Websites

Ethnohistory Field School with the Stó:lō

The Ethnohistory Field School is a fabulous opportunity for history and other graduate students to live and work in partnership with the Stó:lō – the indigenous people who have made the Fraser River Valley and Fraser River Canyon home for thousands of years. It is a partnership between the University of Victoria, the University of Saskatchewan, the Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre, Stó:lō Nation and the Stó:lō Tribal Council.
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History

Co-originator and project co-director of a non-profit internet-based teaching project based at the University of Victoria. Its goal is to engage university and high school students in an exciting problem-solving activity while it teaches about the main themes, regions, and social groups in Canadian history and the critical thinking skills used in constructing a history. Students do not just learn about history -- they do it--creating a coherent narrative from non-consecutive and often contradictory sources. The series now has three websites and contemplates a total of 13 bilingual sites.
Auto-biographies

An archive of first person accounts of their family's relationship with the automobile drawn from student projects in the university's "Social History of the Automobile Course."
Victoria’s Victoria

This web site focuses on Victoria, Canada, during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Slow Scholarship

You have likely heard of the “Slow Food Movement” -- the momentum of diners, chefs, gardeners, vintners, farmers and restaurateurs who have taken a critical look at how our society has shifted to a position where for most, food is something to be consumed, rather than savoured, to be served up and eaten “fast” on the way to doing something else. “Slow Food,” by contrast, is something to be carefully prepared, with fresh ingredients, local when possible, and enjoyed leisurely over conversation around a table with friends and family.

“Slow Scholarship” is a similar response to hasty scholarship. Slow scholarship, is thoughtful, reflective, and the product of rumination – a kind of field testing against other ideas. It is carefully prepared, with fresh ideas, local when possible, and is best enjoyed leisurely, on one’s own or as part of a dialogue around a table with friends, family and colleagues. Like food, it often goes better with wine.
History on the Edge

A collection of sites focused on Vancouver Island history.
Colonial Despatches

This digital archive contains the original correspondence between the British Colonial Office and the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. This project aims to digitize and publish online a complete archive of the correspondence covering the period from 1846 leading to the founding of Vancouver Island in 1849, the founding of British Columbia in 1858, the annexation of Vancouver Island by British Columbia in 1866, and up to the incorporation of B.C. into the Canadian Federation in 1871.
Governor’s Letters

The Governor’s Letters website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created in 1871.
Fort Victoria

This site is focused on Fort Victoria from 1846 to 1850.