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Paddling into our Past

From the Archives: The Summer 1967 issue of The Beaver told of paddlers in Canada's centennial year.


Remembering the Mounties

A retired RCMP officer has made it his mission to ensure all departed Mounties get their due.


2017 Shortlist Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Community Programming

Canada's History received many remarkable and inspiring submissions for the 2017 Award for Excellence in Community Programming.


Salish Blankets

Book Review: Salish Blankets describes the extraordinary complexity of ceremonial blankets and robes and their connection with both the natural and supernatural worlds. 


Teaching History with a community-based lens

Watch now: In this webinar, Connie Wyatt Anderson reflects on her role as an educator on the Opaskwayak Cree Nation.


Old News is Good News

Black history is being taught in a whole new way in Nova Scotia’s schools thanks to a very old medium. 


Windows into the Past

Storefronts tell the story of Vancouver’s Chinese community.


Unacquainted with Fear

How Eileen Vollick became the first Canadian woman to earn a pilot's licence.


The Raftsmen

Book Review: In 1956, a crew of four sailors, led by Henri Beaudout, and two kittens set out to cross the North Atlantic on a raft made from little more than nine telephone poles and two kilometres of rope.


2018 Governor General's History Awards Recipients

The individuals and organizations being recognized deepen our understanding of the past by highlighting lesser-known stories, representing the diversity of our experiences, and encouraging meaningful public dialogue around history.