Join the Edmonton City as Museum for two immersive walking experiences this summer! Our Curiosity Tours bring Edmonton’s past to life.
Ukrainian Ties Explore Ukrainian heritage in McCauley and Central McDougall neighbourhoods through sensory experiences—taste traditional pastries, smell connecting scents, and feel handwoven textiles by local artists. Visit St. John the Baptist Cathedral and the Ukrainian Cultural Centre while discovering the enduring Ukrainian presence in our city.
Departs from: Gazebo by parking lot in Central McDougall Park (10950 – 106 NW) Ends at: Ukrainian Cultural Centre/Trembita Arts School (11018 – 97 St NW)
Tours available June 18 – August 16, 2025: Wednesdays 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM and Saturdays 1 PM – 3 PM
Strikes, Struggles and Success Discover working-class stories of Edmontonians who built our city. Learn about Indigenous labour history, the pemmican industry, women workers at Great Western Garment factory, immigrant contributions to infrastructure, and key strikes including the amusing 1947 Chocolate Bar Strike. Taste modern pemmican and make your own protest signs!
Starts and ends at: Main entrance of Royal Alberta Museum (9810 103a Avenue NW)
Tours available June 19 – August 16, 2025: Thursdays 6 PM – 8 PM and Saturdays 10 AM – 12 PM
Tour Details:
- Distance: 2.5-3 kilometers each
- Duration: 2 hours
- Accessibility: Sidewalks with street crossings, mostly level terrain
- Limited seating available at most stops
- Regular ticket price: $15 (free for kids under 12), Free during Media Preview Tours
Note: Some nearby streets will be closed intermittently for construction. Check current disruptions at edmonton.ca/transportation/current-traffic-disruptions
We run tours rain or shine, so dress for the weather and bring water and sunscreen! Events will only be cancelled in case of extreme weather or air quality warnings (in which case we will provide full refunds).
Questions? Email ecamp@edmontonheritage.ca
- Rohalyky pastries provided by Don’ya Ukraine’s Kitchen
- Association of United Ukrainian Canadians – Edmonton Branch
- Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
- St. John’s Cultural Centre
- Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Alberta Branch
- St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
- Lawrence Herzog, “St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral,” Edmonton City as Museum Project, July 14, 2015
- Elizabeth Holinaty – Artist profile with Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts
- Theodora Harasymiw, painter and mosaic artist
- Bohdan Kordan, Peter Melnycky, “In the shadow of the Rockies: Diary of the Castle Mountain internment camps, 1915-1917,” CIUS-Archives, accessed June 19, 2025
- “Ukrainians in Alberta: Early History,” Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, accessed June 19, 2025
- Peter Krawchuk, Interned Without Cause. Kobzar Publishing Company, 1985
- “Ukrainian Canadian History and Settlement,” Canadian Encyclopedia, accessed June 19, 2025
- Myrna Kostash, All of Baba’s Children. Hurtig Publishers, rep. NeWest Press, 1978
- “St. Josphat’s Is Scene Of Mulawak-Konash Nuptials,” Edmonton Journal, January 25, 1955, 21
- Chris Chang-Yen Phillips, “Episode 33: Kalyna Country,” Let’s Find Out Podcast, April 25, 2019
- Charney, Anne. Dobryd. New Press, 1973.
- Potrebenko, Helen. No Streets of Gold: A Social History of Ukrainians in Alberta. New Star Books, 1977
- Fair trade chocolate provided by Camino
- Pemmican provided by Mitsoh
- Finkel, Alvin “Waltzing With the Angels: The Metis Ironworkers Who Built Edmonton’s Downtown,” Edmonton City as Museum Project, November 5, 2024
- Brown, Jocelyn, Margaret Crang: The Life of Labour’s Leading Woman Activist in Depression Alberta. Alberta Labour History Institute, 2021
- “Strike Situation Goes Ominous,” Edmonton Journal, May 9, 1935, 1
- “Making of Pemmican on Large Scale New Industry at Calder,” Edmonton Journal, May 24, 1924.
- “Edmonton Boasts Pemmican Factory,” Edmonton Journal, Jan.10, 1929.
- “Federal Plant to Manufacture Pemmican Here,” Edmonton Journal, Sept. 6, 1923.
- Cole, Catherine C., GWG: Piece by Piece. Goose Lane Editions, 2012.
- Monto, Tom, Protest and Progress: Three Labour Radicals in Early Edmonton, Self-published, Tom Monto, 2012.
- Finkel, Alvin, The Great Labour Revolt, 1919. Alberta Labour History Institute, 2019.
- Plawiuk, Eugene, The Edmonton General Strike of 1919, Libcom.org, September 21, 2007
- And Still, We Rise: A Black Presence in Alberta, late 1800s – 1970s (Virtual Exhibit), Edmonton City as Museum Project
- Coombs-Montrose, Donna, “The Porter: Building a Better Canada for All,” Edmonton City as Museum Project, February 16, 2021
- Markewicz, Lauren. “Like Distant Thunder: Canada’s Bison Conservation Story,” Elk Island National Park, July 3, 2018
- Colpitts, George. “Food Energy and the Expansion of the Canadian Fur Trade,” in Powering Up Canada: A History of Power, Fuel, and Energy from 1600. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016.
- Colpitts, George. Pemmican Empire: Food, Trade, and the Last Bison Hunts in the North American Plains, 1780-1882. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Callihoo, Victoria. “Our Buffalo Hunts,” Alberta Historical Review 8 no. 1 (Winter 1960): 24-25
- Maria Dunn’s song about the Edmonton Hunger March of 1932: “We Were Good People”
- Canadian Labour Defense League, The Alberta Hunger-March. Edmonton: C.L.D.L. Hunger March Defense Committee, 1936.
- Roy, Cathy. ALHI Tour of Edmonton Working Class Heritage Buildings. Alberta Labour History Institute, 2023.