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Steady scholarship, dry wit and an appetite for public debate are the qualities that made Professor Desmond Morton the 2010 winner of the Pierre Berton Award.

Steven High is a leading oral and public historian whose research empowers individuals and broadens understanding of Canada’s multi-faceted history. As a co-founder of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University, Dr. High works collaboratively with the communities that he studies and is a pioneer in digitizing the life stories that he collects.

The John Bragg Award empowers heritage organizations to conserve and promote the history of inspiring leaders who shaped Atlantic Canadian history.

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

When Canadian war medals are auctioned, everyone pays a price. 

How a group of pacifists in sixties-era Ontario was forced to question its principles of non-violence.

The 1918 flu epidemic felled nearly as many Canadians as the preceding war.

In this presentation, Gail Stromquist provides a survey of resources available to British Columbia teachers through Project of Heart while emphasizing the roles of education and youth in reconciliation.

Explore five presentations from the “Beyond 150: Telling Our Stories,” the first-ever Canadian History Twitter Conference.

In this video, Pierre Anctil — author, historian, and professor in the Department of History at the University of Ottawa — discusses pivotal moments in the migratory history of Montreal.