Refuge Canada exhibit on loan to PumpHouse Museum

Opinion: Tell the whole story about Sir John

Queen’s University to purchase KCVI

Legacy Working Group to recommend removal, storage of Kingston’s Sir John A. Macdonald statue

Fort Henry to open this weekend with modified programming

Kingston Pen Tours open with small outdoor tours

Murney Tower to offer Curator and Collections Series

Agnes Etherington Art Centre lecture series highlights Black figures in art of Rembrandt’s time

Kingston ferry terminal to Wolfe Island slated for demolition in Fall 2023

KFPL Live presents The Battle of Normandy

The view from Harriet’s window

Renovated Market Wing in Kingston’s City Hall opens for visitors

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Michelle Dorey Forestell 0 Comments #KingstonLovesMuseums, Alderville First Nation, asylum, Canada, Canadian Museum of Immigration, City of Kingston, education, Germany, holocaust, human rights, immigration and Kingston, Indigenous people, keys, Kim Phuc, Kingston, Kingston Refugee, Pumphouse Museum, PumpHouse Steam Museum, quinte immigration, rainbow railroad, Refuge Canada, refugees, refugees in their own country, Siegfried Meyer, Syria, Tom Riddolls, tourism, UN, Vietnam, weller avenue immigrant services, WWII

This summer and fall, the PumpHouse Steam Museum will proudly host ‘Refuge Canada,’ an exhibition on loan from the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Opening Tuesday, Jul. 20, 2021, the fully-bilingual exhibit dives into Canada’s place within the current global refugee crisis, while bringing to light the challenges

City Culture History Opinion Politics

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Robert Kiley 4 Comments City Park, colonialism, Councillor Robert Kiley, Father of Confederation, First Nations, genocide, Indigenous community, Indigenous history, Indigenous people, Inuit, Joseph Stalin, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Metis, removal of statue, residential schools, Robert Kiley, Sir John A Bicentennial, Sir John A Macdonald, SJAM, Statue of Sir John A Macdonald, Tommy Douglas, Truth and Reconciliation Commission

The following is a submitted Op-Ed article. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist. What to do with Sir John A’s towering presence in City Park? Is it right to look up to him? That’s the question Kingston City Council will tackle head on

Education History News

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments building and property, governance approval, heritage building, Kingston Collegiate Vocational Institute (KCVI), Kingston Secondary School, Limestone District School Board, Ministry of Education, Queens University

The former Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI) building and property, located at 235 Frontenac Street, is on track to be purchased by Queen’s University later this year. Queen’s and Limestone District School Board (LDSB) have received governance approval for the disposition and sale of the former building and property,

City Culture History News Politics

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Michelle Dorey Forestell 0 Comments 215, 215 children, Ann Stevens, Cassidy Carol, Chief Dave Mowat, Chief Don Maracle, City of Kingston, City Park, First Nations Group, History & Legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald Working Group, Jennifer Campbell, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kinoozishingwak Bob Watts, Laurel Claus Johnson, Mary Farrar, Melissa Hammell, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, protest, reconciliation, removal of statue, residential school system, residential schools, Sir John A Macdonald Legacy Working Group, Sir John A Macdonald statue, Special Council Meeting, Tanya Grodzinski, Truth and Reconciliation, White Raven Woman Candace Lloyd

The Sir John A. History and Legacy Working Group held a meeting Monday, Jun. 14, 2021 in preparation for the Special Council Meeting to be held by the City of Kingston on Wednesday, Jun 16, 2021 to debate the fate of the Sir John A. Macdonald statue in City Park.

Events Family History News

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments buy tickets ahead, Fort Henry, health and safety protocols, historic site, modified programming, outdoor tours, self guided tours, St Lawrence Parks Commission

The St. Lawrence Parks Commission has announced that Fort Henry historic site will reopen this weekend with modified outdoor programming. In order to comply with public health measures, advice and restrictions, Fort Henry will be offering outdoor tours in Step One of the province’s Roadmap to Reopen Ontario plan, the

Events History News

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Correctional Service Canada (CSC), guided tours, Kingston Pen Tours, museum, outdoor tours, Roadmap to Reopen, St Lawrence Parks Commission, Step One

The popular Kingston Pen Tours reopens this week, offering small outdoor tours of the historic penitentiary. This is the sixth season for the popular attraction, and the first set of tours will take place on Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021. In order to comply with public health measures, advice and restrictions,

Culture History News

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 Zoha Khalid 0 Comments artifacts, C&C: The Collection and Currator series, COVID-19, Cultural Studies, digitized records, history, Kingston, Kingston's oldest museum, lockdowns, Murney Tower, Murney Tower Museum, museum collections, museum curator, museums during the pandemic, North America Cultural Diplomacy Initiative, online access, online museum programs, online programming, pandemic, Queen's University, Simge Erdogan-O'Connor

Murney Tower is launching its first online program, C&C: The Collection and Curator Series, focused on museum collections to reveal different stories of the history of Kingston. The museum Manager and Curator, Simge Erdogan-O’Connor, will be hosting the series each month beginning Wednesday, June 9, 2021 from 1-2 p.m. The

Art Culture History News

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Zoha Khalid 0 Comments Agnes Etherington Art Centre, art collection, Bader Collection, black representation in art, Black servants in history, Dr. Elmer Kolfin, Dutch art, HERE: Black in Rembrandt’s Time, lecture series, online public lecture, Out of the shadow and into the light: Black figures in the art of Rembrandt’s time, Queen's University, Rembrandt, seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish painting, University of Amsterdam

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is a research-intensive professional art center and internationally recognized public art gallery at Queen’s University. The center has adapted to deliver many virtual interactive experiences during the pandemic, including lecture series and digital exhibitions. On Friday, June 4, 2021, the center will host an online

History News Politics Traffic

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Stefan Strangman 0 Comments building design, City of Kingston Act, downtown Kingston, ferry building, Frontenac Heritage Foundation, hertiage architecture, historical architecture, Kimberly Thomas, Kingston, Lily Inglis, Mayor Denis Doyle, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO), new ferry terminal, new Wolfe Island Ferry, Ontario Street, preserving architecture, Shirley Bailey, The Tragically Hip Way, traffic, Wolfe Island, Wolfe Island Ferry, Wolfe Island Ferry terminal

A recent announcement has slated the Kingston Ferry Terminal demolition and construction to be completed by 2023. The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) has planned for a new passenger terminal to be built closer to the water, and a small administrative office and ferry staff parking lot near the

Books & Lit Events History News

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments Darryl Casselman, history, Juno Beach Centre Association, KFPL Live series, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL), online event, registration required, The Battle of Normandy, WWII, Zoom event

One of the pivotal events of WWII, the Battle of Normandy in 1944 was a massive operation by the Allied forces, commemorated worldwide in 2019 on its 75th anniversary. Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) is delighted to host Memory Project speaker Darryl Casselman in this online examination of Canada’s role in

Community History Lifestyle Opinion

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Kingstonist 0 Comments 1833, Cartwright House, Conway Cartwright, early feminist, early hospitals in Kingston, early schooling in Kingston, Female Benevolent Society, feminism, feminist, Harriet Dobbs Cartwright, history, King Street East, Kingston, opinion, poor children, Rev. Robert David Cartwright, Robert Cartwright, St. George's Cathedral, the settlement of Kingston, typhus, Upper Canada, Victorian era women, Widows' and Orphans' Friends Society

The following is a submitted article on Harriet Dobbs Cartwright, looking at her role as one of the Kingston area’s earliest feminists. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Kingstonist. The Cartwright house on King Street provides a window to the Kingston of 1833; it

City Hall History News

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February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments City of Kingston, COVID-19 protocols, exhibitions, Kingston City Hall, Market Wing, Market Wing Cultural Space, programs, Your Stories Our History

The newly renovated Market Wing in Kingston City Hall National Historic Site is scheduled to open to the public on a limited basis starting Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. The former administrative space is now accessible, and has been designed to house exhibitions and programs that combine history and the arts

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