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In these difficult times, perhaps the world needs more vintage Christmas cards with predator and prey partying together. ow.ly/Tlif30rmC8D ca. 18751882 #AVery2020Advent

Tis The Season for our #12DaysOfVintageCooking series from last year to make a comeback! Travel back in time and experience the archives in a whole new way. From psychedelic jellied salads to brandy-fortified fruitcake, we’re taking your holiday baking to another level. Welcome to a fun, festive, food frenzy from yesteryear! https://www.facebook.com/watch/383985531647785/2475864736064954 #VirtuallyTogether

A toilet cabinet. This patent for a combined commode and household receptacle probably seemed like a good idea in theory. In real life? Eww! Patent no. 42216. Filing year 1893. / http://ow.ly/drhX50CJ18H... #AVery2020Advent

Want proof that genealogy research can bring people together but that it can also be full of surprises? Here’s the amazing story of a pilgrimage by Tim Hack, whose great-grandfathers fought on opposite sides in the First World War! Listen to the audio diary of his trip to northern Europe, as well as our pre- and post-trip interviews with him.... Podcast: http://ow.ly/Pmk050CnY6p Photo album: http://ow.ly/ceBe50CnY6q

Louis Riel (1844-1885) was Métis spokesperson, founder of Manitoba, teacher, and leader of the North-West Resistance. He was the voice of the Métis people during a turbulent time in Canadian history. Have a look at his legacy: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca//abo/metis/Pages/louis-riel.aspx

It’s #FridayThe13th, 2020a year filled with bad luck, misinformation and conspiracies. But it’s also #WorldKindnessDay, so for today, let’s try to just let it all go! Need support? You can find help here:... http://ow.ly/zHnj50Ccmre See more

Did he kinda just threaten us? Safety Santa, here to remind us, backhandedly, that accidents can happen to anyone! #AVery2020Advent... : http://ow.ly/qBmV30q3MME

Over the course of history, many events have influenced Canadians’ lifestyles. For example, culinary techniques and recipes have evolved, as horizons widened to make room for new varieties of delicious and nourishing foods. Cooking has even set out a place for itself in literature, schools, and TV and radio programming. With the advent of rail transportation, the movement of people and goods in Canada accelerated dramatically. Trains allowed Canadians to travel unprecedente...d distances and to access products from various parts of the country (and even other continents). They also contributed to the growth of the tourism industry. These two topics have drawn the attention of one of our librarians who works on expanding our collection of previously published materials (through what we call retrospective acquisitions). In her article in the most recent issue of our Signatures magazine, she introduces us to recently acquired community cookbooks and rail transportation publications. Learn more by reading Signatures, the Library and Archives Canada magazine! http://ow.ly/MmjD50CqCBD

Every day, we can see and admire the perseverance, self-sacrifice and dedication of the nurses who care for patients with COVID-19 as well as other patients. Throughout our history, Canadian nurses have been examples of compassion, sacrifice and courage. During the First World War, women who wanted to join the Army could only do so as nurses. They became officers immediately. Canada was an exception in this regard, as the only country at the time to grant this status to nurse...s. Our blog pays tribute to the Nursing Sisters of the Canadian Army Medical Corps who served in the First World War, especially those who died in service. Nursing Sisters of the Canadian Army Medical Corps in the First World War, Part 1: http://ow.ly/rKBH50CfrmK Nursing Sisters who died in service during the First World War, Part 2: http://ow.ly/J8qH50CfrmJ Podcast episode 63 - Call to Duty: Canadian Nursing Sisters: http://ow.ly/wBV830rjJEK : http://ow.ly/U8ZU50CfrmI

Discover the history of Canadian textiles with the archives of Dominion Textile and its newly digitized images! For many generations, Dominion Textile has been synonymous with Canadian-made cotton textiles. Founded in 1905 through the merger of four independent companies, the company originally owned 11 mills producing primarily unbleached and fine cotton cloth for the Canadian market. Read our blog to find out how Dominion Textile became the largest textile company in Canada...: http://ow.ly/abhe30r6Nv8 http://ow.ly/p6lc30rjfK7

Marvellous mechanical animals are a feature of the season's toys, circa 1913. But these robotic creatures are very creepy by today’s standards! #AVery2020Advent... : https://youtu.be/m-UdaNT5fEQ?t=278

The digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force records took over four years to complete! These records are all available now online, free of charge. Search for a soldier you want to remember: ow.ly/3WcE30msrXn #FWW #CanadaRemembers

Were your ancestors Home Children? You can find out! Between 1869 and the late 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from the British Isles. To find out whether some were your ancestors, you can search here: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca//home-ch/Pages/home-children.aspx ... Podcast: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca//podcas/Pages/home-children.aspx Blog: http://thediscoverblog.com//11/20/home-children-introduct/ Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/phot/lac-bac/sets/72157632079794849/

From a young age, Adrienne Clarkson was a prodigious reader. In interviews, she has frequently remarked that her idea of hell is being trapped with nothing to read, and that she could read seven or more books in a week: "I read the way other people bite their nails, compulsively and voraciously." Discover the archives of the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Canada’s former 26th Governor General, in our new blog post: http://ow.ly/5UHY50CHSVL Adrienne Clarkson will be shari...ng the personal stories behind her archives during our next Signatures Interview on December 17th. Get all of the details about the live event here: http://ow.ly/TcVn50CHSVM #VirtuallyTogether

Mary Riter Hamilton was Canada’s first female battlefield artist. From 1919 to 1922, she undertook a special mission for The War Amps after the First World War, documenting the scarred landscape where Canadian soldiers had fought and died. Her canvases capture the devastation of war but also signs of hope and renewal. Hamilton created one of the few authentic series of paintings of war-torn Europe. She considered her work to be a gift to Canada. In 1926, she donated the m...ajority of her works to our collection. #CanadaRemembers Blog: http://ow.ly/ymwD50CcnFP Podcast [50 MB, length: 53:10]: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca//battlefield-art-mary-riter-hami Flickr album: http://ow.ly/hePE50CgLUz Canada Post

Now part of UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register: Selections from the Gospels in the dialect of the Inuit of Little Whale River is the first book printed in Inuktitut syllabics. The syllabic writing system is used in two of the four regions of Inuit Nunangat: Nunavut and Nunavik. It has been transformed and modified several times since it was first used in this book over 150 years ago. Just 8 pages long, the book was printed in 1855 and 1856 in Moose Factory, Ontari...o, and distributed to Inuit in Nunavik by Christian missionaries. The only known copy of the book still in existence is held in our Preservation Centre in Gatineau, Quebec. See the fully digitized book: http://ow.ly/PQ1G30rkLCp Canadian Commission for UNESCO / Commission canadienne pour l'UNESCO

No, the #COVIDAlert app does NOT track your identity and location. FACT, not fiction. Don’t be paranoid; do your part to make Canada safer. Download:... - Apple: http://ow.ly/jOC850AVLAI - Android: http://ow.ly/tusx50AVLAJ http://ow.ly/eckA30riv1j