Gabrielle Bossy
Honouring the Treaties with Neil Young at Massey Hall (January 13th 2014)
Just last night, I had the amazing opportunity to see Neil Young perform live at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario in the single most...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Dec 10, 2013
- 4 min
The Legacy of The Tillson Legacy
Recently I launched a new project called The Tillson Legacy. It is another WordPress site that tells the story of E.D. and Mary Ann...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Dec 6, 2013
- 7 min
John Lennon's Peace
For most people, the most impactful events in life are those where one can remember where they were when they heard the news. In my own...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Dec 5, 2013
- 2 min
Sell, Sell, Sell Yourself!
Picture yourself presenting a piece of work to your classmates whose sole responsibility is to criticize it and make it much, much better....
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Dec 3, 2013
- 4 min
Moving Along with Layar & the Tillson Legacy
The Tillson Legacy is now moving into its final phases and you can check it out by clicking here. However if you would like just a little...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Dec 1, 2013
- 1 min
Making Gains with Layar
Over the past couple of weeks I have been working on the second half of my digital history project on Annandale National Historic Site. ...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Nov 18, 2013
- 3 min
Teaching History Digitally
The 2013 Canadian History Forum showcased some great panelists speaking on the topic of teaching history via digital means. In...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Nov 11, 2013
- 4 min
The Poppy: A Fluid Symbol for Hope
November 11th is a day of solemnity, reflection and thankfulness for one’s freedom. Leading up to this day, red poppies adorn the coats,...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Nov 9, 2013
- 3 min
A Week Immersed in Architecture
Several times this week people have asked me “So…what’s new?” To be honest I had no idea to answer the question seeing as I, along with...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Nov 4, 2013
- 2 min
Pinning Down the Visuals of History
The above image is a screenshot of a photo I recently pinned on the website HistoryPin. For those of you who don’t know, HistoryPin...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Nov 2, 2013
- 2 min
Things You Should Know About Wearing a Poppy
Today I had a conversation with a fellow public historian, Steph Johns, about poppy etiquette. She shared a story with me from last year...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 25, 2013
- 4 min
The Potential of a Photograph: A look at the influence of photo manipulation
For me, the readings by Errol Morris this week which discussed photo manipulation, its power and the lengthy process of detecting it made...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 21, 2013
- 2 min
Map Tiler: A Whole New GIS World
Okay so to get my hands dirty in GIS (for those of you who don’t know, GIS stands for Geographical Information System) methods, this week...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 18, 2013
- 2 min
Friday Historical Trip: Huntsville & Bracebridge, Ontario
Now that I’ve entered the Public History program, I’ve really been noticing how many of the buildings that we enter on a day to day basis...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 13, 2013
- 2 min
History Meets the Future: A Friday Historical Trip tony Best Friend's Proposal
Let me set the scene. It’s a beautiful fall Friday afternoon at Cranberry Creek Gardens and I am driving my friend Lucy along with her...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 5, 2013
- 3 min
Oil Springs: Step Back to See the Future
Yesterday, my class visited the Canadian Oil Museum in the village of Oil Springs to learn about the beginning of the modern oil industry....
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 2, 2013
- 4 min
Ushering the Non-Participants
After three summers of working at a museum who is constantly visited by the same crowd of loyal followers, the question of how to attract...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 2, 2013
- 3 min
Using Textual Analysis in a Professional Setting
In in Monday’s Digital History course we explored the various ways that text analysis and topic modelling are being used to understand...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Sep 30, 2013
- 2 min
SERENDIP-O-NO?!: MY TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS WITH SERENDIP-O-MATIC
Just recently, I was directed to the website Serendip-o-matic which uses words, key phrases or big sections of your own text to pull...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Sep 24, 2013
- 4 min
The History of Only a Moment
At a recent talk by Claire Campbell, I was taken by her idea that too many heritage sites depict only a moment in time rather than a full...
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