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Canada and the End of the Imperial Dream

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.


Canada’s Next Great Storyteller

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


A Fluid Frontier

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.


Thinking About History

Historical Thinking concepts help educators and students engage with the past.


Remembering Desmond Morton

Historian, author, and CNHS volunteer was a passionate champion of history.


Wartime

Book Review: Edward Butts writes about the experience of Guelph, Ontario, during the First World War as well as specific events that occurred in the city.


The Ku Klux Klan in Canada

Book Review: Author Allan Bartley, a former intelligence analyst in the Canadian security community, explores how the Klan moved northward in the early 1920s.


Impressionism in Canada

Book Review: The Group of Seven were shrewd self-mythologizers. Their overwhelming presence has tended to eclipse Canadian artists who worked around the turn of the twentieth century. A.K. Prakash’s Impressionism in Canada is a much needed corrective.


Young Citizens Return to Ottawa in 2016

For the third year in a row, twenty-six Canadian students got to experience the trip of a lifetime to our nation’s capital! These lucky participants enjoyed a full itinerary that engaged all their senses as they toured Ottawa.


Remembering Michael Bliss

Michael Bliss was directly involved with The Beaver for over a decade as an advisor and was a founding board member of Canada’s National History Society.