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Six great tips to start thinking historically. 

Why a thirteenth-century piece of parchment endorsed by an English king who was under threat of death has meaning for Canadians today.

Readers send us their memories of the ‘72 Summit Series and the goal of the century.

Book Review: Separate Beds is a wide-ranging study of Indian hospitals in Canada. The thoroughly researched book traces the history of hospital staffing and operations, the experiences of patients, the development of national policies regarding Aboriginal health care, and efforts by Aboriginal communities to resist oppression and discrimination.

A chance discovery on an internet auction led to the discovery of a substantial body of work by Canadian painter Francis Fitz Roy Dixon.

In the midst of the Great Depression, former PEI Premier Walter Lea led the Liberal party to a historic and unprecedented victory in 1935.

A century ago Canada West magazine beat the drums for immigrants to fill the vast unbroken prairie. But those drums beat louder in some places than others.

Few Canadians may be aware of it, but Laurier, like Sir John A. Macdonald, has a special day named after him.  

For John Buchan, writing fiction was a sideline. Yet one of his works, adapted for film and theatre, remains part of popular culture long after his term as Governor General has faded from memory.

The Manitoba Food History Project exists to answer two research questions: How has food been produced, purchased, and consumed in Manitoba? How have those processes changed over time?