This year’s partnership with the UTSC Nearby History class was amazing!  Nearby History is a service learning course, led by Professor Chris Berkowitz, where students are partnered with local organizations to experience working in public history and providing assistance to the organization.  

Working with the Scarborough Archives, UTSC student volunteers from the Nearby History course created an Archival Guide focusing on pre-settlement Indigenous History resources. In conjunction with the Guide, students also catalogued all the material in the Scarborough Archives collection pertaining to Indigenous history.

The resulting Pre-Settlement Indigenous History Collection includes information on archaeological sites, educational material and other research materials.  Please check out the outstanding work done by these UTSC students both in cataloguing the collection and creating an online accessible resource for the website. 

Thanks to Professor Berkowitz, UTSC students and Scarborough Historical Society volunteers who made this project so successful.