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Daniel Conner

Students in Mr. Conner’s classes take on subjects that are very much at the heart of Canada’s identity and ones that remain as controversial as ever.


Darcie McDonald

Students are guided on a cross-curricular trip through time tracing the history of democracy and its eventual place on Canadian soil.


Manon St-Hilaire

Manon St-Hilaire’s Grade 6 class created four audio books to add to the audio corner of the school library. These books were written from a historical perspective and designed for each of the four learning modules for students in grades 1 through 4: Canadian art and artists, transportation, Heritage Fairs and Aboriginal culture and history.


Shirley Tillotson

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

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.


2017 Recipient of the Governor General’s History Award for Scholarly Research Announced

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


Sentinels of Sovereignty

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


War at Sea

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.


Korea: Brushes with War

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


Breakdown

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