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Victoria's Johnson Street Bridge

The “Old Bridge” was a focal point for debates charged by racist attitudes and colonial anxieties. 


The Fur Frontier

British Columbia’s fur brigade trails abound with history.


Havre Saint Pierre and Port-la-Joye, P.E.I: A tale of two families

Two Acadian families settle in Prince Edward Island and meet different fates. But each leaves its mark on the island’s red soil.


Nachvak and Kongu, Labrador: A New Design

When Europeans met Inuit in Labrador, home and hearth were reshaped.


Cypress Hills, Alberta: Secrets of the Great Plains

A gathering place for six millennia, Cypress Hills excavations yield new clues about ancient pathways.


Marie–Anne

Book Review: Siggins’ newest book is far from just a sober account of a pioneer life — it bursts with memorable, sometimes humorous, anecdotes.


The Inconvenient Indian

Book Review: Thomas King is far more than a good writer, storyteller, and academic. He has a dazzling intelligence that quickly sees through so many of the “accepted” truths people are repeatedly fed by the media, and he skewers these with delightful humour and self-deprecation.


A Time Such as There Never Was Before

Book Review: Bowker has done us a service in exploring the turbulent postwar years and in unravelling the intricacies of the war’s impact on Canada and Canadians.


What We Learned

Book Review: Too many stories are still untold; too many memories have been lost to the ages; too many biases have coloured our view of the past. That is why a book such as this one is a treasure, an overdue and culturally aware look at a forgotten aspect of the education of Indigenous children in British Columbia.


Wild Rice Harvest

Looking back at the tradition of wild rice harvesting among the Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region.