May 18, 2021 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research
Jill Delaney, Lead Archivist, Photography, Private Archives, Library and Archives CanadaMay18, 2021 I write this blog from the unceded traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg (Algonquin) peoples in Ottawa, Ontario. The historical photographs discussed in this post...
Apr 27, 2021 | MLP News, MLP research
Shahira Khair, Data Curation Librarian at the University of Victoria Libraries | April 27, 2021 As our lives become increasingly digital through our growing reliance on digital tools for communication, work and entertainment (which has only accelerated through the...
Mar 4, 2021 | MLP News, MLP research
by Spencer Rose | Mar 4, 2021 The Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) collection is a vast visual record of ecosystem changes in Canada’s mountains. With more than 120,000 high-resolution historical photos spanning the 1860s through the 1950s, along...
Jan 5, 2021 | MLP News, MLP research
Smoky view south over regenerating forest from the 2003 Lost Creek Fire. Courtesy: Kristen Walsh Kristen Walsh, January 5 2021 To mark the dawning of the new year, we draw your attention to wildfires in mountain landscapes and signs of renewal in Waterton Lakes...
Jul 14, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research
Have you ever come across towns whose very presence on the landscape hint at multiple stories and complex histories? Perhaps it’s the façade of a particular building that doesn’t quite fit with the more modern design of its neighbours. Or maybe it’s the sinuous way...
Jun 23, 2020 | Historic photos, MLP News, MLP research
By Mary Sanseverino, June 23, 2020 Just last week on June 16 two intertwined articles, both about landscape change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, came out. Both were published under the auspices of the Nature Research family of journals, one of the world’s...
