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October-November 2022

See what’s available in the October-November 2022 issue of Canada’s History.


Snapshots in Twentieth Century Canadian History, 1929 to 1945

Students will utilize and connect their snapshots of twentieth century Canadian history to one of the Historical Thinking Concepts.


Daughters of Confederation

As the Fathers of Confederation negotiated unity, their unmarried daughters and sisters hoped for alliances of a different kind.  


Canada's Pirate Queen

Pirate Maria Lindsey Cobham sent waves of fear through sailors in 1700s Canada.


Saving Skid Row

The old buildings of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside have a checkered past. Is their shady heritage worth saving?


Monumental Moments

What began as a ‘Victorian gentleman’s club’ one hundred years ago has evolved into the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada we know today.


Made in Canada: Handy to Have

Ten creative and innovative contributions Canadians have made to our daily lives.


Play Ball, Eh?

Nine innings of stories you’ve probably never heard about baseball in Canada. 


A Grateful Nation

Seventy-five years after the Second World War, the Dutch are determined to keep alive the legacy of their Canadian liberators.


A War on Two Fronts

In the Great War, the Canadian state found itself fighting two fronts. And the historical irony is striking: while thousands of working-class men and women were marched off to Europe, ostensibly to defend the rights and freedoms of democracy against tyranny, such highly prized ideals were routinely—and often severely—violated at home.