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Heritage Week 2026: Making Heritage Accessible - Preparing Reports
Posted on Friday, February 20, 2026 04:01 PM
The third week of February marks Heritage Week in Ontario, during which we celebrate heritage in all its forms and how it is conserved, promoted, and commemorated for generations to come. This week we have taken the opportunity to celebrate the theme of ‘Making Heritage Accessible’ by showcasing the efforts being made to make heritage resources available for all to learn from. One of the ways the Department of Museum and Culture makes heritage resources accessible is through the L.R. Wilson...
Archives Awareness Week Presents "Port Colborne High School Yearbooks: The Tattler"
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2025 01:29 PM
The L.R. Wilson Heritage Research Archives staff is proud to present for Archives Awareness Week our new online exhibit, “Port Colborne High School Yearbooks: The Tattler.” When the high school was celebrating its centennial in 2023, we received a request to make its yearbooks accessible online.
To bring this project to fruition, over 70 yearbooks had to be scanned page by page at a high resolution, and then had to be uploaded to the Our Ontario website. The Port Colborne Historical and
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