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Book Review: In Jeannie’s Demise, historian Ian Radforth presents the results of his detailed investigation of one backstreet abortion and its tragic consequences.

Book Review: Heard Amid the Guns is a poignant and easily accessible book that focuses on the human side of the “war to end all wars.”

Legitimate political power derives from a mandate from the masses — that’s today’s theory. But in practice, Canada’s governing elites historically have often tried their best to snub the masses.

Database recognizes veterans named on school memorials.

Viola Desmond didn't set out to be a civil rights leader. But in 1946 when she was removed from a theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, she fought back in court.

Project seeks to identify Inuit people photographed in the early to mid-twentieth century.

When this underwear becomes outerwear it bridges class and gender.

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

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.

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