On the covers
Drawing a Family History: Artist JJ Lee sits in her studio holding a framed photo of her grandfather James Tue Lee. Morris Lum photographed Lee as well as the art presented in Lee’s article, “In My Yesterday.” Lum is a Trinidadian-born artist, photographer, and educator whose work explores the hybrid nature of the Chinese-Canadian community through photography, form, and documentary practices. He received his M.F.A. in documentary media from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2009. His work has been exhibited and screened across Canada and the United States.
Survive!: Illustration by Chase Stone. A 2023 illustration imagines Jens Munk and two companions on the frozen Churchill River, with the frigate Unicorn in the background. No known portrait of Munk exists.
Departments
Editor’s Note
The stuff of memories.
The Packet
Revealing legacy. Cross purposes.
Currents
Dressed for success at Expo 67. Deadly dinosaurs of prehistoric Western Canada. Photographic memory: Maun-gua-daus. Navigating the past.
Trading Post
Chunks of raw copper from the western Arctic were given to HBC Chief Factor James Thomson.
Books
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Summer Reading Guide
Our special advertising section includes history, fiction, and other books for Canadian readers.
Destinations
The religious heritage of Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, is as remarkable as its better-known artistic legacy.
History Matters
Canada’s History Forum explores strategies for tackling “hard histories.”
Album
A calm family photo preceded a residential school tragedy.