A cadre of historians, artists and activists champion social justice via comic books. In 2013, they published a free comic on Canada’s early labour movement. This one is called Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada 1880–1900.
Illustrated by Sam Bradd; written by Sean Carleton, Julia Smith & Robin Folvik
The death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022, was the end of an era. Canada’s History spoke recently to historians about the Queen’s immense legacy — and the Crown’s uncertain future in Canada.
In May 1838, a letter triggered the crumbling of George Markland’s world. What happened next offers a glimpse into attitudes toward homosexuality in nineteenth-century Canada.
Podcast interview and photo gallery for the PBS documentary chronicling the life and legacy of William Still, known in his time as the “Father of the Underground Railroad.”
