Entries by Joanne Linka

Boxing Day Parade, 1873

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by Monica Hammond The British Columbia Protestant Orphans’ Home was successful in raising money to operate the Home. On Boxing Day 1873, it held a fundraiser of a different sort. […]

The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes

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by Gyneth Turner You won’t notice them until you look closely… Rae has kaleidoscope eyes.  Pretty shades of brown, like the fizzy buzz of root beer, the darker hue of […]

Not Just for Orphans

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by Monica Hammond The children who lived at The British Columbia Protestant Orphans’ Home were not just those who had no living parents. Single mothers and grandparents who simply were […]

The Early Days of The Home

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by Monica Hammond Many of the men who came through Victoria on their way to the Fraser River gold rush left children behind. The Sisters of St. Ann took in […]

Blue Sheet Club

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by Greg Goldberg — Founder of The Blue Sheet Club The Blue Sheet Club is a group that meets weekly at Mary Cridge Manor, and is a program of The Cridge Centre […]

Racism in early Victoria

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by Monica Hammond 35 Africans who were on board the steamship Commodore, which pulled into Victoria Harbour in April 1858, decided to make Victoria their home. Edward Cridge visited the […]