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Just Watch Us

Book Review: Just Watch Us examines RCMP surveillance of the “second wave” feminist movement in Canada over a fifteen-year period beginning in the late 1960s.


The Rise of Retail

From a network of trading posts to an international retail icon, HBC underwent a remarkable transformation in the twentieth century.


Happily Hooked

Home Economics: 150 Years of Canadian Hooked Rugs at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto showcases about 100 rugs from the museum’s huge collection.


Bomb Girls: Trading Aprons for Ammo

Book Review: The phrase “bomb girls” conjures up all sorts of glamorous images: rows of ingenues coquettishly sweating on a factory line, powered by sassy grit and girlish determination. Historian Barbara Dickson’s Bomb Girls strips away such stereotypes and gets to the truth of the matter.


Getting Graphic with the Past: graphic histories and the uses of comics in education

Watch now: this webinar explores the structure of the Graphic History Collective, lessons learned through our work together, and tips for those looking to create their own projects or bring comics to the classroom.


Equality for All

Fiction Feature: Thérèse Casgrain leads change in Quebec.


Building a Kinder Country

These historic sites commemorate key moments in Canada’s social justice history.


Students Turn a Critical Eye on our Past

Online voting underway to select national history forum participants for 2017.


Lost Stories Found

Collaboration by historians and artists reveals diverse histories.


Miss Confederation

Book Review:  In this book McDonald and Coles take readers along on the “Confederation Ride” — a fascinating and revealing tour of eastern Canada in 1864.