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Book Review: Beauty pageants in twentieth- century Canada may have seemed like frivolous entertainment. However, according to the new book Queen of the Maple Leaf: Beauty Contests and Settler Femininity, contests searching for the “ideal Canadian girl” also functioned as tools to reinforce gender, race, and class anxieties in a white settler society.

There’s much to ponder before airing family secrets.

Known for her enthusiasm and tireless devotion to the history community, Marie Zorniak leaves a void that can only be filled by the countless volunteers and friends that she recruited over the years.

Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General sees history education as the key to unlocking a better future.

When sixty Roma set up camp on an extension of George Street in Peterborough, Ontario, in the early summer of 1909, they caused a sensation.

Check out the programme for the 10^th Canada’s History Forum “Making History Relevant” on November 21, 2017 at the Canadian Museum of History. 

Students create collage to highlight 150 years of Canada’s history.

With the October-November 2020 issue of Canada’s History, we are beginning a new chapter for Canada’s second-oldest still-published magazine. The Beaver returns in a new incarnation that honours the past while offering a platform for Indigenous voices.

This lesson will help students reflect on what they have learned throughout their inquiry project.