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In the early days of moviemaking, two companies competed to tell the story of the North. Nanook of the North soared to enduring fame; no one remembers the other film.

War, pestilence, and fire were the constant enemies of the young Augustinian nurses. But they persevered. Today the Hôtel-Dieu de Quebec stands testimony to their faith and charity.

One of the few women to have been accorded a place in the history of the Canadian North is Thanadelthur, more widely known as the Slave Woman.

It was a dilemma, medical students needed cadavers for dissection. But procuring cadavers was illegal. In nineteenth-century Montreal there was only one solution. And it was ghoulish. 

Highlights of Canada's History youth programs.

Efforts are underway to revive the endangered languages of Canada’s Indigenous peoples. But is it too late?

A Canadian War Museum exhibition highlights the history of strategy gaming, from deadly serious to light-hearted.

See what’s available in the February-March 2024 issue of Canada’s History.