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Canada in Focus: Bilingual, But More

Canada may be officially bilingual — but in reality, it’s a land of many languages.


Canada in Focus: Free Health Care?

Who pays for Canada’s health-care system? And, how did it come to be?


Canada’s First Lacrosse Superstar

Bill Isaacs was perhaps the greatest player of the indoor game.


Owóknage

Book review: In the book Owóknage, interviews conducted in 1929 and in 2015, along with traditional knowledge and documentary sources such as letters from North West Mounted Police officers and government officials, create a powerful history that feels like a blueprint for a fuller, truer recounting of the past.


Les Filles du Roi

The groundbreaking musical that tells the story of the arrival of the filles du roi through the eyes of two Mohawk siblings is being made into a film.


So You Girls Remember That

Book Review: So You Girls Remember That was compiled and edited by Jenny Nelson as the culmination of a project initiated by Bellis’s now deceased son Charlie Bellis and friend Maureen McNamara. The book is infused with Bellis’s love of music, her Christian faith, and her refusal to let anything get her down for long — not to mention her bluntly salty tongue.


2023 Recipients of the John Bragg Award for Atlantic Canada

Three organizations to receive a $50,000 grant for projects that share the stories of inspiring people who have shaped Atlantic Canadian history and society


Exploring Hard Histories

Online event shares strategies for tackling difficult histories.


Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name?

Book Review: Like many Indigenous people in Canada, Dr. Norma Dunning’s family members hid their identity. Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? portrays her journey to discover her Inuit heritage.