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See what’s available in the August-September 2023 issue of Canada’s History.

Book Review: In Painted Worlds, a full-colour book featuring some of folk artist Maud Lewis’s best- and lesser-known paintings, author Laurie Dalton provides a thoughtful analysis of her work.

Chinese-Canadian Kam Len “Doug” Sam served in the air force in the Second World War. Shot down in France, he gathered critical information as a spy for the Allies.

See the groundbreaking CBC documentary that was among the first to reveal the horrifying reality of the Vietnam War.

Ride the rails across Canada with Black sleeping car porters as they fight for labour rights and civil rights.

Prairie families in the 1930s watch their farms — and hopes — blow away while they wait for rain.

Meet Tom Longboat, an Onondaga long distance runner who becomes a world-class athlete.

The Beaver has used its pages to get the most out of its people.

The city of Halifax bulldozes a Black settlement that had stood for 150 years, destroying a community but not its spirit.

Students will work in collaborative groups to examine the life and work of Harriet Tubman to analyze to what extent she changed history.