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Meet Tom Longboat, an Onondaga long distance runner who becomes a world-class athlete.

Chinese-Canadian Kam Len “Doug” Sam served in the air force in the Second World War. Shot down in France, he gathered critical information as a spy for the Allies.

The city of Halifax bulldozes a Black settlement that had stood for 150 years, destroying a community but not its spirit.

Ride the rails across Canada with Black sleeping car porters as they fight for labour rights and civil rights.

Prairie families in the 1930s watch their farms — and hopes — blow away while they wait for rain.

Students will work in collaborative groups to examine the life and work of Harriet Tubman to analyze to what extent she changed history.

Students investigate nineteenth century life in Canada through three context-based activities that each involve research, artifact creation and presentation components.

In the course overview unit, students are introduced to the six historical thinking concepts using activities that correspond to six events/topics of the twentieth century. 

In this activity, students will learn about Madeleine Parent and the history of workers’ rights in Canada.