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The Hardest Battle

Book review: The capture of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 is the defining battle of Canada’s Great War. The erection of the country’s national memorial on those shell-cratered heights, unveiled in 1936 before thousands of veterans, contributed to the legend of Vimy as a critical moment in the country’s history.

Landscapes of Injustice: Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians

Greg Miyanaga talks about how he develops a sense of historical empathy with students by using hands-on, minds-on, and hearts-on learning.

Witness Blanket: Bringing Voices of Residential School Survivors to the Classroom

This presentation introduces participants to WitnessBlanket.ca and offers ways for educators to walk alongside their students on their pathways of reconciliation.

Journey to the Heart of the Huron-Wendat Way of Life

This presentation demonstrates how the Huron-Wendat Museum encourages empathy through its mission and values.

Creating Empathy for Living Better Together

This presentation focuses on how the Musée de la civilisation team established a new permanent exhibition to include the words of people who are often under-represented in this type of exhibition.


April-May 2023

See what’s available in the April-May 2023 issue of Canada’s History.


Dream Car

Book review: Of all the costly scandals and taxpayer-funded boondoggles in recent New Brunswick history, only one elicits a wistful sigh or a hint of pride. That was the Bricklin, the 1970s-era sports car built in the province and shepherded into existence by two iconoclastic men decidedly of their time.

Braiding Knowledges Together

Tanya McCallum shares her passion for teaching young people the value of environmental stewardship — while also finding common ground between Indigenous and Western perspectives.

Mon devoir de mémoire

Historian and photographer Pierre Lahoud presents his award-winning photographs and explains what can be learned by looking at the land from a "bird's-eye view."

Looking Beneath the Surface

SSHEAN founder Heather E. McGregor encourages thoughtful engagement with the environment through her research and experience — and offers words of wisdom about living in the Anthropocene.