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The Lessons of the Anti-Asiatic Riot

In 1907, an anti-immigration rally explodes into violence and vandalism in Vancouver's Chinatown and Japantown.


Reframing the Past

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


1945

Book Review: Ken Cuthbertson foreshadows Canada’s postwar future in his meticulously researched book 1945.


Hannah Maynard

Creative experimentalist


Stuffed Beaver with All the Trimmings

Christmas feasting in pioneer Canada was often a “pot luck” affair.


Shooting Arrows

How Avro’s film department captured — and rescued — a priceless aviation archive.


The Best Year of His Life

Nova Scotia’s Harold Russell, the only person to win two Oscars for the same role, catapulted from obscurity to fame by turning a war injury into an inspiration.


Governor General’s History Symposium

Governor General’s History Symposium: 
Fostering understanding and empathy through inclusive history

From Bubonic Plague to Covid-19

We should remember past pandemics not just for their own sakes, but to ward off the complacency that can leave our communities vulnerable to, and ravaged by, future epidemics.


Why Women Couldn't Vote

Weakness, lack of intelligence, mental instablility — a century ago, these were some of the many reasons given for why women were unfit to vote.