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Preserving the Past

Juno Beach Centre commemorates D-Day legacy.


2019 Finalists for the Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching

Canada’s History is pleased to announce this year’s shortlist for the Governor General’s History Awards for Excellence in Teaching.


Radical Housewives

Book Review: Professor Julie Guard writes about the left-leaning Housewives Consumers Association, which pressured governments to lower prices on essential food items for Canadian families.


Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

Book Review: Tens of thousands of Czech refugees left their homeland and came to Canada during the Cold War.


Finding Mr. Wong

Book Review: In Finding Mr. Wong, Susan Crean goes beyond her own recollections of a loving and beloved man to piece together his life.


Edison’s Harpist

Listen to the 1914 renditions of “Vision” and “One Sweetly Solemn Thought” by Canadian musician Winifred Bambrick, the first harpist to record with American inventor Thomas Edison.


Psychiatry and the Legacies of Eugenics

Book Review: Psychiatry and the Legacies of Eugenics is a bold anthology that offers a historical overview of the Western Canadian uptake of the eugenics movement.


Chiru Sakura – Falling Cherry Blossoms

Book Review: Chiru Sakura presents dual perspective on the interment of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War.


Flying and Spying

Chinese-Canadian Kam Len “Doug” Sam served in the air force in the Second World War. Shot down in France, he gathered critical information as a spy for the Allies.


Mills of the Gods

See the groundbreaking CBC documentary that was among the first to reveal the horrifying reality of the Vietnam War.