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Playing cards helped Second World War flight crews to recognize airborne friends from foes. 

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.

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.

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.

Jack Granatstein joined the History Department at York University, Toronto (1966–1995) where, after taking early retirement in 1995, he is Distinguished Research Professor of History Emeritus.

In 2001, we recognized the CBC and Mark Starowicz for the epic 17-part history series, Canada: A People's History.