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In this lesson, students will focus on the contributions of successful Canadians of Chinese ancestry, analyze the challenges that they have overcome, and celebrate their successes.

Chilkat blankets are one of the best examples of the Northwest Coast’s exceptional weaving industry.

This humble suitcase crossed the Atlantic Ocean seven times.

For generations, society has historically expected women to not only do the laundry — but to do it well..

From the archives: In 1920s Winnipeg, a groundbreaking fashion show introduces shoppers to the latest trends in lingerie style.

Nellie McClung and a group of devoted suffragists stage their mock parliament to make a point about women’s equality.

Book Review: If anyone can take the topic of colonial settlement on the prairies and make it sing, it’s Carter. A historian in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, her focus is the intersection of gendered colonial-Indigenous relations on the prairies. With Imperial Plots, Carter has again proven her talents.

New musical explores the what-ifs that surround the life of Canada’s fourth prime minister.

This lesson examines the various viewpoints and perspectives of the participants in the Confederation debates, including the voices of women, Indigenous peoples and other groups left out of the process.

Their contributions were often overlooked in official histories, but Indigenous men and women played crucial roles in the success of the fur trade.