What do you like to do in your spare time? First of all, you’re lucky to have spare time at all, compared to kids in Canada’s past. But, from simple toys to schoolyard games, kids have always been good at finding fun things to do.
The 120-year-old Cyclorama of Jerusalem is the only Canadian example of a painted circular panorama — an art form popularized in the nineteenth century.
From the archive: A feature story in the Winter 1983 issue of The Beaver tells the story of an Inuit woman in the eighteenth century who travelled to England against her will and became an essential figure in diplomatic relations between European traders and Indigenous peoples.
Book Review: Although she has largely been forgotten, British Columbia educator, writer, and lecturer Agnes Deans Cameron is one of those clever self-starters who energize Canada’s past.
Book Review: In The Greatest Athlete (you’ve never heard of ), Mark Hebscher tells the story of George Orton, one of the greatest athletes of his generation.
