Daveography 🇨🇦 May 26

"You fought for women’s right to vote, to pursue higher education, and to combine a career and marriage. You debunked the myth that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote because their literacy rate was lower than men’s. You used your position as education convenor for the National Council of Women to promote lifelong learning."

ECAMP: “More than a prize scholar or bookworm”: The Leadership and Legacy of Dr. Geneva Misener
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/05/20/more-than-a-prize-scholar-or-bookworm-the-leadership-and-legacy-of-dr-geneva-misener/

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Daveography 🇨🇦 May 4

I know a lot of white colonizers look the same (including fictional ones), but you can't tell me that this isn't Kier Egan.

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Daveography 🇨🇦 May 2

Great but difficult read from ECAMP.

As important as it is to know and share history worth celebrating, now more than ever we must remember the ugly parts of our history too.

Edmonton, Alberta, and Canada are built on a whole lot of racism by a whole lot of racist people. We must learn and acknowledge that before we can hope to pretend we're past it (we aren't, not even close).

https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/05/01/sustained-opposition-to-black-immigration/

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Daveography 🇨🇦 Mar 25

"It is hard to believe that even the greatest March Madness teams could ever compile a winning record superior to that of the Edmonton Grads.

The Grads took part in more than 400 games between 1915 and 1940 and lost only 20, giving them a win ratio in excess of 95%"

The Guardian: Were the all-conquering Edmonton Grads the most dominant team of all time?
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/24/were-the-all-conquering-edmonton-grads-the-most-dominant-team-of-all-time

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Were the all-conquering Edmonton Grads the most dominant team of all time?

The Canadians were described by basketball’s inventor as his sport’s finest team. And they competed at a time when female athletes were often dismissed

The Guardian
Daveography 🇨🇦 Mar 25

How A-Channel TV workers fought for dignity and a first contract

"In December 2024, ECAMP presented a story from a former A-Channel employee who decided to cross the picket line during a strike there. Adrian Pearce – a former employee who helped lead their union local through the strike – submitted this story in response."

ECAMP: Station of Broken Promises
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/03/25/station-of-broken-promises/

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Station of Broken Promises

Previously, ECAMP presented a story from an A-Channel employee who decided to cross the picket line during the 2003-4 strike. Adrian Pearce – a cameraman who helped lead the strike – submitted this response. Read what the strike was like for workers who held the line for 166 days.

Edmonton City as Museum Project ECAMP
Daveography 🇨🇦 Mar 12

"The Laura Lindsay show was the first woman-to-woman program in the province designed to provide homemaking ideas, recipes, fashion and sewing tips, as well as interviews with interesting people, especially performers passing through. [...] Laura showed “There was life beyond home and children.”"

ECAMP: Laura Lindsay, First Lady of Daytime TV in Alberta from 1955-68
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/03/11/laura-lindsay-first-lady-of-daytime-tv-in-alberta-from-1955-68/

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Laura Lindsay, First Lady of Daytime TV in Alberta from 1955-68

When Sunwapta Broadcasting first produced local television in Edmonton in 1954, CFRN aimed daytime programs at the homemaker audience. Laura Banks was the popular face of this programming from 1955-1968, under the stage name Laura Lindsay. Decades after her death, she remains well-loved by women who tuned in for her sewing and cooking demonstrations and celebrity interviews.

Edmonton City as Museum Project ECAMP
Daveography 🇨🇦 Feb 11

"In 1932, Edmonton had the best women’s basketball team in the world: the Edmonton Commercial Graduates. The Grads had been national champs since 1922, North American champs since 1923, and World champs since 1924. Teams wishing to challenge for the North American title had to travel to Edmonton for a two-game, total-points series."

ECAMP: Women Wanted to Work, and Win: The Grads Take Flight
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/02/11/women-wanted-to-work-and-win-the-grads-take-flight/

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Women Wanted to Work, and Win: The Grads Take Flight

In 1932, Edmonton had the best women’s basketball team in the world: the Edmonton Commercial Graduates. But it looked like they’d have to miss a charity game that May in Calgary – they’d never be able to get there in time after work. Until, that is, the Grads’ coach rallied supporters to strap some seats into the back of two little aircraft and make history.

Edmonton City as Museum Project ECAMP
Vintage EdmontonJan 30

January 30, 1912 and a Eastern 'Pipe Dream' Describes Vintage Edmonton:

http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2025/01/january-30-1912.html

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January 30, 1912

Articles, photos, ads, audio, and film from Edmonton, Alberta's history

Daveography 🇨🇦 Jan 29

"In 1853, the Braroes shipping furs from Fort Edmonton combined their voices to argue with their superiors. It was called a Combination: not quite a strike, not quite a mutiny, but very much a show of strength and unity."

ECAMP: The Company and the Combination: Collective Bargaining at the River’s Edge
https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2025/01/28/the-company-and-the-combination-collective-bargaining-at-the-rivers-edge/

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Vintage EdmontonJan 29

January 29, 1976 and Mayor Terry Cavanaugh Gives Gordie Howe A Farewell Elbow at Vintage Edmonton:

http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2025/01/january-29-1976.html

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January 29, 1976

Articles, photos, ads, audio, and film from Edmonton, Alberta's history