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You don‘t have time to read through endless volumes of history books, you want to be a historic know-it-all now! Heritage Bytes explores the history, heritage, and culture, of Canada‘s 6th largest city. Each episode gives you a byte sized slice of the history of Mississauga from the beginnings over 10,000 years ago through milestones in history such as the War of 1812, the World Wars, and the development of a city through the amalgamation of lost villages. We look at the historic people, places, and events, that define our city today, including peering into the Darker Side of our history. Join us as we explore the historic connections to Mississauga and each other.
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On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we follow the 2nd Regiment of York Militia, also known as Thompson's Company, a group of living history enthusiasts who, through research and living history, recreate the lives of soldiers and civilians of historic Mississauga during the War of 1812.
Thompson’s Company functions, in part, as an educational component of Heritage Mississauga by participating in community events, functions and through reenactments. Members come from across Peel Region representing a range of ages and walks of life.
Drill sergeant, Bert Jagoda, is drilling the company on the manual of arms, formations and field exercises, and the platoon firing exercises for their upcoming season. The 2nd York members are keen to dust off the rust and get back to public events with educational, entertaining, and historically accurate reenactments.
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music:
Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we welcome Heritage Mississauga intern student Daston Babakan to speak about his research on early Chinese immigrants to historic Mississauga during the period of Chinese Exclusion in Canada (1923-1947). He traces local trends and stories discovered through his research to understand the day-to-day lives of these residents by examining their family, spiritual and work lives. This research is ongoing and we look forward to discovering more about our Chinese community in the future. If you have any memories or information regarding this topic in Mississauga's history, please reach out to resource@heritagemississauga.org
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music:
Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we invite Orlinski Museum curator Robert Stanczyk onto the program as we celebrate Polish Heritage Month. We discuss key moments in Polish history and how Polish Canadians have impacted the City of Mississauga.
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music:
Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Sauga 50-for-50: How the Stonehookers Saved Port Credit
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
It has been said that Toronto was built on Dundas Shale. A careful look at the foundations of buildings erected in Toronto (and in Port Credit) prior to 1910 often reveals stone foundations. In an age before the ready availability of concrete, a constant supply of building stone was essential. Beginning in the 1840s and lasting until just after the First World War, the Lake Ontario waterfront between the Credit River and Burlington Bay was busy with those engaged in mining the shallow waters for shale and loading the stone onto small sail-driven vessels known as stonehookers.
This week on Sauga 50-for-50, we feature the story of how the Stonehookers turned Port Credit from what had seemed like a steadily declining village into a booming economy in the mid-1800s. This podcast is narrated by Ross Noel, Richard Collins, Justine Lyn, and Matthew Wilkinson, with recordings by the late Lorne Joyce and music by the late Leonard Walsh.
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music:
Dundas Shale by Leonard Walsh (1956 - 2013)
Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Sauga 50-for-50: The Bird Lady of Mississauga is...
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we are pulling out from our vaults an interview with one of the most influential women in Mississauga during the 20th century.
Bernice Inman-Emery was a well-known wildlife rescuer who operated the Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary on Mississauga Rd. for 25 years. Winding Lane became a destination for school trips, where students learned how to care for injured birds and to respect wildlife. She took over the running of the sanctuary from the world-famous ornithologist Roy Ivor, who established Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary.
She was known as the "Bird Lady of Mississauga", by locals because she knew her birds and animals so intimately that her life became interwoven with those of the animals she cared for. She was famous for nursing animals back to health when others said they would never recover. Her pleas for us to simply care resonate with us so deeply even all these years later.
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music: Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Sauga 50-for-50: Lorne Park
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, Dorothy Patchett Williams, former resident of Lorne Park, Mississauga, tells of the Lorne Park she grew up with in a reading from Journey to the Past: The Lost Villages of Mississauga by Heritage Mississauga.
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music: Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Sauga 50-for-50: The Curious Case of the Ship in a Bottle
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, Justine Lyn and Melissa Toste delve into the curious case of a ship-in-a-bottle. But this is no ordinary ship-in-a-bottle. A bottle from the vineyards of Cooksville, a ship named "Toronto", an enemy of the state, a brickyard, a humble Erindale General Store and a vivacious teacher all come together to make this one of the most fascinating... and strange... artifacts in Mississauga's history!
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music: Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Sauga 50-for-50: A Chat with Ben Madill
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
This week, we wanted to travel back in time and have a chat with a beloved former resident of Mississauga, Ben Madill. Ben Madill epitomized a lifetime of giving and is fondly remembered and well respected in Mississauga’s heritage community. He regaled generations with his stories and knowledge of the “old days” of Britannia, of farming, of life in a one-room schoolhouse in the midst of what is now the City of Mississauga.
Ben’s extensive knowledge of farming techniques, including rope making and woodworking, were exceptional – equaled only by his love for sharing his knowledge with young and old. Before his passing in 2013, Heritage Mississauga sat down to ask Mr. Madill about his memories and his life growing up in historic Mississauga. So sit back and relax as Ben Madill takes us back to Old Britannia, this time on Sauga 50-for-50.
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music: Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Sauga 50-for-50: Commemorating Cultural Heritage
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
This week on Sauga 50-for-50, we want to celebrate and commemorate the people and stories that make up the city of Mississauga. But why is this so important?
Some of the greatest people we meet, just happen to be those we love the most. But there hasn’t always been a way to capture their legacy. Until now. Heritage Mississauga is giving you the opportunity, to record your story or the story of someone you love. So that their lasting history lives on and can be preserved for future generations. Everyone has a story. From the Indigenous Mississaugas to the early settlers whose toil shaped this modern landscape to those who arrived in Canada only yesterday. At Heritage Mississauga, it’s our job to record those stories. We believe in celebrating our cultural heritage. We believe everyone’s story matters. And we look to you, to help us find those stories or to tell your own. We want the story of Mississauga to not be one of just city buildings, suburbia, and street names, but of the people, faces and stories, of those who live here.
To tell your story, email us at outreach@heritagemississauga.org
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music: Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Sauga 50-for-50: This is Dundas Street
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
This week on Sauga 50-for-50, Historian Matthew Wilkinson and Heritage Mississauga Executive Director Jayme Gaspar, with special guest Omar El Sharkawy, invite you down Dundas Street. As you go about your day, you may be unaware of the history that lies directly beneath your feet. This is a story of Dundas Street in Mississauga- one of the earliest surveyed routes of travel in the province of Ontario.
In late 2020 until April of 2021 Omar El Sharkawy underwent a project on the colonial connections of road names in Mississauga, under the oversight of Historian Matthew Wilkinson of Heritage Mississauga. This week, Matthew and Omar discuss Mississauga's Council decision to keep the name Dundas in Mississauga and the historic, present, and future impact of this decision. Matthew and Omar explore the history of the naming of the street, the controversy around renaming Dundas, and the possible implications of renaming such a historic street. They also look at Dundas Street’s place in how we understand the historical landscape in Ontario, Mississauga, and the GTA.
Omar El Sharkawy is a recent graduate of the history program at the University of Toronto. His interests are in the histories and historiographies of the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and world revolutions, with particular attention to themes of decolonization.
For more information, see below:
Colonial Connections and Naming Mississauga by Omar El Sharkawy for Modern Mississauga: https://www.modernmississauga.com/main?author=60e5981823121b15b1792b3a
Ask a Historian: Exploring Colonial Connections to Street Names in Mississauga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pf7qA8wCVc&t=1185s
To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with new upcoming podcast episodes.
Music: Cojonudo by Esteban Maxera Cuarteto