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Beaver Bison Horse

Book Review: In this book, the beaver receives star treatment for its little-known role in sustaining ecosystems that supported Indigenous people over many centuries.


Buried Stories

Fiction Feature: Two men built the residential school system that harmed so many Indigenous people. One man spoke up and was ignored. Their reputations have reversed over the past century. All three lie in Ottawa’s Beechwood Cemetery.


The Trapper

From the archives: A photo essay from 1943 follows the story of Isaiah Clark, a Cree trapper, as he prepares to head into the wilderness in search of valuable furs.


Paying the Land

Book Review: Paying the Land is a breathtaking graphic novel that all Canadians would benefit from reading.


Unsettling Spirit

Book Review: The book Unsettling Spirit: A Journey into Decolonization invites readers to pursue an uncomfortable examination of Canadian colonial history and culture.


Seen but Not Seen

Book Review: With Seen but Not Seen, Smith has taken a voluminous amount of research and distilled it into a readable, balanced account that’s packed with fascinating detail. His evident passion for the topic shines through.


Possessing Meares Island

Book review: The War in the Woods of the 1980s and 1990s pitted the government of British Columbia against the First Nations of Meares Island, B.C., in a battle over Indigenous rights to the land and its resources.


Red Serge Sesquicentennial

The RCMP marks 150 years of service.


Journeys of Reconciliation

Educational resources relating to Truth and Reconciliation, the residential school system, and the Treaty Relationship between Canada and First Peoples.


Controversy and Compromise over the Manitoba Schools Question

Voters may have thought that the Manitoba election of 1888 was a standard affair, but their choice hurled the province into a bitter and historic controversy.