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Shirley Tillotson’s Give and Take: The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy demonstrates how much historians stand to learn by exploring taxation and related fiscal measures.

Thomas King is a bestselling and award-winning writer whose work has brought Indigenous concerns to the forefront of Canadian society and challenged readers to re-examine Western approaches to history.

Author examines the goals, aspirations and challenges met by women who sought land of their own in the 19^th and 20^th century. In addition to the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, several other awards were bestowed to historians from across Canada.

How the Canadian Rangers came to be the shadow army of the North.

Book Review: In War At Sea, Ken Smith, recounts the Royal Canadian Navy’s role and expansion during the Battle of the Atlantic. Through the use of personal accounts, as well as an impressive selection of photographs, Smith provides a vivid account of Royal Canadian Navy ships and crews as they embarked on dangerous convoy missions and battled German U-boats.

Korean War vet Ted Zuber overcame shell shock to become Canada’s official artist of the Gulf War.

Prisoners of war during the Korean War suffered the added injury of having their loyalty called into question.

Book Review: Respected historian Neville Thompson delivers a compelling narrative of the last great years of the Anglo-Canadian connection, which is carefully woven together from the accounts of Canadian-born journalist and British Parliamentarian Beverley Baxter.

Watch the recordings from the 2014 Canada’s History Forum.

Book Review: The editors set out to debunk the myths and legends of the Underground Railroad that have been perpetuated in both American and Canadian histories.