Public history
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RTPi’s “Hora dos Portugueses” to continue for a third season
The daily show “Hora dos Portugueses” on Portugal’s international TV and radio broadcaster RTPi/ RTP1/ RDP, will continue for a third season, from January to December 2017. Together with Pedro Rodrigues, Luis Moreira, Daniela Costa (Toronto), and Marta Raposo (Montreal), I will continue my work as a co-producer, content editor, researcher, and reporter dedicated to showcasing Portuguese immigrants…
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“Oh Famous Race!” New article in The Public Historian
My latest article came out in the University of California Press’ and National Council on Public History’s journal The Public Historian, 18: 1 (February 2016): 18-47. It examines the transnational and international politics and motivations behind the Eurocentric campaigns of Portuguese American heritage advocates to memorialize the sixteenth-century navigators Miguel Corte-Real and Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo…
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PCHP featured in York U promo video
Follow this link to watch a York University (Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections) promotional video that I have contributed to.
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Reportagem sobre o passeio histórico do PCHP | PHLC na RTPi/OMNI TV
O magazine comunitário Canadá Contacto, co-produzido pela RTPi (Lisboa) e a OMNI TV (Toronto) fez uma reportagem sobre o passeio histórico realizado pelo Projeto de História Luso-Canadiana e a Heritage Toronto no dia 7 de junho em Toronto. Siga o link em baixo para visionar o episódio. The weekly show Canadá Contacto, co-produced by RTP…
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Heritage Walk photos
Great turnout on Saturday morning to listen to Susana, Raphael, Emanuel and I talk about the history of Portuguese immigrants in Toronto and their sites of home, play, work, religion, politics, etc. Here are some photos of the “making of” and actual walk.
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Heritage Walk online companion and new PCHP website content
I have put together an online companion for the Heritage Toronto Walking Tour “Portuguese Toronto”, taking place on June 7 (see here for more). Participants will able to access the PCHP website through their mobile devices to look at photos related to the locations and themes discussed at each stop. There is also a summary…
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PCHP & Heritage Toronto walking tour, June 7
On June 7, starting at 10am, I’ll be leading a Heritage Toronto walking tour, together with my PCHP colleagues, dedicated to the history of Portuguese immigrants in the city. START POINT: Bellevue Square Park, 5 Bellevue Ave. Meet in NE corner of park, near Augusta Ave and Denison Sq FINISH POINT: Trinity Bellwoods Park, corner…
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Article in Living Toronto journal: “Portuguese Politics in the City”
My article on the online journal Living Toronto came out today. Check it out: “Portuguese Politics in the City: Toronto’s invisible cities and political participation”
Gilberto Fernandes 