The last episode of the RCRM Speakers Series – Season 1 will feature Katrina Pasierbek, a PhD Candidate in History at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON. Katrina has taught myth, memory, and public history courses at Laurier and King's

Murder Comes to Westminster: The Killing of Pte. A. Buttery

Nov 17th, 2020 44m 14s

The RCRM Speakers Series has now reached Episode 9, with Doctoral Candidate in history, Heather Ellis. Heather completed her Honours BA at the University of Toronto in 2012 and her MA in History at the University of Waterloo under the supervisi

“You, Sir Frederick, Will be Chairman: Military Research and the NRC (1937-1941)”

Oct 15th, 2020 42m 48s

Grant Maltman, Curator of Banting House National Historic Site of Canada, is a graduate from The University of Western Ontario with more than 30-year experience in the cultural resource management and heritage presentation field. His journey st

Stanley Barracks. The Life and Times of Toronto’s Military Garrison

Sep 17th, 2020 58m 3s

For episode 7 of The RCRM Speakers Series, we have invited Dr Aldona Sendzikas to speak about “Stanley Barracks. The Life and Times of Toronto’s Military Garrison.” Dr. Sendzikas is an Associate Professor in the History Department at Western Un

Hard Labour: Beyond the Internet Search

Aug 13th, 2020 50m 36s

Before announcing episode 6 of The RCRM Speakers Series, the museum wishes to acknowledge all our loyal followers of this program. The past four months have brought changes and unrest, but they also opened large doors in the cyberspace. A big t

The Aerodrome of Democracy: The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Southwestern Ontario

Jul 9th, 2020 42m 15s

A graduate of University of Western Ontario with degrees in history and education, Michael Baker is the Manager of Museums and Archives for the County of Elgin. Michael is well known to the regional historians as the Collections Curator at Fans

First Canadian Army and the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps in April 1945

Jun 11th, 2020 40m 23s

In this episode, The RCRM Speakers Series brings forward the aftermath of German surrender on 8 May 1945. In the weeks following this event, the First Canadian Army switched from combat mode to a very different type of operations: the disarmame

Eagles over Husky: The Allied Air Forces and the Sicilian Campaign, 14 May to 17 August 1943

May 7th, 2020 48m 10s

Alexander Fitzgerald Black has an MA in Military History from the University of New Brunswick and another MA in Public History from the University of Western Ontario. He presently works as a historian with the Juno Beach Centre Association and

Canadian Protestant Rhetoric and the War in South Africa

Apr 17th, 2020 1h 7m

On February 21st 2020, The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum opened a new section in the permanent gallery featuring, amongst others, the First Contingent South Africa. This unit sailed overseas in support of the British Empire who had invaded two

Steve McQueen on a Motorbike: The Great Escape and Popular Culture

Apr 16th, 2020 52m 46s

Steve McQueen on a Motorbike: The Great Escape and Popular Culture is Jonathan Vance’s topic. John Sturges' Great Escape, a popular war movie from 1963 is Vance’s pretext to look deeper into how film productions distort, mislead, even fake, his

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