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  • When Polio Was in Edmonton

    Kassandra Milette

    It was late in October 1947 that the school year finally started. It is fair to say that a start…

  • Heritage Schools: Edmonton’s Surprising 1918 Influenza Epidemic Legacy

    Suzanna Wagner

    Would you be surprised if I told you that Edmonton’s schools were a more prominent contributor to Edmonton’s 1918 influenza…

  • 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.

  • Against the Law: the 1988 Nurses’ Strike

    Josephine Boxwell

    “The government can make all the laws they want, but they can’t stop people from going on strike… You could…

  • Vintage Royal Alexandra Hospital Nursing program

    Milestones – Vintage Yearbook Ads

    Curio Studio

      Over the course of Curio’s working relationship with the hospital, we discovered a tucked-away archive of early 20th century…