Book review: In David A. Borys' latest book, Punching Above Our Weight, images of “Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl” spoke volumes about this country’s steps forward in wartime.
Book Review: In his fast-paced Battle of Britain, popular military historian Ted Barris draws out the stories of airmen who flew with the “Canada” shoulder flashes.
In this lesson, students will focus on the contributions of successful Canadians of Chinese ancestry, analyze the challenges that they have overcome, and celebrate their successes.
Brian Jaffray has taught in the Northwest Territories for more than twenty-nine years. During that time he has tried to provide his students with tools to encourage first-person research projects about Canadian history. But in the North, this can be challenging. Dene culture has traditionally been transmitted orally, in the Slavey language.