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January 11, 2015, marked the bicentennial of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birth. But commemorating Canada’s first prime minister has never been easy.

Book Review: In The True Face of Sir Isaac Brock, Guy St-Denis explores the trail of Brock’s portraiture, revealing a vast amount of fascinating information about his family, his descendants, and his admirers, as well as their efforts to uncover, to authenticate, and to preserve his likeness.

We should instead restore history by honouring achievements, recognizing flaws, and denouncing injustices. 

Stratford Festival marks Canada 150 with two challenging plays

Book Review:  According to Jordan B. Goldstein, author of Canada’s Holy Grail: Lord Stanley’s Political Motivation to Donate the Stanley Cup, it was by design. When Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley, Canada’s sixth Governor General, donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (later known as the Stanley Cup) in March 1892, he set out to foster Canadian unity and nationalism.

Q&A: Canadian and American banking diverged from a common origin.

Book Review: Are Jewish students Catholics? Are they Protestants? Or what are they? For nearly 150 years, the “Jewish school question” troubled Quebec’s education system. How this was managed through social, legal, and political compromises, within a context of some intolerance and inequality, is the central theme of the fascinating book “Honorary Protestants.”

Introducing a few of the many Montréalers who became important figures in Canadian history.

Book Review: Unless you are an accountant or a corporate lawyer, a history of Canadian tax policy will not be at the top of your reading list. But here are two books that show how a topic’s importance should rank ahead of its popularity — and it helps that both books are very entertaining.