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REMEMBERING
THE REAL
WINNIE

THE WORLD'S MOST
FAMOUS BEAR TURNS 100

About

Remembering the Real Winnie: The World's Most Famous Bear Turns 100 is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project that focuses on a unique chapter of Canadian history from WWI. It is based on the Colebourn Family Archives, a collection of photographs, diaries, images, books, and objects, which has been lent to Ryerson University for the purposes of this project. The Exhibit (November 5 - December 7, 2014), held in the Ryerson Image Centre focused on the role of photography within the archive while the collection websites presents the complete contents of the collection along with browsable diaries, dynamic maps, and manipulatable 3D objects. The interactive experience website tells the story of Winnie through interviews, soundscapes, imagery and motion graphics with photos from the exhibition.