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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. English
    Collection title
    Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive
    Hosting Institution

    Barrie Public Library

    Collection Description
    Full text articles articles from Barrie news sources from 1847 onward. Also contains an index of births, marriages and deaths as they appeared in local newspapers.
    Keywords
    Ontario, Local history
    DETAILS
  • # 2
    1. English
    Collection title
    Digital Collections of the Women's Institutes of Ontario
    Hosting Institution

    Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO)

    Collection Description
    This Virtual Archives of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) provides a platform to some of the many documents the Women's Institutes (WI) have created across the Province of Ontario since 1897. This allows the original documents to remain within their communities, while researchers across Ontario, Canada, and the world can access them electronically. They will learn about the rich communities in Ontario, conduct family research, and discover the wonderful work that has been created by WI Members.
    Keywords
    Local history, Women
    DETAILS
  • # 3
    1. English
    Collection title
    The Canadian Letters and Images Project
    Hosting Institution

    Vancouver Island University

    Collection Description
    The Canadian Letters and Images Project is an online archive of the Canadian war experience, from any war, as told through the letters and images of Canadians themselves. Begun in August 2000, the Project is located in the Department of History at Vancouver Island University. Through the digitization of contemporary letters, diaries, photographs, and other related materials, the Project permits Canadians to tell their story, and Canada’s story, through their own words and images. It is history without a lens of interpretation by the present.
    Keywords
    War
    DETAILS
  • # 4
    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
  • # 5
    1. English
    Collection title
    WWI & WWII Posters
    Hosting Institution

    University of British Columbia

    Collection Description
    Propaganda posters produced in Canada and other countries during World War I and World War II
    Keywords
    Military, Visual arts, War
    DETAILS
  • # 6
    1. English
    Collection title
    Ubyssey
    Hosting Institution

    University of British Columbia

    Collection Description
    Issues of The Ubyssey, the University of British Columbia student newspaper, published from 1918 onwards
    Keywords
    British Columbia, Education
    DETAILS
  • # 7
    1. English
    Collection title
    Bell Features Collection
    Hosting Institution

    Library and Archives Canada

    Collection Description
    Issues of comic books published by Bell Features mostly during World War II and mostly containing Canadian content
    Keywords
    Literature, Visual arts, War
    DETAILS
  • # 8
    1. English
    Collection title
    Prism International
    Hosting Institution

    University of British Columbia

    Collection Description
    Issues of Prism International, a literary magazine published in Vancouver, dating from 1959 onwards
    Keywords
    British Columbia, Literature
    DETAILS
  • # 9
    1. English
    Collection title
    Okanagan Historical Society Reports
    Hosting Institution

    University of British Columbia

    Collection Description
    Issues of Okanagan History, an annual publication of the Okanagan Historical Society dating from 1925 onwards
    Keywords
    British Columbia, Local history
    DETAILS
  • # 10
    1. English
    Collection title
    Japanese Canadian Photograph Collection
    Hosting Institution

    University of British Columbia

    Collection Description
    Photographs relating to the history of Japanese Canadians in British Columbia with an emphasis on internment during World War II
    Keywords
    Asia, British Columbia, International relations, Visible minorities, War
    DETAILS
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