Book Review: Of the 2,800 Canadian nurses who served during the First World War, very few kept a record of their wartime experience. Thus, Ruth Loggie’s war diary is a treasure.
Book Review: Asleep in the Deep draws on the letters or diaries of other nurses — such as Loggie’s best friend, Clare Gass — to flesh out details of what Stamers’ three years of service might have been like.
Stephen Crew, a grade 12 student at St. Paul's High School in Winnipeg, Manitoba, reflects on his 2017 visit to First and Second World War sites in France and Belgium.
Canada's History and the Library and Archives Canada are back together for season 2 of Sounds Like History, a 6-part podcast that explores the Virtual Gramophone collection.
This lesson you will discuss with your students: How war has shaped Canada and its citizens; the influences of patriotism, propaganda and music on choices Canadians made during war.
Working in groups, students will create a collage of photographs, symbols, paintings, songs and/or poetry to visually tell the story of a group of Canadians during the past century.
Student will research significant figures in Manitoba's (or another Province / Territory) history and the impact these figures had/have on their lives today.
