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2021

1. A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia

A co-production:听Museum of Vancouver (MOV), University of British Columbia, Chinese Canadian Museum Society of BC

Co-curators:听Denise Fong, Viviane Gosselin, Henry Yu

is two connected exhibitions exploring Chinese immigration in British Columbia. Located in the community and in a traditional exhibition space, the project explores Chinese migration from multiple viewpoints using voices and artifacts from the public. Based on deep research and extensive community consultation and collaboration, 鈥淎 Seat at the Table鈥� is accessible and engaging. Food is a key part of the story and provides a through line for both projects, which invites visitors to 鈥榯ake a seat鈥� and engage with home video, personal stories, artifacts and public art projects. The project strikes an effective balance between challenging histories of racism and discrimination, and stories of resilience and vibrant community life. Visitors are also invited to record their personal stories as or with Chinese Canadians, providing a connection to contemporary experiences and creating an oral history archive for future researchers. Combined, the mutli-modal storytelling, community partnerships and compelling 3-D experience make 鈥淎 Seat at the Table鈥� an exceptional exhibition experience.

2. Awakenings

Umbereen Inayet and Cheryl Blackman, Awakenings, Toronto History Museums.

a multimedia series from the City of Toronto Museums, using music, art and performance to explore under-represented histories. Delivered online, the ambitious project features artists, performers and historians ruminating on the inter-connected histories of Torontonians of different ethnocultural and class backgrounds. It shows how places and stories seemingly connected to White settler colonial histories, have erased the presence of racialized people. 鈥�,鈥� a film by Karimah Zakia Issa鈥� draws a connection between 19th-century publishers William Lyon Mackenzie and Mary Ann Shadd Cary. In the film, a contemporary activist moves through the Mackenzie King House in downtown Toronto, pulling Shadd Cary back into the narrative of rebellion and protest that is located at the historic site. Videos also explore histories of race and racism through explorations of , identity, , and culture. Awakenings succeeds as a public outreach project because it connects hidden histories to contemporary debates about race and colonialism, creatively engaging the public in a dialogue about past, present and future.

3.听Landscapes of Injustice

Jordan Stanger-Ross, lead investigator & Michael Abe, project manager

is a multifaceted project about the history of displacement and dispossession of Japanese Canadians. The byproduct of an impressive partnership of academic and non-academic organizations and practitioners, Landscapes applies best academic public history research and dissemination practices to bear on the problem, identifying the scope of dispossession in hopes of helping Japanese Canadians recover from these losses. The project presents a series of and online content that connect archival material to living Canadians, showing how people continue to be touched by dispossession. Other outputs of the project include a , for educators, and an . Combined, this is an excellent example of historians expanding the footprint of their research beyond traditional publications to publicly-engaged projects.

2020

Public History Prize – 2020

1. Know History
Historic M茅tis Communities Video Project

The Historic M茅tis Communities Video Project is a well-produced series of seven documentary short films that is by the communities and for the communities. The collaborative work of Know History, the M茅tis Nation of Ontario, and SandBay Entertainment, each three-act film highlights a M茅tis community in Northern Ontario, its origins, challenges, and connections to the contemporary M茅tis community.

The jury commends the team, which designed the project as an educational tool for grades six to ten, for the community-focussed and engaging approach to telling these complex histories through film, and how these histories are rooted in both the voices of community members and archival records.

2. Team: Stacey Zembrzycki (Dawson College); Nancy Rebelo (Dawson College); Eszter Andor (Montreal Holocaust Museum); Anna Sheftel (Saint Paul University); Philip Lichti (multimedia production); Joyce Pillarella (booklet graphic design); Caroline K眉nzle (translation); and Antonia Hern谩ndez and Corina MacDonald (graphic design and web development).

Survivors: Ted Bolgar; Fishel Goldig; Paul Herczeg; Muguette Myers; George Reinitz; Tommy Strasser; Musia Schwartz; Renata Skotnicka-Zajdman; and Sidney Zoltak.
Refugee Boulevard: Making Montreal Home After the Holocaust

Driven by community outreach and oral histories, Refugee Boulevard: Making Montreal Home After the Holocaust is an audio tour of six child survivors who came to Montreal through the War Orphans Project in 1948. Developed by researchers at Dawson College, the Montreal Holocaust Museum, Saint Paul University, and survivors, the tour is rooted in strong scholarship, while linking the past to the present and future through community outreach and collaborative research methods.

The tour is well crafted and can be followed easily in-person or using online mapping services, such as Google Streetview. As such, it is an effective demonstration of how digital resources and methodologies can expand and enrich more traditional forms of public history. Survivors鈥� personal anecdotes provide a depth to the content that is supported by a strong narrative framework and the supplementary booklet.

3. Canadian War Museum
Second World War Discovery Box

The Second World War Discovery Box is a hands-on learning experience that is available free to any classroom in Canada for a two-week loan. The boxes are comprised of a curated selection of both original and reproduction artifacts from the Canadian War Museum, and are supported by digital resources including historical overviews, archival materials, personal stories, and lesson plans. The Discovery Box takes the museum experience out of Canada鈥檚 capital, bringing it to learners across the country.

The committee was impressed by how the content of the Second World War Discovery Box is based on strong scholarship, while presented in a way to make historical practice adaptable across age ranges. This promotes the best practices of historical thinking for teachers and students, and as such it reflects the important cross-fertilization between public history and history education.

2019

Aanischaaukamikw, Cree Cultural Institute, Footprints: A Walk through Generations

Footprints: A Walk through Generations听is a superior example of public history. Both in how it was assembled and circulated, this exhibit epitomizes the best practices from the field. It also shows the potential for public history to contribute to broader societal issues such as public health and social justice.

2018

No prize competition was held in 2018.

2017

Graphic History Collective听with Paul Buhle,听Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle.听Between the Lines.

If one of the goals of Public History is to engage directly with an audience, the Graphic History Collective with Paul Buhle hit the mark with their collaborative anthology of nine short comics.听听Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle听is an excellent blend of high level scholarship, Labour History,听and captivating art that shows how Public History can embrace different media in innovative ways.

2016

2015

Susan Roy (University of Waterloo); Larissa Grant, Terry Point, Leona Sparrow, and Jason Woolman (Musqueam First Nation); Viviane Gosselin (Museum of Vancouver); Susan Rowley and Jordan Wilson (Museum of Anthropology, UBC). c虛蓹sna蕯蓹m: the city before the city.

The project is a series of exhibitions at the Museum of Vancouver, the Musqueam First Nation Cultural Resources Centre, and the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia. By exploring the history of Vancouver from the point of view of the Musqueam First Nation, this collaborative and dynamic project offers a critical reflection on city building, colonialism and dispossession, museum collecting practices, Indigenous activism, and Indigenous landscapes in the urban metropolis.

This series of exhibits explores the history of Vancouver from the point of view of the Musqueam First Nation. It is a collaborative and dynamic project which offers a critical reflection on city building, colonialism and dispossession, museum collecting practices, Indigenous activism, and Indigenous landscapes in the urban metropolis.

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2014

Ronald Rudin, Philip Lichti, and Archinodes. Returning the Voices to Kouchibouguac National Park.

This online website repatriates the voices of residents from seven New Brunswick communities who were removed from their lands in the 1970s to create Kouchibouguac National Park. The map created to facilitate the removals is reworked into an accessible online navigational tool that allows the user to locate memories of place within the park鈥檚 boundaries. In its multi-media presentation of audio memories, videos of the park, and still photographs, Returning the Voices sets a new standard in design for producing historical narratives of place.
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2013

James Opp, Anthony Whitehead and Will Knight, 鈥淩ideau Timescapes鈥�. A free downloadable app for Apple iOS.

This innovative iPhone application takes its users on a journey through the past, allowing them to interact with the visual heritage of lockstations along the historic Rideau canal. GPS technology allows visitors of the lockstations to overlay the past and present views. The unique Timescape view allows them to witness the changes in the landscape through time. By combining historical documentation and technology, the creators of this tool have made an outstanding contribution to public history, in the process creating a platform that can be used in contexts other than the Rideau Canal.

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2012

Aaron Floresco and Rhonda Hinther, 鈥淭he Oldest Profession in Winnipeg: The 鈥楻ed Light鈥� District of 1909-1912鈥� (Documentary film by Past Perfect Productions, 2011)

This engaging documentary film tells the provocative story of Winnipeg鈥檚 Red Light district in the early twentieth century. The filmmaker, Aaron Floresco, deftly combines strong historical content with an impressive array of creative elements鈥攈istorical re-enactment, music, advanced editing of archival photographs and documents; animated maps; and interviews with experts. The writers, Floresco and Rhonda Hinther, effectively use the records of a commission of inquiry as the basis for their storyline, drawing out the character and perspective of police, prostitutes, 鈥渏ohns,鈥� and brothel operators. The result is a high-quality production that makes this controversial moment in Winnipeg鈥檚 past inviting and accessible to a wide public audience.

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2011

Ronald Rudin. Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie: A Historian鈥檚 Journey through Public Memory.

The winner of the inaugural Public History Prize is Ronald Rudin, for his project Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie: A Historian鈥檚 Journey through Public Memory. Published by the University of Toronto Press, the book explores the commemorations and collective memory of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Acadie and the 250th anniversary of the deportation of the Acadians. Adopting a highly innovative approach as an 鈥渆mbedded historian,鈥� Rudin conducted interviews with a wide range of peoples 鈥� Acadians, Anglophones, and First Nations 鈥� and he draws on his own personal reflections on the formation of public memory. Rudin鈥檚 remarkable project also includes an accompanying web site and a documentary film, Life After 脦le Ste-Croix, which are integrated with his book. By combining film, internet, and print, Rudin has created an outstanding and thought-provoking contribution to public history that challenges the field鈥檚 traditional boundaries.Honourable MentionHeather MacDougall. Making Medicare: The History of Healthcare in Canada, 1914-2007. Canadian Museum of Civilization Social Progress Web Gallery, http://www.civilization.ca/medicare Heather MacDougall鈥檚 Making Medicare exhibition in the Canadian Museum of Civilization Social Progress Web Gallery is an eye-catching, bilingual, and comprehensive narrative of the gradual development of Canada鈥檚 hospital and medical services insurance programs. This web component of more than three hundred windows is impressive, for it allows a general audience to navigate with ease through a timeline spanning over ninety years and within categories detailing the various economic, social, and political actors and factors that shaped Canada鈥檚 medical system. Of note is the educational tool designed for students and teachers to further enhance their understanding of this history. The Committee is extremely pleased to honour this thoroughly researched and highly accessible work that makes an important contribution to the fields of public history and health care.

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2015

Les laur茅ats 2015 sont : Susan Roy (University of Waterloo); Larissa Grant, Terry Point, Leona Sparrow et Jason Woolman (Musqueam First Nation); Viviane Gosselin (Museum of Vancouver); Susan Rowley et Jordan Wilson (Museum of Anthropology, UBC). c虛蓹sna蕯蓹m: the city before the city.

Cette s茅rie d鈥檈xpositions est au Museum of Vancouver, au Musqueam First Nation Cultural Resources Centre et au Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia et 茅tudie l鈥檋istoire de Vancouver du point de vue de la Premi猫re nation Musqueam. Elle est un projet collaboratif et dynamique qui offre une r茅flexion critique sur l鈥檜rbanisme, le colonialisme et la d茅possession, les pratiques de collections mus茅ales, l鈥檃ctivisme autochtone et les paysages autochtones dans la m茅tropole urbaine.
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2014

Ronald Rudin, Philip Lichti, et Archinodes, Le retour des voix au parc national Kouchibouguac.

Ce site en ligne redonne les voix des r茅sidents de sept collectivit茅s du Nouveau-Brunswick qui ont 茅t茅 s茅par茅s de leurs terres dans les ann茅es 1970 dans le cadre de la cr茅ation du parc national Kouchibouguac. L鈥檕util de navigation accessible en ligne permet 脿 l鈥檜tilisateur de localiser des souvenirs dans les limites du parc et a 茅t茅 con莽u 脿 partir de la carte qui a 茅t茅 cr茅茅e pour faciliter les d茅logements. Le projet 茅tablit une nouvelle norme dans la conception de r茅cits historiques des lieux.

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2013

James Opp, Anthony Whitehead and Will Knight, 鈥淩ideau Timescapes鈥�. (Une application qui peut 锚tre t茅l茅charg茅e gratuitement sur l鈥檌Phone d鈥橝pple)

Cette application innovante iPhone permet aux utilisateurs de faire un retour dans le pass茅 et d鈥檌nteragir avec le patrimoine visuel des postes d鈥櫭ヽlusage qui longent le canal historique Rideau. La technologie GPS permet aux visiteurs des 茅cluses de superposer les vues pass茅es et pr茅sentes. L鈥檕util unique Timescape View leur permet d鈥檕bserver l鈥櫭﹙olution du paysage au fils du temps. En associant technologie et documentation historique, les cr茅ateurs de cet outil ont apport茅 une contribution exceptionnelle 脿 l鈥檋istoire publique et, dans le processus, ont ainsi cr茅茅 une plate-forme pouvant 锚tre utilis茅e dans d鈥檃utres contextes que celui du canal Rideau.
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2012

Aaron Floresco et Rhonda Hinther. 鈥淭he Oldest Profession in Winnipeg: The 鈥楻ed Light鈥� District of 1909-1912鈥� (r茅alis茅 par Past Perfect Productions, 2011)

Ce documentaire captivant raconte l鈥檋istoire provocante du quartier du 芦 Red Light 禄 de Winnipeg au d茅but du vingti猫me si猫cle. Les cin茅astes ont su combiner adroitement le contenu historique avec un impressionnant 茅ventail d鈥櫭﹍茅ments cr茅atifs : reconstitution historique, musique et techniques avanc茅es de montage de photographies et documents d鈥檃rchives; des cartes anim茅es du quartier; et des entrevues avec des experts. Les sc茅naristes, Aaron Floresco et Rhonda Hinther, se sont servi avec efficacit茅 des dossiers d鈥檜ne commission d鈥檈nqu锚te pour faire ressortir les perspectives des diff茅rents acteurs de l鈥檋istoire, tels la police, les prostitu茅es, les prox茅n猫tes et les surveillantes de bordels. Il en r茅sulte une production cin茅matographique qui fait de ce pass茅 controvers茅 de Winnipeg une 艙uvre all茅chante accessible 脿 un large public.

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2011

Ronald Rudin. Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie: A Historians Journey through Public Memory.

Le r茅cipiendaire du Prix inaugural en histoire publique est Ronald Rudin pour son projet intitul茅 Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie: A Historians鈥� Journey through Public Memory. Le livre, publi茅 par University of Toronto Press, explore les comm茅morations et la m茅moire collective du 400e anniversaire de la fondation de l鈥橝cadie et du 250e anniversaire de la d茅portation des Acadiens et des Acadiennes. En adoptant un r么le tr猫s innovateur 脿 titre d鈥櫬� historien int茅gr茅 禄, Rudin a men茅 des entrevues aupr猫s de diff茅rentes personnes 鈥� des Acadiens et Acadiennes, des Anglophones, des Autochtones 鈥� et il s鈥檌nspire de ses r茅flexions personnelles sur la formation d鈥檜ne m茅moire collective. Le projet remarquable de Rudin inclut 茅galement un site Web correspondant et un film documentaire, Life after 脦le Ste-Croix, qui s鈥檌nt猫grent 脿 son livre. En associant film, Internet et texte imprim茅 dans son ouvrage, Rudin a cr茅茅 une contribution remarquable 脿 l鈥檋istoire publique qui suscite la r茅flexion et qui conteste les pratiques traditionnelles existantes dans le domaine.

Mention honorable

Heather MacDougall. La lutte pour l鈥檃ssurance maladie : L鈥檋istoire des soins de sant茅 au Canada, de 1914 脿 2007, Galerie du progr猫s social du Mus茅e canadien des civilisations, http://www.civilization.ca/medicare. L鈥檈xposition La lutte pour l鈥檃ssurance maladie de Heather MacDougall pr茅sent茅e sur la Galerie du progr猫s social du Mus茅e canadien des civilisations est une narration accrocheuse, bilingue et compl猫te du d茅veloppement graduel des programmes d鈥檃ssurance maladie dans les h么pitaux et les services m茅dicaux du Canada. Cette composante Web comportant plus de trois cents pages est impressionnante, car elle permet 脿 un auditoire g茅n茅ral de naviguer facilement 脿 travers un calendrier qui s鈥櫭﹖end sur plus de quatre-vingt-dix ans et 脿 travers des cat茅gories qui exposent en d茅tail les diff茅rents acteurs principaux et facteurs 茅conomiques, sociaux et politiques qui ont form茅 le syst猫me m茅dical canadien. Il convient 茅galement de mentionner que cet outil p茅dagogique est con莽u pour permettre aux 茅l猫ves et aux enseignants et enseignantes d鈥檃ccro卯tre leur compr茅hension de cette facette de l鈥檋istoire. Le comit茅 est tr猫s heureux d鈥檋onorer cet ouvrage bien document茅 et hautement accessible qui apporte une contribution remarquable aux domaines de l鈥檋istoire publique et des soins de sant茅.