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  • Tessie Oliva, a young Filipina woman, pictured in a nursing school graduation photo wearing a 1960s white nursing uniform.

    “She Can Move Mountains”: Tessie Oliva’s Impact on the Nursing Sector in Edmonton

    Giselle General

    In 2020, Giselle General discovered a museum exhibit honouring Tessie Oliva, a pioneering Filipino-Canadian nurse who supported immigrant nurses in Alberta. Oliva’s decades of work included founding the Filipino Nurses Association in Alberta, advocating for Internationally Educated Nurses, organizing large-scale recruitment from the Philippines, and fighting for permanent residency for newcomers—cementing her legacy in Edmonton’s healthcare and immigrant communities.

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  • Edmonton Streetcar 33: The Highs and Lows of a Public Transit Vehicle

    Adeline Panamaroff

    Relying only on volunteer labour, the need to fabricate many of the mechanical and structural parts from scratch, as well as [funding grants from] which did not come on a constant schedule, this rebuild of Edmonton streetcar No.33 took over a decade to complete. 

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  • Shadows, Shade, and Sunshine

    Oumar Salifou

    In its 1966 annual report, the City of Edmonton Parks and Recreation Department described its purpose as facilitating “the development…

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  • Filipino Pioneers of Edmonton

    Ida Beltran Lucila

    The 1952 Immigration Act introduced a points system that brought about the entry of professionals to fill labour gaps in Canada.

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  • Colours of the Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan Sikh Parade

    Gagan Kaur Hoonjan

    If you come to Mill Woods on the Sunday of Victoria Day long weekend, you’ll join thousands of people coming…

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  • THE HILL: The Secret Edge of Downtown

    Darrin Hagen

    MacDonald Drive has overlooked the river valley from Edmonton’s earliest incarnation, marking the south edge of downtown, a steep bank…

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  • Wong Bark Ging 黃柏振 : A History of My Father’s Market Gardens

    Ging Wei Wong 黃景煒

    One hundred years ago my father stepped onto Canadian soil for the first time. It wasn’t until he passed away…

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  • Cariwest: The Caribbean Community’s Gift to Edmonton

    Donna Coombs-Montrose

    CARIWEST – Caribbean Arts Festival was introduced to Edmonton in 1984. It was created by Western Carnival Development Association (WCDA)…

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  • Once a Teacher, Always a Teacher

    Jeannette Austin-Odina

    My journey towards becoming an educator started in my childhood with time spent under a mango tree at my home…

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  • Edmonton’s Caribbean Journey

    Donna Coombs-Montrose

    The flights touched down at a Canadian International Airport bringing scores of eager Caribbean nationals, their suitcases packed with their…

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  • Vivacious Caribbean Teachers

    Etty Shaw-Cameron

    During the 1960s, school jurisdictions in Alberta advertised for teachers in leading newspapers and at teacher training colleges in the…

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  • 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…

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