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Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2025
April 25, 2025
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Over 475 people of all ages volunteered for the WDM last year, giving over 20,000 hours of their time. From working with artifacts to leading tours, each WDM volunteer’s contribution…
Taking Charge of Health – A Brief History of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Saskatchewan
February 24, 2025
While working on our ongoing Fire Code Compliance Project, Arden, one of our volunteers, and I were busy inventorying another batch of artifacts. As we went through the items, we…
Names, Numbers and Narratives: Hidden Stories in City Directories, a Three-Part Series. Part 3
February 3, 2025
Saskatoon
Growing up, I loved looking through the Sears catalogue, especially around the Christmas holiday season. I made my wish list for the holidays, dreaming of the toys plastered on the…
Names, Numbers and Narratives: Hidden Stories in City Directories, a Three-Part Series. Part 2
January 27, 2025
Saskatoon
How often do you read the terms and conditions on a website when creating a user profile? If I am honest, I do not thoroughly read the terms; I scan…
Names, Numbers and Narratives: Hidden Stories in City Directories, a Three-Part Series. Part 1
January 20, 2025
Saskatoon
When was the last time you pulled out a phone book, a city directory, or an address book with a carefully curated list of friends and family phone numbers? Some…
Behind The Scenes in Collections Storage – Improving Artifact Storage
January 14, 2025
The Curatorial & Corporate Services Centre is embarking on a large-scale collections project to implement critical upgrades in artifact storage to meet fire code regulations. This work will ensure that…
Celebrating International Volunteer Day 2024: A Tribute to WDM Volunteers
December 4, 2024
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Over 450 people of all ages and from over 70 communities in Saskatchewan (and a few from beyond our borders!) volunteered for the WDM last year. From working with artifacts…
The Restoration of Saskatoon Municipal Railway Snow Sweeper #200: The Edmonton Radial Railway Society and a piece of WDM History
November 21, 2024
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
This summer, I had the pleasure of spending the day with members of the Edmonton Radial Railway Society (ERRS). Our morning started in their restoration and operations barns at Fort…
Behind the Scenes – Managing Artifact Documentation at the WDM
October 2, 2024
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Did you know that every WDM artifact has a file of documents held centrally in the WDM’s Corporate Office in Saskatoon? Artifact files hold documents such as donation agreements, photographs,…
Memory Mondays – Types of Transportation
August 5, 2024
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
For this month’s Memory Mondays, we’re looking at some photos showing different types of transportation from the WDM’s photographic collections. This undated photo shows the Carlton Ferry on the North…
