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Occasional blog posts by OHC staff, oral history researchers, and OHC Members.
Religion, Workers, and Oral History: A Review
Review: My father often took me to the factory with him when I was a small boy. Dad was the foreman of the finishing room in a medium sized textile factory in Galt, Ontario. The company made towels of all sizes and styles to be sold across North America. The...
Sound Advice at the OHA
Event: Engaging audiences with oral history was the theme of this year’s Oral History Association meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sessions on podcasting, audio-walks, and interactive exhibits were well represented as ways to present research. The OHA podcasting...
Oral History and Impostors: What to do?
Blog: The first time I read about an impostor who had fooled an oral historian was Bruce Jackson’s “The Perfect Informant,” originally published in the Journal of American Folklore in 1990. In this account, Jackson describes how he was slowly taken in by the...
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The OHC 10th Anniversary Celebration
Presentation:On November 30, 2023, the University of Winnipeg Oral History Centre celebrated its 10th Anniversary, inviting three UWinnipeg alumni to share their continuing work in oral history, and afterward hosting a reception in the OHC Classroom in Bryce Hall....
Dr. Charles Hardy: Oral History and Digital Media
Lecture: Dr. Charles Hardy III, Professor of History at West Chester University (Pennsylvania), is a pioneer in oral history and new media. Dr. Hardy has decades of experience producing radio, video, and web-based documentaries. He has been awarded numerous honours,...
Oral History and the Arts: Documenting the Winnipeg Underground Rock Scene
Lecture: On Thursday, June 2, 2016 the Winnipeg Public Library hosted a conversation between the Oral History Centre’s Kent Davies (CKUW 95.9 FM, Stylus) and Writer/Author Sheldon Birnie (Winnipeg Free Press, Vice, Noisey, Exclaim!) about Birnie’s most recent work...
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Video Stories: Lectures, Presentations, and Digital Stories produced in collaboration with the OHC.
I’m Tom Findley
Digital Story: I’m Tom Findley (A Digital Story) Based on interviews with Tom Findley, San Francisco, October 2015. Written by: Gwen Anderson Art by: Bev Plett & Tom Findley (Findley sketches from the 2003 Sunderland P Gardener Lecture Muddling Toward Simplicity,...
Dr. Alessandro Portelli: On the Uses of Memory
Lecture: Acknowledged internationally as the most influential oral historian of the last quarter century, Professor Alessandro Portelli attended the International Workshop on Oral History (October 1 – 3, 2015) where he delivered a number of lectures exploring studies...
Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki: Baba as Oral Historian: Lessons in Collaborative Practice
Lecture:In February 2015 the Oral History Centre welcomed Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki from Concordia University to present her work as part of the Sanford Riley Fellowship Lecture Series . An accomplished Oral Historian, Dr. Zembrzycki lead an afternoon seminar on the...