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Recipient of the 2017 Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching

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.

The hands that rocked the cradles of Canada’s prime ministers.

African-American singer and activist Paul Robeson’s short 1956 tour of Canada gave him a welcome respite from his treatment at home.

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. 

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.