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People of the Lakes

Many people have a mental picture of the Canadian north that juxtaposes beauty with harshness. For the Van Tat Gwich'in, the northern Yukon is home, with a living history passed on from elders to youth. ...

Journal de John Winslow à Grand-Pré

Pour la première fois depuis plus de deux siècles et demi, voici la traduction intégrale du journal de campagne que le lieutenant-colonel John Winslow a écrit pendant son séjour à Grand-Pré à ...

On the Art of Being Canadian

When Vincent Massey wrote On Being Canadian in 1948, he acknowledged the importance of the arts to education and citizenship. He did not consider what the arts can tell us about being Canadian. In On ...

The Forgotten Peace

By (author) Michael Small
Categories: History of the Americas
Series: Governance Series

In the early hours of April 22, 1914, American President Woodrow Wilson sent Marines to seize the port of Veracruz in an attempt to alter the course of the Mexican Revolution. As a result, the United ...

Inside Chinatown

By (author) Robert Amos & Kileasa Wong
Categories: Asian history

Victoria’s Chinatown is Canada’s oldest Chinese neighbourhood and has a lineage unbroken since 1858. With large-format colour photos and photocollages, Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong take you behind ...

Bomb Canada

By (author) Chantal Allan
Categories: History of the Americas

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Canada and the United States. Two nations, one border, same continent.
Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented, but what have
Americans had to say about their northern neighbour? Allan ...

New World Coming

New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness is a collection of the most innovative essays from a major international conference of the same name, held at Queen’s University ...

A History of Human Rights in Canada

Edited by Janet Miron
Categories: History of the Americas

Human rights, equality, and social justice are at the forefront of public concern and political debate in Canada. Global events – especially the “war on terrorism” – have fostered further interest ...

Warming Up to the Cold War

By (author) Robert Teigrob
Categories: History of the Americas

When U. S. President Harry Truman asked his allies for military support in the Korean War, Canada’s government, led by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, was reluctant. St-Laurent’s government was forced ...