2007

Currently showing winners from all years in all categories

Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink

In his superb intellectual biography of an important but largely forgotten figure in Quebec’s media and political scene at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink makes a major contribution to Canadian history.

Scholarly Research / 2025

Dawson Trail Arts and Heritage Tour

The Dawson Trail Arts and Heritage Tour is a model for community-led heritage programming and collaboration, leaving an economic, cultural, and educational legacy that honours the goals of truth and reconciliation.

Community Programming / 2025

Géo-visualiser les patrimoines de Mercier–Hochelaga–Maisonneuve

This project actively breathes new life into the stories of a Montreal working-class neighbourhood whose collective identity continues to inspire and unite.

Community Programming / 2025

Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge

Through immersive installations, AI technology, and newly commissioned artworks, this exhibition fosters empathy and invites visitors to reflect on the Purge as part of a broader history of sexuality and gender in Canada.

Museums / 2025

Jo Anne Broders

Jo Anne Broders and her Grade 8 class embarked on a year-long journey to uncover and honour the history of a little-known Mi’kmaq cemetery in Gambo, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Teaching / 2024

Julie Gaudreault

Julie Gaudreault and her Grade 5 students explored various aspects of Quebec society around 1905. The story of Louis Cyr — the famous strong man of the time and a folk hero of the Lanaudière region of Quebec — served as a common thread to explore this important period.
Teaching / 2024

Ben Gross and Daniel Kunanec

Tasting History was an interdisciplinary project that combined Grade 11 and 12 classes in history, hospitality and tourism, and green industries to explore a broad history of European Jewry beyond the Holocaust.
Teaching / 2024

Jessica McIntyre

Project True North invited Grade 10 students to explore the lives of Canadian nursing sisters, members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, and Canadian military medal recipients, illuminating the often-overlooked contributions of these individuals.
Teaching / 2024

Michele Schwab

Michele Schwab wanted to create an opportunity for her students to make connections with local kêhtê-ayak (Cree for old ones) and knowledge carriers from Starblanket Cree Nation, Little Black Bear First Nation, Okanese First Nation, and Peepeekisis First Nation.
Teaching / 2024

Connie Shea

Hidden Histories fostered a deeper connection to the history of Saint John, New Brunswick, while highlighting overlooked stories of First Nations, Black, and LGBTQ+ communities.
Teaching / 2024