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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
    Whitby Historic Photographs
    Hosting Institution

    Archives at Whitby Public Library

    Collection Description
    Historic photographs and documents relating to the Town and Township of Whitby. Over 9000 images. Special exhibits.
    Keywords
    Ontario, Local history
    DETAILS
  • # 3
    1. English
    Collection title
    Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives Digital Collection
    Hosting Institution

    Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives

    Collection Description
    The Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives Digital Collection offers a rich repository of local history, including photographs, documents, and records highlighting the heritage of Arnprior and McNab/Braeside and the surrounding areas. The collection aims to preserve and make accessible the community's stories and experiences.
    Keywords
    Ontario, Local history
    DETAILS
  • # 4
    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
  • # 5
    1. French
    Collection title
    Images des traditions innues (Institut Tshakapesh)
    Hosting Institution

    Université Laval

    Collection Description
    Selections of photographs from the Serge Jauvin (2,338 images) and Paul Charest (Richard Dominique sub-fonds, 290 images) collections of the Tshakapesh Institute. These photographs show the practice of traditional activities such as camp life, hunting and fishing, trapping, hide processing, canoe making and practice, crafts, as well as religious rituals. Portraits and landscapes are also included.
    Keywords
    Aboriginal peoples
    DETAILS
  • # 6
    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
  • # 7
    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
  • # 8
    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
  • # 9
    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
  • # 10
    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
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