Alternative Heritage Moments DRAFT Callout

Historians are dangerous people. They are capable of upsetting everything.” -Nikita Khrushchev

Call out for Submissions (written, audio, video, creative expression), Members, Partner Groups, Sponsors and Support

Interested in the other side of History ? Want to make use of the dozens of essays you wrote in univesity or highschool ? The Alternative Heritage Moments Project is working to open up dialogue and discussion, as a backdrop for action regarding the parts of Canada's past we don't often hear about. We look to bring stories of dissent and oppression into the light, exposeing these roots of our country.

Using word of mouth, written word, local radio, video, art and other forms creative expression, combined with good research, and collabrative editing we hope to share these stories with the world.

Check out the beginings of our website at heritagemoments.ca or contact heritagemoments@gmail.com to find out more.

Short Term Goals

Short Zine

We are looking to publish a second edition of the Alternative Heritage Moments Zine. A small magazine containing short essays of approximately 500 words providing windows into some of the other areas of Canada’s lesser known history.

Radio Minutes

Do you remember those television shorts and one minute radio blurbs talking about moments in Canadian history. “Dr. Pentfield I smell burnt toast”, or Marshal McLuhan “the medium is the message”, or Jennie Trout ripping the leaf of the naked picture of a man in medical school. Some of these have been burned into our memory as children, and are used as teaching tools in history classes. We are hoping to use this format to produce radio and video moments to distribute on local radio stations and the internet.

Collaborative Website

We are developing collaboratively built and edited webspace to act as a contact point and a studio where research can be posted, topics can be discussed. The space will act as an online community gathering point and a place were we can reference the work we have done and where we encourage people to be skeptical.

Long Term Aspirations / Ideas, Open to Suggestions

Developing history presentations, going into schools, university classrooms, community centers, churches, and parks doing presentations on the material we have collected, and the stories that have been written.

Develop a National Network of radical storytellers who work on remembering, recounting and representing lost history of the past and documenting the history of today. Perhaps linked from a common webspace.

Using these forms or representation and others to develop educational resources for individuals, schools, families etc.

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