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Heritage Bytes
by Heritage Mississauga
Welcome to Heritage Mississauga‘s new podcast Heritage Bytes!Heritage Bytes explores the history, heritage, and culture, of Canada‘s 6th largest city. Each episode gives you a byte sized slice of the history of Mississauga from the beginnings over 10,000 years ago through milestones in history such as the War of 1812, the World Wars, and the development of a city through the amalgamation of lost villages. We look at the historic people, places, and events, that define our city today, including peering into the Darker Side of our history. Join us as we explore the historic connections to Mississauga and each other.
Episodes
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Ask A Historian Holiday Special 2025 | Year in Review & What’s Ahead for Mississauga’s Heritage
Celebrate the season with a special Ask A Historian Holiday Episode on the Heritage Bytes podcast. In this year-end conversation, the staff of Heritage Mississauga look back on the highlights of 2025, share behind-the-scenes reflections on programs and projects, and look ahead to what’s coming in...
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Ask A Historian - Interview with the Museums of Mississauga on their new exhibit at the Adamson Estate: "A History Exposed"
In this episode we are joined by Amanda Barbosa and Maysoon Sheikh from the Museums of Mississauga as we explore the exciting news for the historic Adamson Estate, their new exhibit “A History Exposed: The Enslavement of Black People in Canada”, and the upcoming panel discussion featuring...
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WWII POWs in Cooksville: Unbottling the Mystery of Ship Models & Brickyard History
Discover the untold story of German merchant marine POWs held at the Cooksville Brickyard in Mississauga during WWII. In this episode, Heritage Mississauga Intern Zoe Arruda joins historian Matthew Wilkinson to explore the fascinating legacy of intricate ship models crafted in captivity. Who were...
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Why do Canadians celebrate Victoria Day?
Why do Canadians celebrate Victoria Day? What are Mississauga’s connections to Queen Victoria—and how did this royal holiday become a beloved May 2-4 long weekend filled with fireworks, street names, and hidden history? In this episode of Heritage Bytes, we uncover the surprising roots of…
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Ask A Historian: Exploring Wild Animals, Wild Parades and historic Zoos
Join us as we wander down memory lane and look at the animal side of history here in historic Mississauga. We will share stories of Miles Park Farm and Jungle Park Zoo, as well as the Calathumpian Parade and go in search of some bears.
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Ask A Historian: Tom Fournier and the 2025 History Symposium
Join us as we welcome Tom Fournier from the History Symposium where we chat about the 2025 conference that will take place at Clarke Memorial Hall in Port Credit, Mississauga on Saturday, March 1st!
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Ask A Historian with Professor Carlos Teixeira
Join us for Ask A Historian, featuring an interview with Professor Carlos Teixeira as we explore the history and story of early Portuguese settlement in Mississauga.
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Sauga 50-for-50: Happy Holidays from Heritage Mississauga
On this special holiday episode, the staff of Heritage Mississauga share their holiday traditions, and good wishes for the new year. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50…
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Sauga 50-for-50: Exploring Christmas Traditions...
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he explores the fascinating history behind popular Christmas traditions. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow Heritage Mississauga on social media @heritagemississauga and also follow #Sauga50for50 to stay up to date with...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Moments and Milestones with Mayor Carolyn Parrish
Join Heritage Mississauga's Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews City of Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish for our "Moments and Milestones" series, connecting to memories around the City of Mississauga's 50th Anniversary! To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Moments and Milestones with Ward 8 Councillor Matt Mahoney
Join Heritage Mississauga's Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews City of Mississauga Ward 8 Councillor Matt Mahoney for our "Moments and Milestones" series, connecting to memories around the City of Mississauga's 50th Anniversary! To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations,...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Moments and Milestones with Ward 3 Councillor Chris Fonseca
Join Heritage Mississauga's Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews City of Mississauga Ward 3 Councillor Chris Fonseca for our "Moments and Milestones" series, connecting to memories around the City of Mississauga's 50th Anniversary! To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary…
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Sauga 50-for-50: Moments and Milestones with Ward 10 Councillor Sue McFadden
Join Heritage Mississauga's Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews City of Mississauga Ward 10 Councillor Sue McFadden for our "Moments and Milestones" series, connecting to memories around the City of Mississauga's 50th Anniversary! To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary…
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Sauga 50-for-50: I Am Mississauga
What if Mississauga could talk and could tell us her stories? What tales would she tell and what would she remember? Mississauga has been involved in conflict from her outset, and has seen the terrible toll of war on her people. Hear her story of loss and remembrance, and remember for yourself.…
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Sauga 50-for-50: Moments and Milestones with Former Ward 9 Councillor Pat Saito
Join Heritage Mississauga's Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews Former City of Mississauga Ward 9 Councillor Pat Saito for our "Moments and Milestones" series, connecting to memories around the City of Mississauga's 50th Anniversary! To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Moments and Milestones with Heritage Mississauga President Douglas Hancock
Join Heritage Mississauga's Eden Tesfaye and she interviews Heritage Mississauga President Douglas Hancock for our "Moments and Milestones" series, connecting to memories around the City of Mississauga's 50th Anniversary! To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations, follow...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Who MURDERED Malton's Noah Eaton?!
The hunt is on for the killer of Noah Eaton, who has been found dead in his home in Malton, slain by his own axe laying beside the body. Villagers are appalled that something like this could happen in Malton and are appealing to influential people in their community for something to be done....
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Sauga 50-for-50: The MYSTERY of the Streetsville Ghouls...
A sinister crime has rocked the community of Streetsville, Ontario. The year is 1937 and the body of young Hayden Pope has been stolen right from his freshly dug grave. The grave robber (or robbers) goes by the pseudonym "The Streetsville Ghouls". Anyone in the sleepy town of Streetsville could…
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Sauga 50-for-50: Meet the SPIRITS of Dixie Union Cemetery
Take a walk through Mississauga's Dixie Union Cemetery (c.1809) where you will meet 13 spirits to learn about their lives, and possibly demise, set between 1840 to 1846. Can you figure out who was the Worthy Settler is? Email your answer to: [email protected] To stay up to date…
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Sauga 50-for-50: 50 years of Mississauga Memories and Moments with Councillor Stephen Dasko
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews past and present civic leaders and longtime residents on their memories over the last 50 years of the City of Mississauga. This episode we welcome City of Mississauga Ward 1 Councillor Stephen Dasko. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th...
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Sauga 50-for-50: The Bomb Girls of Small Arms during the Second World War
During the Second World War the demand for labour by wartime industries was high. Since many men in the labour force were enlisted in the armed forces, Small Arms Ltd. offered jobs to single women, married women without children, as well as young men who weren’t old enough to serve. These are the...
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Sauga 50-for-50: 50 years of Mississauga Memories and Moments with Councillor Brad Butt
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews with past and present civic leaders and longtime residents on their memories over the last 50 years of the City of Mississauga. This episode we welcome City of Mississauga Ward 11 Councillor Brad Butt. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th...
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Sauga 50-for-50: RARE recording of Dr. Martin L. Dobkin Community Park Opening (1992)
Dr. Martin L. Dobkin was elected on October 1, 1973, as the first Mayor of the new City of Mississauga, and served as Mayor from 1973 to 1976. He was the inaugural mayor of the newly amalgamated City of Mississauga, which had combined the former Towns of Mississauga, Port Credit and Streetsville....
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Sauga 50-for-50: 50 years of Mississauga Memories and Moments with Local Historian Richard Collins
Join Heritage Mississauga summer student Eden Tesfaye as she interviews past and present civic leaders and longtime residents on their memories over the last 50 years of the City of Mississauga. This episode we welcome local historian Richard Collins. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Explore Mississauga's LOST Credit Mission Village with Faith Rivers
Today on Sauga 50-for-50, we welcome onto the program Faith Rivers, a member of the Mississauga of the Credit First Nation, to remember the Mississauga's village on the banks of the Credit River, known as the Credit Mission, or the Credit Indian Village. It was located on the site of what is…
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Sauga 50-for-50: A RARE Look Back at Mississauga's Inauguration of the FIRST City Council (1974)
The City of Mississauga was incorporated on January 1st, 1974 with the amalgamation of the Towns of Port Credit, Streetsville and the Town of Mississauga. The first City of Mississauga election was held on October 1st, 1973 and the ceremonial inauguration of the newly formed City of Mississauga...
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Sauga 50-for-50: 50 years of Mississauga Memories and Moments with Councillor Martin Reid
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews past and present civic leaders and longtime residents on their memories over the last 50 years of the City of Mississauga. This episode we welcome City of Mississauga Ward 9 Councillor Martin Reid. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Moments and Memories with Former Councillor Dave Cook
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he interviews past and present civic leaders and longtime residents on their memories over the last 50 years of the City of Mississauga. This episode we welcome Former Councilor Dave Cook. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th Anniversary celebrations,...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Mississauga's Giants of Influence through History... Part 3
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he explores the life and times of some of Mississauga's greatest legends. In this series, Matthew will provide a chronological account of these legends' lives, their achievements and how they helped shape Mississauga as we know it today. In Part 3, Matthew...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Mississauga's Giants of Influence through History... Part 2
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he explores the life and times of some of Mississauga's greatest legends. In this series, Matthew will provide a chronological account of these legends' lives, their achievements and how they helped shape Mississauga as we know it today. In Part 2, Matthew...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Mississauga's Giants of Influence through History... Part 1
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he explores the life and times of some of Mississauga's greatest legends. In this series, Matthew will provide a chronological account of these legends' lives, their achievements and how they helped shape Mississauga as we know it today. In Part 1, Matthew...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Cooksville Brickyard's Forgotten History
Thousands of years ago glacial deposits of dense clay and sandy till mixed with the underlying shale to create an area near the modern intersection of Dundas Street and Mavis Road that would provide an economic boom in the early 20th century. This time on Sauga 50-for-50, explore the forgotten...
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Sauga 50-for-50: The Road to Confederation... I Am Mississauga
If Mississauga could talk, what would it say about Confederation more than 150 years ago? This week on Sauga 50-for-50, we hear from Mississauga up close and personal. In order of appearance, narrators include: Jake Dheer, Matthew Wilkinson, Merri Ferguson, Nicole N. Hanson, and Robert Smol. To...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Lighting the Sacred Fire with Mark Sault
What makes a Sacred Fire? A Sacred Fire is sacred because it is used as an Anishinabe traditional wellness approach. A Sacred Fire is an important part of Anishinabe spirituality, communication with the spirit realm, and our ancestors. It is a sacred practice meant to make individuals feel open,...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Exploring the Credit River with Carolyn King
This time on Sauga 50-for-50, explore an Indigenous perspective on the importance of the Credit River with Carolyn King. Carolyn has been engaged by government, colleges and universities, businesses and community organizations to do cross-cultural training sessions and presentations to help…
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Sauga 50-for-50: The Man who put the 'Q' in Q Park...
This week on Sauga 50-for-50, Historian Matthew Wilkinson and Traditional Knowledge and Land Use Coordinator for the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Darin Wybenga, answer a question from about who Quenippenon Meadows Community Park, known simply as "Q Park" to residents, is named after.…
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Sauga 50-for-50: Learn Your Treaties!
Join Historian Matthew Wilkinson as he explores Treaties 22 & 23 and the Racey Tract in Historic Mississauga. June marks National Indigenous History Month, and Heritage Mississauga would like to encourage Canadians to celebrate and learn more about the cultural identity and diversity of First...
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Sauga 50-for-50: 10,000 Years of Mississauga
This story tells the founding tale of Mississauga, rooted in the geological transformation of its landscape. Around 10,000 years ago, the region was covered by a massive glacier that eventually melted, forming the Credit River and reshaping the terrain. The melting glacier eroded rocks, and…
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Sauga 50-for-50: Mississauga's Lost Sheridan Village...
Join us for this week's podcast as we read from Heritage Mississauga's "The Lost Villages of Mississauga" publication on the village of Sheridan. The historic village of Sheridan grew around the intersection of Winston Churchill Boulevard and the Queen Elizabeth Way (formerly Middle Road)....
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Sauga 50-for-50: Mastering the 1812 Muster with the 2nd Regt. of York Militia
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we follow the 2nd Regiment of York Militia, also known as Thompson's Company, a group of living history enthusiasts who, through research and living history, recreate the lives of soldiers and civilians of historic Mississauga during the War of 1812. ...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Uncovering the Stories of Early Chinese Immigrants in Historic Mississauga
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we welcome Heritage Mississauga intern student Daston Babakan to speak about his research on early Chinese immigrants to historic Mississauga during the period of Chinese Exclusion in Canada (1923-1947). He traces local trends and stories discovered...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Polish Heritage in Mississauga... Celebrating Contributions with Orlinski Museum
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we invite Orlinski Museum curator Robert Stanczyk onto the program as we celebrate Polish Heritage Month. We discuss key moments in Polish history and how Polish Canadians have impacted the City of Mississauga. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th...
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Sauga 50-for-50: How the Stonehookers Saved Port Credit
It has been said that Toronto was built on Dundas Shale. A careful look at the foundations of buildings erected in Toronto (and in Port Credit) prior to 1910 often reveals stone foundations. In an age before the ready availability of concrete, a constant supply of building stone was essential....
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Sauga 50-for-50: The Bird Lady of Mississauga is...
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, we are pulling out from our vaults an interview with one of the most influential women in Mississauga during the 20th century. Bernice Inman-Emery was a well-known wildlife rescuer who operated the Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary on Mississauga Rd. for 25...
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Sauga 50-for-50: Lorne Park
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, Dorothy Patchett Williams, former resident of Lorne Park, Mississauga, tells of the Lorne Park she grew up with in a reading from Journey to the Past: The Lost Villages of Mississauga by Heritage Mississauga. To stay up to date with Mississauga's 50th...
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Sauga 50-for-50: The Curious Case of the Ship in a Bottle
On this week's episode of Sauga 50-for-50, Justine Lyn and Melissa Toste delve into the curious case of a ship-in-a-bottle. But this is no ordinary ship-in-a-bottle. A bottle from the vineyards of Cooksville, a ship named "Toronto", an enemy of the state, a brickyard, a humble Erindale General...
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Sauga 50-for-50: A Chat with Ben Madill
This week, we wanted to travel back in time and have a chat with a beloved former resident of Mississauga, Ben Madill. Ben Madill epitomized a lifetime of giving and is fondly remembered and well respected in Mississauga’s heritage community. He regaled generations with his stories and knowledge…
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Sauga 50-for-50: Commemorating Cultural Heritage
This week on Sauga 50-for-50, we want to celebrate and commemorate the people and stories that make up the city of Mississauga. But why is this so important? Some of the greatest people we meet, just happen to be those we love the most. But there hasn’t always been a way to capture their legacy....
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Sauga 50-for-50: This is Dundas Street
This week on Sauga 50-for-50, Historian Matthew Wilkinson and Heritage Mississauga Executive Director Jayme Gaspar, with special guest Omar El Sharkawy, invite you down Dundas Street. As you go about your day, you may be unaware of the history that lies directly beneath your feet. This is a story...
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Ask a Historian: Maple Magic 2024
This week’s episode of Ask A Historian features an interview with Lindsay Doren, Coordinator for Education and Engagement with the Museums of Mississauga as we explore an annual tradition here in the City of Mississauga – the Maple Magic Festival at Bradley Museum. Maple Magic runs on March 9-10...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Heritage Mississauga‘s new podcast Heritage Bytes!Heritage Bytes explores the history, heritage, and culture, of Canada‘s 6th largest city. Each episode gives you a byte sized slice of the history of Mississauga from the beginnings over 10,000 years ago through milestones in history such as the War of 1812, the World Wars, and the development of a city through the amalgamation of lost villages. We look at the historic people, places, and events, that define our city today, including peering into the Darker Side of our history. Join us as we explore the historic connections to Mississauga and each other.
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