ONTEM EM DIA
This is our “this day in history” series, featuring slides posted on our Instagram about significant events in Portuguese-Canadian history.
MONTRA
This is a showcase (montra) of individual records in our collections at the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University Libraries, alongside contextual information and audio clippings from oral history interviews.
October 16, 2024
Domingos Marques fonds, F0573, 2010-019/003 (3)
Central High School of Commerce, Photo
Black and white photo of the Central High School of Commerce building and parking lot with students standing outside. Published in the Comunidade newspaper issue of December 18, 1978. Domingos Marques.
October 16, 2024
Domingos Marques fonds, F0573, 2010-019/003 (3)
Domingos MArques working at O Jornal Português, Photo
Black and white photo of Domingos Marques working at a small desk in the office of the Portuguese community newspaper O Jornal Português, owned by Fr. Alberto Cunha, located on Dundas St. West and Palmerston Avenue in Toronto.
October 19, 2024
Domingos Marques fonds, F0573
Grupo de Cantares Portugueses Onda Viva flyer
Portuguese language brochure the musical group Grupo de Cantares Portugueses Onda Viva (Portuguese Singing Group Living Wave) introducing its history, participants, and folk music identity.
Marques discusses the emergence of Onda Viva and other modern (folk) Portuguese sounds and musicians in Toronto (including Xutos & Pontapés) during his time with the Aliança dos Clubes e Associações Portuguesas do Ontário (ACAPO), and the older community’s reaction.
October 16, 2024
Domingos Marques fonds, F0573, 2010-019/003 (3)
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Portuguese Youth group, Photo
Black and white photo of a group of young Portuguese men and women in front of a banner that says “Os novos escolhem Deus” (The young choose Christ). Sitting in the front row, with a beard, is Domingos Marques. In the second row, third from the right, kneeling, is Martin Silva. In the back row, at the center, is Fr. Cândido.
October 16, 2024
Domingos Marques fonds, F0573
UNITed Way “É Para Todos Nós,” Brochure
Portuguese language brochure from United Way with contact information for its Portuguese Communitarian Committee members: Virginio Brum (Portuguese Social Services), Zizina Estevens (FPCC Seniors’ Centre), João Medeiros (West End YMCA), and Martinho Silva (COSTI-IIAS). It also features photos of media personalities: Frank Alvarez (Global TV), José Eduardo (CPWA Radio), Fernando Gomes (Novo Mundo), Fernando Raposo (MTV), António Ribeiro (Correio Português), and Martinho Silva (CHIN Radio).
Portuguese Canadian History Project 