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The summer and fall of 1886 saw a flurry of ‘loyal’ Plains Indigenous leaders pay visits to Central Canada.

India and Canada share the marks of Europe’s colonial past.

Was it a bang-up job or a bungle? A fresh look at the response to the 1885 North-West Rebellion.

As an ocean-going vessel took shape on a Saskatchewan farm during the Great Depression, it was clear that its builder was either a genius or a madman.

When a Catholic couple was charged with killing a Protestant neighbour in Canada West, it became a lightning rod for partisan passions.

In the years that James Douglas was director of the Beauport Asylum, the treatment of the mentally ill was a model for its time: starting with the notion that they were people too.

The dashing prince who did much to shape the direction of Canada was not your run-of-the-mill royal.

No matter where we have come from, we are all Canadians.

The right place. The right time. The right guys. From the 1920s to the 1950s, the good times rolled in Montreal. The nightlife was wild. The jazz was hot. Too soon it was all over.

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