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The squalor of nineteenth-century industrial cities prompted planners to come up with a novel solution: green space.

Fiction Feature: It’s 1880, and Calixa Lavallée is about to introduce “O Canada” in Quebec City. The original French words by Adolphe-Basile Routhier will stand, but who will get to decide what will be sung in English?

Fiction Feature: It’s Manitoba in 1888. Is it better for French-speaking and English-speaking friends to go to school together, or to have a chance to learn in their own language?

A journey to Cree land near Moose Factory reveals nature's delights. 

A force of loggers and rivermen was Canada’s contribution to the Khartoum Expedition in 1884.

This lesson will introduce students to the basic sounds of the Cree language (Y dialect). Students will compare and contrast the Cree letters of the alphabet to the letters of the English alphabet.

In this guide, educators share how they teach the history of language rights in Canada in the classroom, including advice, online resources, books, and lesson plans.

Fiction Feature: Young Gabriel can’t believe his eyes. Why are British soldiers arresting his father’s friend, M. Lefrançois? Is it because his newspaper Le Canadien stands up for the rights of French-speaking people?

Book Review: In Monty and the Canadian Army, John A. English, a former officer in the Canadian Forces and the author of several books of military history, explores Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery’s interactions with the Canadian military.