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Building Johnny Pov’s Kayak

Archival photos from the 1950s show how an Inuit community came together using skill and sealskins to build a traditional watercraft.

2024 Summer Reading Guide

Our special advertising section includes engaging history titles along with other new and recent books from Canadian publishers.

War of 1812 Video Field Guide

From the Battle of Queenston Heights to the burning of Washington to the little-known role of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, this 11-part series of videos hosted by Tim Compeau brings to life the major events of the conflict.


Clara at the Door with a Revolver

Book review: A book like this is a great reminder that the good old days were only good for a very select few. If you were non-white, non-male, non-heterosexual, or even non-Protestant, Toronto in the late 1800s was not a place where you could expect fairness, much less justice.

2025 Summer Reading Guide

Before you zip up that travel bag, you might want to pack a few of these books to keep you company while you’re on the road or at a weekend getaway.

Sanctuary in Pieces

Book review: The use of the words “in pieces” in the title serves to underscore the ways, as the author concludes, that “sanctuary as it has come to operate in the present — in the form of public declaration and high-profile media stories — is broken.”

Taking a Stand

Bring labour history into your classroom with these lesson plans and activities.


A Prairie Farm: Before and After Electrification

Students will create a brochure that compares and contrasts the changes to the rural farms of the Canadian Prairies before and after electrification.

Dene Dress

An example of early twentieth-century fashion in a moose-skin dress.


Looking for Mrs. Armstrong

Who was that impassioned woman at the heart of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike? And why did her memory become lost to time? Filmmaker Paula Kelly set out to bring Helen Armstrong back from the margins of history and discovered in her journey a legacy of humanism that has been passed down through the generations.