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  • A House for Guidance: The Baitul Hadi Mosque and the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Community in Edmonton

    Dr. Nadia Kurd

    Introduction Located in the Ottewell neighbourhood, the Baitul Hadi Mosque (House of Guidance) has served the Ahmadi Muslim community in…

  • Tokens of Remembrance: Indigenous Faces in Edmonton’s Beaux Arts Architecture, 1907-1930

    Cole Hawkins

    Disclaimer: Due to the importance around the legal designation of Indian status, this article sometimes uses the term “Indian” to…

  • Place Renaming in Edmonton: A Constant in the City’s History

    Connor Thompson

    Renaming places in Edmonton has become a major point of public discussion with several renamings occurring, or being proposed, since…

  • Sam the Shoemaker: Cobbling Together Community

    Harma-Mae Smit

    It was the turbulent sixties. In the United States and Canada, teenage unrest was making headlines. Even in the small…

  • Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre: Architectural Masterpiece and Community Recreation Hub

    Tracey L. Anderson

    A Centennial Project  Coronation Park, in west central Edmonton, is a 35-hectare park named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation. Although small compared…

  • Happy Memories of the Centennial Children’s Library

    Amy Wong

    As the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) Shelley Milner Children’s Library reopened in September 2020 to become a new beautiful space…

  • Bonnie Doon in the 1950s – Community Map

    Bonnie Doon Community League

    Explore how Bonnie Doon grew and developed from farm land to its current status as an urban, mature city neighbourhood….

  • Pondering Pehonan

    Rob Houle

    In amiskwaciwaskahikan (Edmonton), when you examine the current state of Indigenous relations, initiatives and heritage, one cannot help but be…

  • The End of the World: From Found Space to Keillor Point

    Giselle General

    The summer of 2010 was a memorable time: I started dating my future husband, and I started exploring Edmonton’s river…

  • Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium: The Crown Jewel in Coronation Park

    Tracey L. Anderson

    Royal Beginnings Coronation Park is a 35-hectare park in west central Edmonton. It was named to honour Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953…

  • The Starlite Drive-In Theatre in Jasper Place

    Allie Quigley

    The concept of a drive-in theatre was first experimented in 1933 in New Jersey, though it soon spread to Canada…

  • Walking Back in Time: A Stroll Through My 1960s Jasper Place

    Greg Bounds

    This past year, while staying close to home during the COVID-19 pandemic and enjoying more neighborhood walks, my thoughts have…