The RCRM Speakers Series is a program launched by The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in early 2020. The goal of the program is to engage with patrons by means of academic research across the country. Scholars of history or history buffs, well-known authors or museum curators were invited for a talk of their choice. For the inaugural year, two anniversaries are in focus: 120 years since the Battle of Paardeberg, during the South African War and the 75th anniversary from the end of the Second World War. The monthly talks were recorded live. Guest speakers accompanied their talks with images, moving or still; voice overs were added to clarify the use of support material as necessary. When it was possible, the Question(s) and Answer(s) at the end of the presentation are included. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared only two weeks before the third event, which forced us into a different approach. The third event of the series was cancelled, but the program continued in April 2020 as an audiovisual production streamed live on the museum YouTube channel. Program Director Mark Vogelsang from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology recorded the public events.
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The RCRM Speakers Series is a program launched by The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in early 2020. The goal of the program is to engage with patrons by means of academic research across the country. Scholars of history or history buffs, well-known authors or museum curators were invited for a talk of their choice. For the inaugural year, two anniversaries are in focus: 120 years since the Battle of Paardeberg, during the South African War and the 75th anniversary from the end of the Second World War. The monthly talks were recorded live. Guest speakers accompanied their talks with images, moving or still; voice overs were added to clarify the use of support material as necessary. When it was possible, the Question(s) and Answer(s) at the end of the presentation are included. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared only two weeks before the third event, which forced us into a different approach. The third event of the series was cancelled, but the program continued in April 2020 as an audiovisual production streamed live on the museum YouTube channel. Program Director Mark Vogelsang from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology recorded the public events.
A Cenotaph for the Community: How Londoners Have Remembered the First World War
RCRM Speakers Series - Season 1
40 minutes
4 years ago
A Cenotaph for the Community: How Londoners Have Remembered the First World War
Season 1, Episode 10 In the years following the First World War the citizens of London, Ontario raised local memorials to honour the generation who served in the war. Built in 1934, the most prominent local structure is the Cenotaph located at Dufferin Avenue and Wellington Street, but few Londoners are aware of its complicated and intriguing history. This last episode of the RCRM Speakers Series - Season 1 features Katrina Pasierbek, a PhD Candidate in History at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON. Katrina has taught myth, memory, and public history courses at Laurier and King's University College at Western University. An educator both inside and outside the classroom, Katrina also leads overseas battlefield tours of First and Second World War sites across England, Belgium, and France. Before enrolling at Wilfried Laurier, Katrina was a Public Programmer at our museum and today she will be talking about a familiar feature to London's residents: The Cenotaph at Victoria Park. Contributors: Mark Vogelsang Katrina Pasierbek Georgiana Stanciu The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
RCRM Speakers Series - Season 1
The RCRM Speakers Series is a program launched by The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum in early 2020. The goal of the program is to engage with patrons by means of academic research across the country. Scholars of history or history buffs, well-known authors or museum curators were invited for a talk of their choice. For the inaugural year, two anniversaries are in focus: 120 years since the Battle of Paardeberg, during the South African War and the 75th anniversary from the end of the Second World War. The monthly talks were recorded live. Guest speakers accompanied their talks with images, moving or still; voice overs were added to clarify the use of support material as necessary. When it was possible, the Question(s) and Answer(s) at the end of the presentation are included. The COVID-19 pandemic was declared only two weeks before the third event, which forced us into a different approach. The third event of the series was cancelled, but the program continued in April 2020 as an audiovisual production streamed live on the museum YouTube channel. Program Director Mark Vogelsang from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology recorded the public events.
