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The Canadian Inventory of Historic Technology was a project run out of Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) in 1979.

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It is unknown when the Kingston branch of the Canadian League for the Liberation of Ukraine was officially formed, though it is known that the national organization was founded in 1949. The group was formed of mainly third-wave Ukrainian immigrants and thought to be quite political. Throughout the era of the Cold War the League was one of the national groups at the forefront of defending the human and national rights of Ukraine. They supported Ukraine’s struggle for independence and other captive nations opposing Soviet Russian domination.

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In the autumn of 1958, Roy Daniells, Head of UBC’s Department of English, English professor Stanley E. Read, and university librarians Inglis Bell and Neal Harlow invited lecturer George Woodcock to edit a University of British Columbia quarterly devoted solely to the critical discussion of Canadian writing. Woodcock accepted and in Autumn 1959 the first issue of Canadian Literature was published. Its title asserted their belief that Canada had its own distinct literature—a concept doubted by some individuals in the literary community, who questioned the existence of a national literature and predicted that the journal would run out of material after only a few issues. However, Woodcock’s highly personal style, his previous experience with English magazine publication, and his international range of contacts helped ensure the journal’s initial success. The arrival of numerous new and talented writers in the 1960s and 1970s, including Margaret Atwood, Margaret Laurence, Mordecai Richler, among others, solidified Canadian Literature’s position as the venue for the critical discussion of Canadian writing. Moreover, as a specialist in Canadian studies, Donald Stephens was Woodcock’s assistant editor from the beginning of 1959 until 1977. Rather than facing a shortage of submissions, Woodcock had to become increasingly selective about which articles and reviews he published. His commitment to publishing for a general readership and the lively seriousness that he encouraged in critical writing helped foster a wider academic interest in the Canadian literary field. Woodcock retired in 1977 after editing 73 issues.

After Woodcock retired, UBC invited W. H. New to edit the journal. New had been an assistant editor at Canadian Literature since 1965 and, as a respected voice in Canadian literary criticism, he had the reputation, expertise, and vision to ensure the journal’s continuing success. While preserving the essence of the journal as a general critical magazine, New addressed and adjusted to new developments in Canadian literature by introducing a more thorough examination of connections between cultural and intellectual history. With the help of Associate Editors Eva-Marie Kröller and Laurie Ricou, he planned special issues on areas they felt were underrepresented in Canadian criticism. Issues on Asian Canadian writing, Caribbean Canadian writing, and other minority literatures in Canada were the result. Canadian Literature has also published three special issues on Aboriginal writing (#124/5, #161/2, and #167). W. H. New was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1986. He stepped down in 1995 after 72 issues and 18 years as Editor. In 2007, the Governor General named New an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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In 1855 John Morton purchased the Ontario Foundry on Kingston's waterfront and began the manufacture of locomotives for the rapidly expanding Canadian railway system, producing five locomotives in 1856. By 1864, however, Morton was bankrupt and, upon his death that year, the firm passed to the Montreal-based interests of the Canadian Engine and Machinery Company with the head offices being removed to that city. In 1878 the company was re-incorporated by federal charter as the Canadian Locomotive and Engine Company Limited and the head offices were moved back to Kingston but within two years the firm was again bankrupt. In 1881 it was reorganized once again by by a group of Kingston businessmen-cum-politicians that included William Harty, George Kirkpatrick, Alexander Gunn, and Sir Richard Cartwright. George Kirkpatrick became president with William Harty as managing director. Although the company did well under Harty's direction, it was sold to a Scottish firm, Dubs and Company, in 1887. Increased competition and a softening market led to Dubs declaring bankruptcy in 1900.The firm was purchased in 1901 by Harty and reorganized under the name The Canadian Locomotive Company. Harty remained in control of the company until 1911when, due to the need for expansion, the company was reorganized once again, this time under the company name Canadian Locomotive Company, Limited, at the direction of a group of Canadian and British bankers headed by Aemelius Jarvis. The company continued producing locomotives until 1969 when, due to decreasing demand and increasing labour problems, the plant ceased production.

The Canadian Locomotive Company Heritage Society was founded January 1980 to gather records of the Canadian Locomotive Company and oral histories from former employees.