2020

Currently showing winners from all years in all categories

Eric Chassé

After having conducted research on a historical building typical of New France, Eric Chassé’s students were required to build a scale model of the selected structure.

Teaching / 2018

Jean-François Gosselin

As part of their Secondary III History of Quebec and Canada class, Jean-François Gosselin’s students were asked to design a 3D model of a scene from the Seven Years’ War, using the game Minecraft.

Teaching / 2018

Elsbeth Heaman

Tax, Order, and Good Government: A New Political History of Canada, 1867-1917 makes an original and compelling contribution to our knowledge of how the Canadian fiscal regime was created, reformed, and received by the State, one both framing and framed by the complex interplay of diverse sets of interests, ideas, and principles.

Scholarly Research / 2018

Bill Waiser

Bill Waiser has devoted his career to building a better understanding and appreciation for our history. He has done that through the classroom, including more than three decades as a university professor, as well as in newspapers and magazines, in books, on radio and television, and in hundreds of public presentations.

Popular Media / 2018

Footprints: A Walk Through Generations

Footprints: A Walk Through Generations embodies the spirit of reconciliation, sharing Cree culture, traditions and perspectives, and valuing community voices and the knowledge of respected Elders.

Museums / 2018

Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots Oral History Project

Between 1905 and 1912, as many as 1,500 African Americans moved from the United States to Western Canada in hopes of finding a better life. The Shiloh Centre for Multicultural Roots interviewed nineteen descendants of these early settlers about their experiences of relocating and living in the Canadian prairies.

Community Programming / 2018

Mon Vélo Raconte

As a participatory, artistic, and historical event, Mon Vélo Raconte (My Bike Tells the Story) invited Montrealers to celebrate the history, diversity, creative vitality, and natural resources of the Montreal North borough.

Community Programming / 2018

Armand Doucet

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

Teaching / 2017

Marc Mailhot and Lynda Brown

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

Teaching / 2017

Janet Ruest

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

Teaching / 2017