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Book Review: Hamilton writer, historian, and arts curator Andrew Hunter has written a historical account of the life and times of Sophia Burthen Pooley, a Black enslaved Upper Canadian woman.

Flora Fung helps her students connect with soldiers from Canada’s past.

This lesson examines the viewpoints on the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada — immediate abolition, gradual abolition, or no abolition. 

Lawrence Hill tells the story of the Book of Negroes, the original book that inspired his best-selling book and the popular mini-series.

Students help to secure heritage designation for Halifax home.

Canada’s History newsletter wins national online publishing award.

See what’s available in the June-July 2021 issue of Canada’s History magazine.

Three former players on a residential school hockey team recall the reality behind the snapshots of their 1951 exhibition tour.

Rounding up cattle country history in Canada’s ‘Last Best West.’

Susan Haynes developed Passport to the Past, a project that invites grade 7 students to research and role–play historical figures. Students create a passport, historical costume using household items, and make a link between this individual and themselves.