by Kate
I recently had the chance to research the YM-YWHA’s Active Service Centre for our boys in WWII. Run by young hostesses, this Centre provided entertainment like dances and splash parties for servicemen in need of a little distraction. I came across some newspaper clippings in the YM-YWHA archival collection that profiled a particularly unique outing offered by the ladies.
In the summer of 1944, over 90 Canadian veterans returned home after fighting in Italy and Normandy. [...]

Sarah Fischer, while born in Paris, spent her formative years growing up in Montreal, where she was to kick off a highly successful career as an opera singer on the international stage, whre she was known as a Canadian soprano. Good reviews of her performances abounded in the press, both [...]

Au terme de nos études en Techniques de la documentation, nous avons été accueillies aux Archives de la Bibliothèque publique juive (BPJ-A) afin de participer à la création d’un nouveau fonds d’histoires orales.  Ce projet s’insère dans la mission de BPJ-A de documenter l’histoire des juifs Montréalais. Ce fut un plaisir pour nous d’apprendre à connaître l`histoire de ces communautés entre autres, Séfarades.  Nous avons pu échanger avec des gens formidables qui ont partagé leurs [...]