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  • After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Michael Phair – LGBTQ2S+ Activist and Community Leader

    Darrin Hagen

    As of this writing, Michael is one of the few men charged as a “found-in” to speak publicly on the…

  • After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Dr. Henri Toupin – Dignity in the Eye of the Storm

    Darrin Hagen

    Henri Toupin was born in Legal, Alberta, on March 15, 1923. He acquired his B.Sc. in 1947 from the University…

  • After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Millie – I’m Number One

    Darrin Hagen

    Paul Chisholm’s first contact with another gay man occurred as he hitchhiked out of Saskatchewan in the late 1960s. Legend…

  • The Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Igniting Four Decades of Activism

    Darrin Hagen

    After the Pisces Health Spa opened in Edmonton in 1978, word spread quickly that it was the best-kept gay bathhouse…

  • Woodward’s & the $1.49 Day Tradition

    Lawrence Herzog

    As a kid, I remember the downtown Woodward’s store as a treasure trove of sights, sounds, and smells. It was the…

  • A Brief History of the Edmonton Jewish Community

    Debby Shoctor

    Edmonton, Alberta was first incorporated as a town in 1892. At that time, there were about 700 permanent residents. Founded…

  • Buy It, Use It, Trash It: Changing Consumption & Growing Environmentalism in YEG

    Allie Quigley

    My name is Allie Quigley. I am a fourth-year history honours student from the University of Alberta, working with the…

  • Reverend McDougall’s 1871 Mission House: Epicentre of Edmonton’s Early Jewish Business Community

    Dylan Reade

    The year 2021 will be the 150th anniversary of the construction of Reverend George McDougall’s 1871 Methodist Mission House.  This important…

  • Finding Sophie’s Way

    Lea Storry

    Sophie’s Way is a twist of concrete winding up a short but steep hill in the Edmonton river valley. The…

  • Rev. Robert Rundle: The Missionary and his Cat

    Neil Cramer

    The history of missionaries as they relate to the development of post-contact Canada is long, complicated, and often very emotional,…

  • List of Edmonton’s Gay Bars

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read the 5-part series, The History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars Part 1: The Beginning Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 5: Into Today

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback, Part 3: The Long-Running & Part 4: The Expanding…