- Flying Around in Aviary: Nov 28
What’s flying around in Aviary this week? In honour of Canada History Week, we’re heading closer to home and highlighting the Edmonton City as Museum Project (ECAMP) Podcast Archive. If you want a break from reading and would rather listen to stories that bring local history to life, this archive is the perfect place to start.
ECAMP explores the people, places, moments, and memories that make Edmonton our city. Each episode dives into a different part of the city’s past, with insights from local historians, professors, community members, and enthusiasts.
Looking for something to listen to while you work today? Tune into an episode and uncover the histories hidden in our neighbourhoods. Whether you are curious about urban development, cultural communities, or Edmonton’s lesser-known stories, ECAMP offers a thoughtful and engaging way to celebrate Canadian history.
- Nuggests of Knowledge in ERA: Nov 28
Another week means it’s time to uncover a new Nugget of Knowledge in ERA! The last full week of November (November 23–29, 2025) is Canadian History Week, and what’s more Canada than hockey history?
This week’s feature, Manhood, Rivalry, and the Creation of a Canadian “Hockey World”: Media Coverage of Early Stanley Cup Hockey Challenges, 1894-1907 by Stacy Lorenz, takes you back to the early days of the Stanley Cup, when newspapers and telegraph updates shaped how Canadians experienced the game. The thesis digs into how early media turned hockey into a national obsession, built regional rivalries, and even shaped ideas about toughness, masculinity, and community pride.
If you love hockey or Canadian history, this one is well worth a read.
- Flying Around in Aviary: Nov 21
What’s flying around in Aviary this week? In the spirit of celebrating our Fall 2025 grads, we’re turning your attention to the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies collection in Aviary. If you would rather listen to a classical recital, a lecture, or another audiovisual companion to a graduate project instead of reading a full dissertation, this collection is a great place to start.
Looking for something to listen to while you work today? Check out Anton Achondoa’s “Juxtapositions” recital or Micah Pawluk’s “On an Overgrown Path: Music of Nature, Nostalgia, and Loss” recital.
Our graduates have created a rich variety of recordings and performances that bring their research to life. Take a few minutes to explore the collection and discover something that inspires you.
- Nuggets of Knowledge in ERA: Nov 21
Another week means it’s time to uncover a new Nugget of Knowledge in ERA! This time, we’re celebrating our Fall 2025 grads by shining a spotlight on the Theses & Dissertations collection.
Our graduate and post-doctoral students have spent months (sometimes years!) researching, writing, and defending their theses and dissertations. As of Monday, November 17th, Digital Repositories has officially uploaded all Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) into ERA. What better way to honour our newest grads than by diving into the incredible work they have produced?
If you are curious about a specific subject area, you can also explore thesis-like objects, such as capping projects and major research papers, across any faculty or program-specific collection in ERA. Happy browsing!
- More Ukrainian News to Discover
Ukrainian News/Українські Bіcті was published in Edmonton between 1928 and 2017. It was a Ukrainian-language publication until the 1980s, when it changed to a bilingual English-Ukrainian format. This newspaper is a wonderful resource for researchers and anyone interested in the history of Edmonton’s Ukrainian community. The Ukrainian News was first digitized and made available on the Internet Archive in 2023. This year we uploaded a second batch.
Advertisement from Ukrainian News = Українські Bіcті, vol. 10, No. 44, Tuesday, November 2, 1937 (p. 362) Included in our second batch of uploads is this earliest edition we have digitized: Vol. 10 (1937), numbers 1-52. Those of us who can’t read Ukrainian can enjoy getting a sense of the culture of the 30’s through the ads and other visuals!
This digitization project is carried out with the publisher’s permission and in collaboration with the Kule Folklore Centre.
See also the growing Ukrainian Studies collection for a wide array of digitized materials related to Ukrainian culture in North America.
To learn more about all our collections, visit our Digitized collections webpage!