In motion, we are still

September 11-22, 2023

On our website
– 70+ profiles of Portuguese-Canadian individuals and organizations
– 80 digitized artifacts (including 3D) crowdsourced from community members
– 15 annotated virtual tours of locations in Toronto, Guelph, Caledon, and Montreal
– 75 short documentaries from RTPi, NFB, and other sources
– Several audio recordings from interviews with participants
– Illustrated timeline of Portuguese-Canadian history with over 300 entries
– Interactive map of businesses and services in Toronto’s Little Portugal
– Digitized historical records from public archives and private collections
– Several videos made by community members, including students
-Infographics on various statistics related to the Portuguese diaspora in Canada

In our exhibition
– 12 display walls reflecting on various aspects of Portuguese-Canadian history
– Screens showing archival news footage and documentaries
– A selection of artifacts crowdsourced from community members with QR-code activated labels
– Artwork by Portuguese-Canadian artists

This website and exhibition is an initiative of the Embassy of Portugal in Canada to commemorate the 70th anniversaries of Portugal-Canada diplomatic relations in 2022 and the beginning of Portuguese mass migration to Canada in 2023. It is sponsored by the Camões–Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua and the Labourers’ International Union of North America’s Local 183, and produced by Tempo Historical Consulting.