Sarah Carlson

Museum enthusiast, avid traveller, wine lover 🍷 & explorer of art, architecture, culture & heritage 🌎 Program Manager @VanHeritage, @UBC & @UCL alum

[Historica Canada @HistoricaCanada]

WATCH: Our newest #HeritageMinute celebrates Paldi, BC, an inclusive and multicultural community founded by South Asian Canadians.

[Getty @GettyMuseum]

What reminds you of home?

For artist Yasmine Diaz it's yellow wallpaper, Yemini honey, and cassette tapes filled with recorded messages from her loved ones.

Diaz shares the importance of preserving these messages, no matter where you call home.
https://t.co/s3P9asuxxY

[Historica Canada @HistoricaCanada]

Check out our NEW Black History in Canada Education Guide! Explore the complex histories and lived experiences of Black Canadians. The guide presents an overview of the more than 400-year history of people of African descent in Canada. Download it here:

[SCOUT Magazine @scoutmagazine]

Whatever you call them — corner stores, mom-and-pop shops, confectionaries, grocery stores, or simply “the store” — the places featured in the latest 'You Should Know About' series once served as local gathering spaces and encouraged a sense of community: https://t.co/esUwlm4Rze

[Disney Animation @DisneyAnimation]

It's the anniversary of Cinderella! ✨ Watch how a multiplane camera scene comes together with this look from the Walt Disney Animation Research Library. Stream Cinderella on #DisneyPlus.

[Museum of Anthropology at UBC @MOA_UBC]

Cultural sharing can be a fun way to build a better path forward. In the new documentary, 'Heartbeats' by two #UBC students, they explore the shared traditions of drumming, dance and storytelling between Irish and Indigenous cultures. https://t.co/6WVAfXqujL via @UBC_LE

[UniversityOfVictoria @uvic]

Fran Morrison, Director of BC Black History Awareness Society, discusses the history of Black settlers in B.C. in her talk, Black Histories of British Columbia. #BHM2023 @UVicSocialSci

🗣️ Wed, Feb. 8 - 2:00-1:30 pm - Hybrid event

Register now: https://t.co/S6tYncTtbL

[Historica Canada @HistoricaCanada]

Civil rights activist Viola Desmond died on this day in 1965 at the age of 50. Today, she is remembered for challenging racial discrimination when refusing to leave the Whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, NS. Watch her #HeritageMinute to learn more.

[Canada's History @CanadasHistory]

Our most popular episode of History Bits is Remembering Africville. It tells the story of how the city of Halifax bulldozed a Black settlement that had stood for 150 years. They destroyed a community but not its spirit. #BlackHistoryMonth #Africville https://t.co/aV0vkbxDw2

[Living London History | Jack Chesher @livinglondonhis]

St Ermin’s Hotel in Westminster was used during WW2 by secret agents in the Special Operations Executive, otherwise known as Churchill’s Secret Army. Find out more in this week’s new blog post 👉 https://t.co/0k8UpkVr2C

[UBC IRSHDC @ubcirshdc]

"Canada is marking the first National Ribbon Skirt Day on Wednesday – an event inspired by an Anishinaabe girl who was shamed for wearing one to school several years ago."
https://t.co/Je6UbcdiEQ

[Sophia Bush @SophiaBush]

@_jaysonpsmith “Tiny Beautiful Things” by @CherylStrayed is the greatest manual for vulnerability and grieving and healing that I’ve ever found. I read it once a year at minimum.

This is also a wonderful resource complete with work you can do to move through this moment https://t.co/WJxCzrTDcj

[Vancouver Heritage Foundation @VanHeritage]

Since 2011, PTM has celebrated & raised awareness about the lesser known people, places & events that matter to Vancouver’s past, present & future. Over 93 plaque presentations have taken place across the city. Here's a few things about the program that we think are cool!👇

[sitesconscience @SitesConscience]

Remembering past and contemporary human rights issues, the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience transforms past struggles into channels of growth, changing the world one memory at a time.

Happy International Human Rights Day!

[Kids in Museums @kidsinmuseums]

The @ArtsConnectWM Challenging Conversations report found heritage staff were concerned about the no. of ‘challenging & sensitive’ topics they had to discuss with young audiences.

Our latest resource is designed to support your work in this area ➡https://t.co/e2tKhZ6P0W

[Canadian Museum for Human Rights @CMHR_News]

December 2 is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. For more than 200 years slavery existed here - something many Canadians don't know.

You can help change that by sharing this story. https://t.co/j6LJnlWBx6

[ngx @ngxinteractive]

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights unveiled a digital version of a residential school monument, the Witness Blanket, in Vancouver. The Witness Blanket shares the stories of indigenous children at residential schools. https://t.co/Fuvtb24wHv

[Sarah Carlson @sec1189]

Great article featuring the newest public art installation on #TheWALL ‘Home Edition’ by Jeffery Chong @VanHeritage @cbc_archives @CBCVancouver #JJBeanCoffee @CityofVancouver #PublicArt

[Christopher Cheung ✍️ (Find me on Bluesky!) @bychrischeung]

A chambermaid shot at a hotel, the CBC, almond cookies, suburban belonging, racist neighbours — all coalesce in this photo of the Chong family's 1964 living room in Collingwood, about to be demolished after housing four generations over 63 years. @TheTyee
https://t.co/QFWqGecSm6

[UBC IRSHDC @ubcirshdc]

October 4 is the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The IRSHDC honours the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two spirit, and gender-diverse people.
#MMIWG2S #MMIGActionNow #Sisterinspirit