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Watch now: in this webinar educator Diane Vautour explains how she engaged her students through a historical role-play activity in which students debated the Wartime Elections Act as pioneering feminists, journalists and politicians.

What seemed like a golden opportunity for ranchers in the 1880s soured when the chinook winds failed to arrive in the winters of 1886–87 and 1906–7.

In a perfect world, the thirty women on this list would be household names. But for too long history textbooks have focused on great men, to the exclusion of all others.

In a perfect world, the thirty-six women on this list would be household names. But for too long history textbooks have focused on great men, to the exclusion of all others.

Students will examine the role and contributions of women journalists in Canada’s past.

In this presentation, Professor Jean Barman discusses her life’s work of researching women’s stories.

Book review: The book reads like a novel but with real-life characters destined to play starring roles in Canada’s legal struggles for equality, whether they wanted to be in those positions or not.

Watch now: in this webinar Rachel discusses her experiences with and approaches to teaching women’s history in the classroom. 

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the important role women had in Canadian society.

How a Canadian woman raised the morale of fellow civilian prisoners in a Japanese Second World War internment camp.