We’ve got another Museum Talk coming up on March 3rd! This virtual talk is all about the fascinating and little-known history of the Farmerettes! From 1941-1952 approximately 20,000 girls 16 -18 years of age enlisted in the Ontario Farm Service Force, ensuring that food would continue to be cultivated and harvested as they replaced the […]
Join us for the final lecture of the season while we sit down with Propagator and Landscape Gardener, Robert Glendinning, to discuss the history of the Dominion Arboretum and Ornamental Gardens. The lecture will consider how these trees are documented, where they came from historically, and how that happens today. It will also include important […]
Where do queerness and farming intersect? Through archival research and interviews with contemporary farmers and homesteaders, this talk explores what queer agriculturalists bring to the table. Does an LGBTQ2+ identity lead to novel farming methods? How do LGBTQ2+ people navigate belonging, visibility, self-sufficiency, and community in rural areas? This talk aims to be accessible and […]
