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Food Day Canada August 5th

Canada's Prize recipes

This August 5th taste something Canadian! Celebrate Canada Food Day this Saturday by shopping, cooking and eating Canadian. Chefs, farmers, and restaurants across the country will be celebrating Canadian food this Saturday. We suggest trying out this recipe for Angels …

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Double Takes: A Brief History of Stereographs

stereoscope

Upon first glance, last month’s “Caption This” photograph may have instinctively prompted some to search for differences between two seemingly identical images. However, it wasn’t a “spot the difference” puzzle; it was, in fact, a stereograph. Stereography, a photography technique, …

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Q & A with the Curators of “Design for the Global Majority”

water conservation and the mist experience

We got to know the curators of this exhibition a bit better. Here is a glimpse behind the scenes into the curatorial team that put together this exhibition. The exhibition is on through June 18th, so come and enjoy during …

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Stereographic Caption This, June edition

picnic scene

What would you Caption this photo? What do you notice about this photo? Send us your observations, thoughts, and, of course, Captions! Share your comments on and captions for this photo by tagging us on Twitter, Instagram, or by email …

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights & International Council on Archives turn 75

Black and white photograph of John Peters Humphrey.

By Lori Podolsky, Archivist, McGill University Archives “That there can be no peace unless human rights and freedoms are respected” (John Peters Humphrey, 1947) Archivists have long played a role in the preservation and management of human rights records and …

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Mapping a History of the Battle of Arras

Sébastien de Beaulieu (1612-1678) Cartographer/Illustrator, French Jean Frosne (1623-1676) and Nicolas Cochlin (1610-1678) Engravers, French  The Battle of Arras, 1654, Engraving, 225 x 200 cm McGill Visual Arts Collection, 1984-002

by Hugo Barsacq-Camard, Undergraduate Student Intern, McGill Visual Arts Collection On the second floor of McGill’s Faculty Club, hangs a massive historical map that was printed in 1654. The lower two-thirds of the 225 x 200 cm engraving is a …

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May Caption This – Click Joy!

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David Hume Collection

By Mark G. Spencer, Department of History, Brock University. McGill University’s David Hume Collection has many remarkable strengths. Any scholar with an interest in Hume and his world is sure to find much that will be of interest. The principal …

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The Making of Moments in Time

Explore collection highlights featured in the historically minded, family-friendly (and pretty!) new “Moments in Time” card game developed by staff members and students at ROAAr.

A Deep Dive into the Moshe Safdie Archive

esquisse moshe safdie

The story of Moshe Safdie’s professional practice and student works can be found in his archive. Now this incredible body of work has made its way home to where it all started – McGill. Tellina Liu, Archivist & liaison librarian for the Moshe Safdie Archive, walks us through past, present, and future moments of engagement with the collection.

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