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2018 Experiences Canada Award

In collaboration with her twinned Girl Guide group in Nova Scotia, Ms.Watson seamlessly connected ideas of community stewardship — both formal and informal, historic, and in present-day society. 


People of Progress

Canadians who have changed the world.


The HBC Collection

For the past decade, Canada’s History has been highlighting artifacts from the HBC Collection of the Manitoba Museum.


African Canadian History: An Untold Story

In this presentation, filmmaker, writer, artist and educator Sylvia D. Hamilton shares the motivation and process behind her work.


1699-2018: Story of a Lifetime

In this presentation, Josée Grandmont shares the history and cultural importance of the Ursulines of Trois-Rivières and their monastery.


Quilt

This quilt was handmade for a historian working for the Hudson’s Bay Company.


Food in the War of 1812

It’s difficult to fight a war on an empty stomach. In this video, historical reenactor Marie Zorniak, discusses her role as the camp cook and the task of trying to recreate the rations of 1812. Episode 9 of the War of 1812 Video Field Guide.


Flora!

Book Review: For any student of party evolution in Canada, Flora! is a valuable source. As former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said of her after the 1988 election, “Any book or reference to the PC Party over the last three and a half decades has a place of honour for Flora.”


Nativity-themed Altar Cloth

Ursuline nuns created this elaborate 17th-century brocade.


Medicine Spoon

A porcelain utensil symbolizes nursing sisters’ mission to care for the sick.