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This lesson examines the various viewpoints and perspectives of the participants in the Confederation debates, including the voices of women, Indigenous peoples and other groups left out of the process.

Canada had no place for the feeble-minded — at least according to the gospel of eugenics.

War, pestilence, and fire were the constant enemies of the young Augustinian nurses. But they persevered. Today the Hôtel-Dieu de Quebec stands testimony to their faith and charity.

When a delegation of four Indigenous chiefs arrived in England three hundred years ago, they created quite a stir.

Bankrolled by wealthy anglophone stockbrokers, the Montreal Maroons were destined to crash.

As an eleventh-hour stand-in for the world’s fair, Montreal had to pull off a miracle to get Expo 67 ready on time.

An extraordinary botanist and revolutionary intellectual, Brother Marie-Victorin — the David Suzuki of his day — changed the face of Quebec’s scientific community.