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Drawn to Change

Book Review: The collective uses black-and-white sequential art to illuminate the stories of workers from across our nation who organized to create better working environments.


The Canadian Arctic Expedition

The white leaders of the 1913–18 expedition into the Canadian Arctic got the glory but it was the Inuit expedition members who made it all possible.


Philip Hayes: Storied pictures of Manitoba’s past

Visual artist Philip Hayes has a passion for history that he dates back to his time reading The Beaver magazine as a child.


One for all, and all for one

When it comes to history, representation matters.


Gushing with pride

Where Ontario’s oil history is well done.


It Was Dark There All the Time

Book Review: Hamilton writer, historian, and arts curator Andrew Hunter has written a historical account of the life and times of Sophia Burthen Pooley, a Black enslaved Upper Canadian woman.


Inspiring Empathy with Letters from the Trenches

Flora Fung helps her students connect with soldiers from Canada’s past.


Slavery and its Gradual Abolition in Upper Canada

This lesson examines the viewpoints on the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada — immediate abolition, gradual abolition, or no abolition. 


Behind the Book of Negroes

Lawrence Hill tells the story of the Book of Negroes, the original book that inspired his best-selling book and the popular mini-series.


Tribute to a Trailblazer

Students help to secure heritage designation for Halifax home.