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A Dark Time: The Japanese Internment Of WW2
It is a dark chapter in Canada's history. After Pearl Harbour, fueled by anti-Japanese racism, the Canadian government authorized the internment of 2…
6 years, 5 months ago
Bringing Us Healthcare: The Road To Medicare
Universal Health Care is something Canadians take a lot of pride in, but the road towards it was a long one that started years before any Act was sig…
6 years, 5 months ago
Surviving Disease: Canada's Epidemic History
Since the arrival of Europeans in the 1500s, Canada has seen epidemics come and go for centuries. From smallpox to cholera, from typhoid fever to mor…
6 years, 6 months ago
An Interview With On The Bench
Steven Campbell and Ryan Russell, two friends from Airdrie, Alberta, came together to create On The Bench a few years ago, using their characters of …
6 years, 6 months ago
Transforming Montreal: The Lachine Canal
It took 130 years to get a canal built, and when it was finally finished it would transform Montreal into one of the most important cities on the con…
6 years, 6 months ago
After the War: The Siberian Expeditionary Force
As the First World War came to an end, the Canadian government would send troops to another part of the world to take part in a new fight, the Russia…
6 years, 6 months ago
An Interview With Sandra Battaglini
Today, we have an interview with Sandra Battaglini, who wrote her thesis on the women who worked at the INCO mine in Sudbury during the Second World …
6 years, 6 months ago
More Than A Coin: The Arrival Of The Loonie
Back in the mid-1980s, it was decided that the time was right to get rid of the dollar bill and replace it with a dollar coin. Originally, the Mint h…
6 years, 6 months ago
An Interview With Elvis Stojko
He is one of Canada’s greatest figure skaters, and throughout the 1990s his name was synonymous with the sport. Today, I present my interview with th…
6 years, 6 months ago
Leading The Island: The Prime Ministers of Newfoundland
For a period of just under 30 years, Newfoundland was not a colony, but a dominion. With that title, it also had a prime minister, not a premier. Dur…
6 years, 6 months ago