Hello and thank you for joining again. This has been a rather research-heavy week between may various class projects and work here at Banting House. Today I am also scheduled in a meeting to hopefully help with the problems I have been having with the website that I mentioned in one of my previous blogs.... Continue Reading →

Hello and thank you for joining again, this week has been busy similar to last week, I am working on the website, though I am still dealing with the same problem as mentioned before but I have set up a consultation for next week to help with and possibly fix the problem. Last week I... Continue Reading →

Hello and thank you for joining again. Most of this week I have been working on the Banting House National Historic Site's website, specifically on the Diabetes Ink exhibit. You may have noticed it, but I changed the Diabetes Ink exhibit's main page on the website a little, formatting the categories for the exhibit. This... Continue Reading →

Hello and thank you for joining again. Following the event for World Diabetes Day came the cleanup effort. Always the most sombre moment, it took a while to dismantle and bring everything in. Following that eventful day, things have started to calm down at least a little once more. I have been helping to move... Continue Reading →

Hello and thank you for joining again. My apologies for the lack of a post last Friday, we were very busy throughout the week finishing up preparations for November 14 - World Diabetes Day. World Diabetes Day this year was spectacular! We had approximately 280 visitors who were treated to free open house tours, gluten... Continue Reading →

Hello and thank you for joining again. This has been a pretty busy week as we are focusing on the Diabetes Ink exhibit for the upcoming World Diabetes Day. Buckling down, I managed to finish all of the individual photo displays depicting the collection. At the same time, we have been discussing ideas for how... Continue Reading →

Hi and thank you for joining again. As is the usual case in National Historic Sites, we have been very hard at work this week. Myself, I am now feeling very confident in my ability to give tours, and most of whom I guide seem to have enjoyed their visit which further helps my confidence.... Continue Reading →

Hello and thank you for joining again. It has been a pretty busy week here and I have maintained my work focusing on the Diabetes Ink exhibit. In particular, on Wednesday we had a short power outage due to weather, but it came back on just in time as a couple of visitors from out... Continue Reading →

Hello again! Sadly, we have come to the end of my time here at Banting House NHS working as a Canada Summer Jobs student. It is hard to believe how fast time has gone but I feel so fortunate to have had this opportunity! I have learned so much during my time here and would... Continue Reading →