Governor General’s History Award 2025 Recipients

They are teachers, volunteers, authors, broadcasters and museum professionals from across Canada who share a vision and passion for history — and for making a difference in their communities.

Canada’s History Society is honoured to announce the recipients of the 2025 Governor General’s History Awards — the country’s most prestigious history prize.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients!

Excellence in Community Programming

Presented by Canada’s History

• The Dawson Trail Arts and Heritage Tour
  Musée Dawson Trail Museum
  Richer, Manitoba
• Géo-visualiser les patrimoines de Mercier–Hochelaga–Maisonneuve
  Atelier d’histoire Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
  Montreal, Quebec

Excellence in Museums: History Alive!

Presented by the Canadian Museums Association with the support of Ecclesiastical Insurance 

• Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge
  Canadian Museum for Human Rights
  Winnipeg, Manitoba

Scholarly Research

Presented by the Canadian Historical Association 

• By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories
  Crystal Gail Fraser
  Edmonton, Alberta
• Paul-Marc Sauvalle (1857-1920) : journaliste engagé et intellectuel cosmopolite canadien-français
  Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink
  Montreal, Quebec

Excellence in Teaching

Presented by Canada’s History

• François Desmarais & Véronique Picard
  École secondaire De Mortagne
  Boucherville, Quebec
• Ian Duncan
  Garth Webb Secondary School
  Oakville, Ontario
• Heather Howell
  M. M. Robinson High School
  Burlington, Ontario
• Kathryn Laframboise & Jonathan McPhail
  Exchange Met School
  Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Manouchka Otis
  École Manikanetish
  Uashat mak Mani-Utenam, Quebec
• Erin Quinn
  Parkdale School
  Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Popular Media: The Pierre Berton Award

Presented by Canada’s History

• Mark Bourrie
  Ottawa, Ontario