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Unacquainted with Fear

How Eileen Vollick became the first Canadian woman to earn a pilot's licence.


Freethinker

Book Review: Those who have been overshadowed — the intellectual predecessors to the Quiet Revolution — include Éva Circé-Côté, the subject of Lévesque’s 2010 book that has now been translated into English.


October-November 2019

See what’s available in the October-November 2019 issue of Canada’s History magazine.


Seeking the Fabled City

Book Review: In his latest book, Seeking the Fabled City, Allan Levine writes about Jews in the military in
both world wars (they enlisted in high numbers), in businesses, in the professions, and in public welfare bodies.


Live at the Cellar

Book Review: The way Marian Jago sets the stage to explain how and why a jazz venue emerged at this specific time in Vancouver provides a fascinating window into Canadian history.


Engaged with the past

Reading List: Recent creative writing about Canadian history


Making it Count

Canada’s first census was launched in 1666, but it took three hundred years to be truly completed — by a rebel historian who championed Quebec’s Quiet Revolution.


Unsettling Spirit

Book Review: The book Unsettling Spirit: A Journey into Decolonization invites readers to pursue an uncomfortable examination of Canadian colonial history and culture.


We Stand on Guard

Fiction Feature: It’s 1880, and Calixa Lavallée is about to introduce “O Canada” in Quebec City. The original French words by Adolphe-Basile Routhier will stand, but who will get to decide what will be sung in English?


Inside the Display Case

Guest editor Magda Fahrni reflects on the importance of preserving, conserving, restoring, and showcasing the objects that have marked our past.