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Workers' Rights: Where do you Stand?

In this activity, students will learn about Madeleine Parent and the history of workers’ rights in Canada.


Thinking Historically about 20th-century Canada

In the course overview unit, students are introduced to the historical thinking concepts using activities that correspond to events/topics of the twentieth century.


HBC Archives: Private Records Transcript

HBC Archives: Private Records of Gertrude Perrin Transcript

Researching and Revealing Transcript

Researching and Revealing Indian Hospitals in Canada Transcript

The Hidden History of the Poppy

How a First World War poem about poppies blossomed into an annual Remembrance Day campaign raising $14 million each year to assist veterans.


History’s People: Personalities and the Past

Book Review: This book is a compilation of the CBC-Massey lectures delivered in 2015, under the broad umbrella of the title History’s People, with sections headed Persuasion and the Art of Leadership, Hubris, Daring, Curiosity, and Observers. Margaret MacMillan draws effectively on several of her books to present a very varied group of historical subjects.


Ukrainian Odyssey

Deborah Morrison explores the Parkland region in northwestern Manitoba.


Controlling Customs

A young, beautiful, and virginal bride and groom paired in eternal troth is the usual stuff of love’s sweet dream. But a wakeful world knows better. Many lovers through history have stubbornly resisted social standards.


Haute Cuisine in New France

A Christmas dinner in Montreal, 1665


Reframing the Past

A trove of family photos offers a window on the experience of prairie settlers.