October-November 2023

October-November 2023

Features

Nobel Pursuit

Ernest Rutherford’s Montreal research won the world’s top science prize. by John Hardy

Over the Top

How a photographer faked Canada’s most iconic battlefield images. by Carla-Jean Stokes 

On the Cover

Black and white photo, taken by photographer Ivor Castle, of First World War soldiers climbing out of a trench.

In The Beaver

Features

Tides of Change

Made of wood, bone, and animal skins, traditional Inuit kayaks were a marvel of naval engineering. by Noah Nochasak Watch the video

A Silk for a Pelt

The fur-trading women of New France dealt in luxury goods across the Atlantic Ocean.by Sienna Vittoria Lefebvre Read the article

The Numbered Treaties

Western Canada’s Treaties were intended to provide frameworks for respectful coexistence. by Wabi Benais Mistatim Equay (Cynthia Bird) Read the article

On the Cover

Brent Hardisty is a woodland-style painter who works in acrylics on canvas. His spiritual name is Niiwin Binesi, which, roughly translated from Anishnaabemowin, means Four Birds. Hardisty was raised on Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation in Northern Ontario. He spent eight years living and working in Toronto before moving back home. While in Toronto, he was greatly influenced by the city’s graffiti subculture. His current artistic style has several influences, including his upbringing in northern Ontario and his appreciation of the works of Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau.