Modern Literature & Culture Research Centre & Gallery

Welcome to the MLC Research Centre & Gallery


Established in 2005, our mandate is to research the literary and cultural production in the modernist era (from 1880 to 1945), to preserve and advance modernist women’s heritage and to promote modern Canadian heritage within an international context, with a current focus on World War 1. We advance our studies and outreach through digital culture innovations.​

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War Quilts

Operation Canada

Top 10 of 2023

Creative Resilience and COVID-19: Figuring the Everyday in a Pandemic

I Can Only Paint

Pandemic Webinar Series

MSA Toronto 2019

Featured Exhibition

Threads of History: Repatriating Canadian World War II Quilts

This exhibit highlights a unique chapter in Canadian history featuring quilts made by Canadians to help survivors during the London Blitz.

The Director

Dr. Irene Gammel

Irene Gammel is the author and editor of thirteen books including Baroness Elsa - A Cultural Biography, and is currently embarked on a study

Recent News

Exciting New Program: Research and Study Internships at the MLC

Exciting New Program: Research and Study Internships at...

This year’s Research and Study Internship recipients at the MLC and what they say about the program.

MLC Research Centre’s TOP 10 OF 2024

MLC Research Centre’s TOP 10 OF 2024

Irene Gammel, Director, is pleased to present the top accomplishments of the MLC Research Centre in 2024.

Saluting Mary Riter Hamilton: A Personal Reflection on the New Heritage Minute

Saluting Mary Riter Hamilton: A Personal Reflection on ...

Historica Canada has released a new Heritage Minute, featuring Mary Riter Hamilton, Canada’s first woman battlefield artist.