{"id":446,"date":"2017-05-09T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/?guid=0cba7747fd8ebff9da0ff1d28308be4b"},"modified":"2017-05-23T22:48:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T22:48:38","slug":"canada-150-a-history-of-people-places-and-practices-at-alloway-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2017\/05\/09\/canada-150-a-history-of-people-places-and-practices-at-alloway-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada 150+\u2026 a history of people, places and practices at Alloway Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fuxbridgefair.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F12%2FCanada-150-logo.png&amp;f=1\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/images.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fuxbridgefair.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F12%2FCanada-150-logo.png&amp;f=1\" width=\"193\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">2017 marks the sesquicentennial (150 years) of Canada\u2019s Confederation. Yet what we know today as Canada stretches far beyond that historic event, and is made up of a rich and diverse tapestry of cultures, languages, and traditions spread across nearly ten million square kilometres of land.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Alloway Library\u2019s summer assistant, Madeline Gallard, has selected books from the collection that capture a small part of Canada\u2019s history, and presents a vision of what Canada may look like in the years to come.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Start your 150+ commemoration with these and other resources from Alloway Library<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/images.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fuxbridgefair.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F12%2FCanada-150-logo.png&amp;f=1\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/images.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fuxbridgefair.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F12%2FCanada-150-logo.png&amp;f=1\" width=\"193\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>2017 marks the sesquicentennial (150 years) of Canada&rsquo;s Confederation. Yet what we know today as Canada stretches far beyond that historic event, and is made up of a rich and diverse tapestry of cultures, languages, and traditions spread across nearly ten million square kilometres of land.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Alloway Library&rsquo;s summer assistant, Madeline Gallard, has selected books from the collection that capture a small part of Canada&rsquo;s history, and presents a vision of what Canada may look like in the years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Start your 150+ commemoration with these and other resources from Alloway Library<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PcsH-7c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11585,"url":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2026\/02\/10\/black-history-month-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":446,"position":0},"title":"Black History Month- 2026","author":"Jennifer Sheen","date":"February 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Black History Month at TWU In recognition of the importance, impact, and contributions of Black history and culture on a global, national,and local scale,\u00a0 we honour the rich and diverse heritage of Black people and their contributions to our society. 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