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Disappointment River

Book Review: Brian Castner retraces the 1789 journey of fur trader Alexander Mackenzie to the Arctic coast.


Managing Madness

Book Review: Managing Madness, written by Erika Dyck and Alex Deighton, provides a fascinating and nuanced look at the transformation of psychiatric care in Canadian history. 


Canada’s Youth History Award Recipients Share Inspiring Stories

Young storytellers honoured at special awards ceremony.


Casey

Book Review: The story of Alexander Graham Bell’s bold aerial experiments in Baddeck, Nova Scotia.


December 2020-January 2021

See what’s available in the December 2020-January 2021 issue of Canada’s History magazine.


Illustrating our pasts

Reading List: Canadian history books for younger readers


2021 Shortlist for the Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Community Programming

Community organizations from across Canada are being recognized for their exceptional work in the field of Canadian community programming.


Asleep in the Deep

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.


Montreal at War

Book Review: Military historian Terry Copp, along with researcher Alexander Maavara, has drawn upon the city’s eight major newspapers as a means to understand how Montreal experienced the war.


A War on Two Fronts

In the Great War, the Canadian state found itself fighting two fronts. And the historical irony is striking: while thousands of working-class men and women were marched off to Europe, ostensibly to defend the rights and freedoms of democracy against tyranny, such highly prized ideals were routinely—and often severely—violated at home.