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How, after years of stalemate, did the Allies manage to win the war?

Book Review: Author Steven High provides intimate glimpses into the lives of the mill’s former employees.

In this video, René Binette, director of Écomusée du fier monde, shines a light on the history of industrial development in Montreal.

Peter Furtado presents at the 2010 Canada’s History Forum.

Book Review: The troubled state of today’s hockey game has left author Steven Smith wondering not only if hockey is still worthwhile but why he is still “so consumed and excited by this game” and yet so puzzled and exasperated with it. “Why were hockey players still punching each other in the head, and why hadn’t I stopped watching in protest?” Smith asks in Puckstruck.

Book Review: For better and for worse, the top tier of professional hockey, the NHL, has come to represent the sport. It has, in fact, become the very identity of hockey, writes J. Andrew Ross, a sports and business historian at the University of Guelph. Joining the Clubs is rife with personality, just like the strong-willed, forward thinking individuals who made the NHL possible. Ross’s writing is lively and engaging, and his book is a fascinating look at the NHL in its formative years.

Book Review: The Man with the Black Valise could best be described as two halves of an unusual whole.

Book Review: In Painted Worlds, a full-colour book featuring some of folk artist Maud Lewis’s best- and lesser-known paintings, author Laurie Dalton provides a thoughtful analysis of her work.

Can controversy be used to produce a favourable outcome in the history classroom? If so, how?

Using DNA to test conjectures about your family history.