Indigenous Visual Culture

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History, politics, arts, science & more: the Canadian Encyclopedia is your reference on Canada for educators and students.

The Dictionary of Canadian biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada was made possible by a bequest of James Nicholson, a Toronto businessman, who left the residue and bulk of his estate to the University of Toronto in 1952 for the purpose of creating a biographical reference work for Canada of national importance.

Museum research collection with primary sources, online exhibits and learning tools. Resources include oral history interviews, photographs and various archival documents in AV format.

Glenbow has transferred most of its physical Library and Archive collections to the Glenbow Western Research Centre at the University of Calgary. The Centre has extensive holdings of unpublished documents and photographs related to the history of Western Canada.

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) acquires, preserves, and provides access to published and archival heritage material that represents First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation experiences and contributions to Canada. This includes text, photographs, maps, and audio-visual material. Explore the collection through our online databases, digitized documents and thematic guides.

A web-interfaced database that contains textual information extracted from archival documents relevant to the historical Métis Nation.

Scrip was a document, warrant, or certificate that entitled the holder to a certain allotment of crown lands in what is now Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.This collection includes applications, affidavits, case files, powers of attorney, certificates, receipts, correspondence and other scrip documents found in the records of the Dominion Lands Branch of the Department of the Interior

A list of our databases that relate to Indigenous culture and community.

A list of databases that relate to Art that include scholarly content.