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Dene Dress

An example of early twentieth-century fashion in a moose-skin dress.


Looking for Mrs. Armstrong

Who was that impassioned woman at the heart of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike? And why did her memory become lost to time? Filmmaker Paula Kelly set out to bring Helen Armstrong back from the margins of history and discovered in her journey a legacy of humanism that has been passed down through the generations.


Big Questions of Canada

We explore the past to find answers for the future.


Mona Parsons Commemoration Project

In this webinar, Andria Hill-Lehr discusses the Wolfville Historical Society’s Mona Parsons Commemoration Project.


Bow Loom

The bow loom can be used to produce a variety of woven materials and is a technology that has been used by many cultures.


Piano Cover

This piano cover, decorated with Métis beadwork, was made in 1878 at what is now Fort Qu’appelle, Saskatchewan.


Program for Les Belles-soeurs

The 1968 premier of Michel Tremblay’s play riled critics and enthralled audiences.


Marie Gérin-Lajoie’s Typewriter

A Quebec feminist icon wrote her memoirs on this machine.


Annie Mae Aquash

Despite her tragic murder, Mi’kmaq activist Annie Mae Aquash left a spiritual legacy that refuses to die.


Preserving the Allied lifeline

Canadians played crucial roles in the Battle of the Atlantic.