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Railway Men

Ride the rails across Canada with Black sleeping car porters as they fight for labour rights and civil rights.


Remembering Africville

The city of Halifax bulldozes a Black settlement that had stood for 150 years, destroying a community but not its spirit.


Wildfire

Meet Tom Longboat, an Onondaga long distance runner who becomes a world-class athlete.


Chiru Sakura – Falling Cherry Blossoms

Book Review: Chiru Sakura presents dual perspective on the interment of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War.


August-September 2023

See what’s available in the August-September 2023 issue of Canada’s History.


Painted Worlds

Book Review: In Painted Worlds, a full-colour book featuring some of folk artist Maud Lewis’s best- and lesser-known paintings, author Laurie Dalton provides a thoughtful analysis of her work.


Harriet Tubman: Recognizing the Human Agency

Students will work in collaborative groups to examine the life and work of Harriet Tubman to analyze to what extent she changed history.


Making an Historical Newspaper

Students investigate nineteenth century life in Canada through three context-based activities that each involve research, artifact creation and presentation components.


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.


Workers' Rights: Where do you Stand?

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