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The History of the T-shirt

When this underwear becomes outerwear it bridges class and gender.


Interview with Barbara Ann Scott

A podcast featuring figure skater Barbara Ann Scott, the darling of the 1948 Moritz Olympics. Scott passed away in 2012.


Cree Moccasin

Hudson’s Bay Company employee George Simpson McTavish Jr., the son of a Scottish fur trader, brought back a pair of moccasins from Fort Churchill around 1887.


Hudson's Bay Company Archives: Private Records of Gertrude Perrin

Archivist Bronwen Quarry shares story of Gertrude Perrin and the importance of private records within the Hudson's Bay Company Archives.


Knights of Labour

A cadre of historians, artists and activists champion social justice via comic books. In 2013, they published a free comic on Canada’s early labour movement.


Canada’s Civil War

As Union and Confederate armies battled in the United States, Canadians got involved on both sides of the conflict.


Frances Simpson’s Engraved Seal

This nineteenth-century engraved seal was used to secure the contents of a letter as well as to identify the sender.


Anishinabe Cradleboard

This object, called a tikanagan, likely once carried a heartily crying baby. It was designed to keep infants warm and safe and to make them easy to carry about.


10 Great Explorers

A photo gallery of ten men and women, all beautifully illustrated by artist Robert Carter, who could vie for the title of Canada’s Greatest Explorer.


How to do Oral History

Watch now: Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki explains the processes of doing oral history.