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Elections Canada has developed some new resources to help you engage your students in conversations about elections, history and democracy.

Watch now: in this webinar Elder Florence Paynter provides an “Elder’s Perspective” to treaty making and the importance of teaching treaties in the classroom.

Canada's History web editor Tanja Hütter thinks Thanadelthur is a positive example of 1700s-era girl power.

In 1978, candidates in Yukon were running under political party banners for the first time and vying to become the territory’s first elected leader.

This digital archive showcases the fascinating work of Mabel “MB” Williams, a female civil servant who was instrumental in the development of Canada’s national parks system in the early 20th century.

From its opening in 1876 to its closure in 2009, an Orillia, Ontario, institution for people with cognitive challenges has had a long and difficult history. In 2013, former residents of the institution have reached a compensation settlement with the Ontario government.

Canada’s History caught up with comic book historian Hope Nicholson, who along with partner Rachel Richey, is spearheading the drive to introduce Nelvana to a new generation of readers.

For a time it had seemed that the only Canadian woman to be officially appointed as a war artist during World War II might not make it overseas at all.

For thousands of 20^th-century brides, the Canadian Cook Book, the country’s first mass-produced book of recipes, unlocked the mysteries of domestic science.