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Launched in 2016, the Canadian National Digital Heritage Index (CNDHI) is a growing index of digitized heritage collections from across Canada. Managed by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and supported by Library and Archives Canada (LAC), CNDHI increases awareness of and access to digital heritage collections in Canada.CNDHI now includes over 1,500 collections held at Canadian universities, provincial and territorial libraries, heritage organizations, archives, and more.CRKN is committed to increasing the scope and diversity of collections included in CNDHI while re-examining the historical and institutional biases that may occur in the ways in which collections are described and organized.If you have any comments for us, please contact info@cndhi-ipnpc.caQuestions about the Index or how to search? Visit our ​Submission FAQ page or our ​Discovery FAQ page.To suggest a collection, please complete the new collection form.

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  • # 1
    1. French
    Collection title
    Manouane au bois (Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw)
    Hosting Institution

    Université Laval

    Collection Description
    La série Manouane au bois a été réalisée en juin 1978 par le photographe Serge Jauvin. Pendant une semaine, plusieurs familles atikamekw se sont rassemblées aux alentours du Manawan sakihikan (lac Manouane), afin de pratiquer différentes activités traditionnelles sous l’œil attentif du photographe.
    Keywords
    Aboriginal peoples, Quebec
    DETAILS
  • # 2
    1. English
    Collection title
    Northern BC Digital Collection
    Hosting Institution

    University of Northern British Columbia

    Collection Description
    The Northern BC Digital Collection holds digitized publications pertaining to Northern British Columbia history, culture, and industrial development. These holdings include scientific technical reports, First Nations ethnologies, community profiles, local histories, cartographic material, newspapers, and many other types of grey literature that provide context and perspectives on Northern British Columbia’s development, its peoples, and its economic, cultural, and social transformations.
    Keywords
    British Columbia
    DETAILS
  • # 3
    1. French
    Collection title
    Le campus de l’Université Laval dans l’œil d’Yves Tessier
    Hosting Institution

    Université Laval

    Collection Description
    Various photographs of the Université Laval campus from 1961 to 1976 by Yves Tessier, who was head of the Map Library at the University Library from 1964 to 1998.
    Keywords
    Architecture, Education
    DETAILS
  • # 4
    1. English
    Collection title
    Early Modern Maritime Recipes
    Hosting Institution

    University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie University

    Collection Description
    Early Modern Maritime Recipes examines recipes circulating before 1800 in print and manuscript in the area now defined as Canada's Maritime provinces. Early modern recipe writing focused on food and medicine, but recorded a range of other practices associated with alchemy, cosmetics, veterinary, medicine, and laundry, amongst other things. These recipes are texts about knowledge exchange and social networks.
    Keywords
    Food, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Local history
    DETAILS
  • # 5
    1. French
    Collection title
    Oeuvres d’art public de l’Université Laval
    Hosting Institution

    Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval

    Collection Description
    Photographs of public works of art on the Université Laval campus.
    Keywords
    Visual arts, Quebec
    DETAILS
  • # 6
    1. English
    Collection title
    Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
    Torture and the Truth: Angélique and the Burning of Montréal
    Hosting Institution

    Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History

    Collection Description
    A virtual archive of documents including transcriptions of first-person testimonies, court transcriptions, and correspondence relating to the story of Marie-Josèphe Angélique and the burning of Montréal in 1734.
    Keywords
    Law
    DETAILS
  • # 7
    1. French
    2. English
    Collection title
    Bird Calls and More
    The Grace Bell Collection
    Hosting Institution

    Canadian Heritage Information Network

    Collection Description
    Audio recordings and spectrograms of bird vocalizations with images of birds of British Columbia
    Keywords
    Animals, British Columbia, Music
    DETAILS
  • # 8
    1. French
    2. English
    Collection title
    Sense of Space
    Of Land and Sea
    Hosting Institution

    Library and Archives Canada

    Collection Description
    Photographs taken between 1858 and 1948 relating to bodies of water in Canada with an emphasis on boats
    Keywords
    Geography, Transportation
    DETAILS
  • # 9
    1. French
    2. English
    Collection title
    The Weird and Wacky
    Humour in Archival Photographs
    Hosting Institution

    Library and Archives Canada

    Collection Description
    Humorous historical photographs mostly taken in Canada, with an emphasis on Ontario
    Keywords
    Humour, Ontario
    DETAILS
  • # 10
    1. French
    2. English
    Collection title
    War and Conflict
    Hosting Institution

    Library and Archives Canada

    Collection Description
    Photographs relating to the Canada during World War I and World War II
    Keywords
    War
    DETAILS
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