thank you.
Course topics:
Instructor:
Catherine Mochrie is a retired teacher with over 20 years experience in the education field having worked in the elementary and high school panels as well as with adult literacy. Catherine has delivered workshops on Writing and Communication at various conferences and in her local community. She has combined her love of heritage scrapbooking and encouraging people to write into an 8-session course, "Memoirs Made Easy". It is her passion.
Supplies:
Each participant will receive a folder for the many handouts relating to memoirs and genealogy. Recommended supplies: a binder with dividers and paper.
In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we come from.
~Alex Haley~
Join The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society for our annual fundraiser and themed dinner at the Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel. This year's theme is the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Our speaker is Dr. Mike Bechthold.
Tickets:
$125 for 1 seat
$230 for 2 seats
$920 for a whole table (8 seats)
Menu:
Gluten-Free and Vegan Options
There will be a cash bar available during the event.
Please reach out to reception@thunderbaymuseum.com with any dietary restrictions not found on the registration form.
Speaker:
Mike Bechthold holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia and an MA & Honours BA from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Mike is the author or editor of eight books and numerous articles. His most recent monograph is Flying to Victory: Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign (University of Oklahoma Press, 2017) and he is the co-author of a series of guidebooks about the Canadian battlefields of the Second World War. Mike is also the lead author of The History of RCAF in 100 Objects, a book written to mark the RCAF’s first 100 years. He specializes in the fields of military air power (especially tactical air operations in the First and Second World Wars), the Canadian army in Normandy and Northwest Europe, and the Canadian Corps in the Great War.
Mike is employed as a historian with the Royal Canadian Air Force History and Heritage section. He teaches history at Wilfrid Laurier University and in the past has taught at the University of Waterloo, Conestoga College, and the Schulich School of Business at York University. For 22 years Mike worked as the Communications Director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and the Managing Editor of Canadian Military History, an academic quarterly journal. Mike is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in the UK, a Fellow of the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick, a Research Fellow at Nipissing University Centre for the Study of War, Atrocity, and Genocide, and he recently served as the Executive Director of the Juno Beach Centre Association.
mikebechthold.com
Presentation Description:
The RCAF at 100
On April 1st, 2024 the Royal Canadian Air Force will celebrate its 100th birthday. It has been an eventful century. From its roots in the Great War and interwar years, through the challenges of the Second World War and Cold War, and its subsequent roles in support of Canada, NATO, and the UN, the RCAF has seen good times and bad. This talk explores the history of the RCAF through a number of innocuous objects - a Group of Seven painting, a German Gotha bomber pilot's helmet, a battered leather suitcase, and others that provide a window into the known and unknown stories of the Air Force.
Fundraising Activities:
Bring your cash.
This year there will be an exciting 50/50 draw and opportunities to buy tickets for door prizes.
Sponsorship Opportunities:
If you would like to make an additional donation to the Society to sponsor this event and offset expenses such as the guest speaker(s) travel costs, the raffle, or other overhead costs please visit the link below and select A Taste of History or by calling 807-623-0801. Please put in the comments what you would like to sponsor and the person or organization should be listed as a sponsor in the official program and communications about the event.
https://thunderbaymuseum1.wildapricot.org/Donate-Now
COVID Precautions:
To be added at a future date; in accordance with the Province of Ontario, Thunder Bay District Health Unit, and the Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel requirements.
This will be an in-person event.
Description:
Please join us for the opening of the exhibit ‘Ukrainian Matrix’. This community-led exhibit showcases physical expressions of Ukrainian culture and traditions, and highlights their roots. This event will feature remarks from the exhibit team, Museum staff and others. Refreshments will be served.
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This will be an in-person event that is free to view. The lecture will be broadcast live via ZOOM for those who cannot attend in person and recorded then posted to the Museum's YouTube at a later date.
This presentation covers the story of 3000+ troops travelling over the incomplete and rugged Lake Superior section of the C.P.R. All this in 18 days, during early spring of April 1885. Chronological & geographically laid out and based on a book published by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society.
It will be told using vintage images relating how companies of troops from the east moved between the end of the C.P.R. track at Missenabie (50 miles north of Wawa) to Red Rock. Four gaps totaling 98 miles had to be endured, including 3 ice road trails across Lake Superior bays and along shorelines. The urgent objective was to keep travel time to 7 days from Ottawa - Winnipeg.
Modern research has given the opportunity to combine these rare images with other primary documents including selected C.P.R. Telegrams and Regimental Memoirs &Testimonies to unpack this untold regional history story of Northwestern Ontario in 1885.
Speaker Bio:
Bill Skrepichuk shares a passion and excitement for local and regional historical work on the Thunder Bay area. He is a retired professional engineer after thirty years working in the Nipigon Bay area and is now doing research on the history of early industries along the north shore of Lake Superior. His research has been published in Papers & Records, the journal of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society.
When: Apr 14, 2024 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Free Public Lecture - William P. Skrepichuk - Troop Treks of 1885
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Join us for a workshop on storytelling methodologies presented by Brad Woods.
Bio/Press Release
Brad Woods has told stories at festivals, theatres, conferences, prisons, churches and pubs all over North America and the UK. He tells traditional tales, literary classics and personal stories. His stories have been featured in a variety of broadcasts and publications including CBC Radio 1, the Globe and Mail and Canadian Running Magazine. Brad has told to all ages and in every type of venue imaginable. He is the recipient of the Alice Kane Award for Storytelling and used it to travel to Lesotho (Southern Africa) to tell, trade and collect stories on behalf of Bracelet of Hope.
Promo Video https://youtu.be/3gmJHvph_-4
"Hilarious, suspenseful - a masterful story teller. "
Ins Choi, Creator-Kim's Convenience
“Brad Woods is a master storyteller. With wit and wisdom, humour and heart, Brad skillfully weaves tales that leave his audience laughing and thinking, often at the same time.”
Terry Fallis, Novelist - Two-Time Leacock Award Winner
"Brad Woods in an engaging and creative storyteller. He has a mix of personal and traditional stories and some that interweave the real and the fabulous."
Dan Yashinsky, Founder - Toronto Storytelling Festival
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You are invited to join the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society as we enjoy stories presented by Brad Woods.
Stories entertain and inform us, but they also help us understand who we are, where we come from and where we are going, so it would only make sense that we should want to tell good stories. Join professional Storyteller Brad Woods to discuss and discover what makes a good story and how to tell it. Through the Art of Storytelling, Brad will use traditional, original and personal stories to provide an opportunity for you to engage, to interact and to learn, but mostly to just sit back, relax and listen.
Promo Video - https://youtu.be/3gmJHvph_-4
CHOP TO CHOMP PIZZA DAY!
Come and join us for a fun filled day of pizza.
We will be creating pizza crafts, playing pizza games and
making delicious pizza for lunch.
Spaces are limited to 14 children.
Member registration opens Mon. Apr. 1, 2024.
PA Day Camp runs from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm with drop off times between 9:00 am - 9:30 am and pick up times between 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm. Camp is for children ages 6-12.
Attached you will find the emergency contact form and photo release form. These will need to be filled out and sent in before your child attends camp.
The forms can be sent in via email or you can drop them off at the Museum.
Emergency Contact and Photo Release Form.pdf
PLEASE NOTE: if your child has food allergies, medical, or any special accommodations please submit the forms in advance of your child's start date. This will ensure that any allergies or needs can be properly accommodated.
Please see our website for more information and details about this day.
https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/learn/kids/paday-camp/
Please do not hesitate to contact the Education and Outreach Coordinator at education@thunderbaymuseum.com or 807-623-0801 x 116 if you have any further questions about our PA Day Camp.
Please note that PA Day Camp week will be cancelled with full refunds and up to 3 day's notice if there are:
- Under registered camp weeks (e.g. less than 50% attendance)
- Health restrictions
- Issues with staff availability
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