Canadian history

Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. Obviously, it’s on a different day and month than our neighbours to the south who have theirs on the fourth Thursday in November. Ours is on the second Monday…

10 things you didn’t know about the history of Canada https://travel2next.com/history-of-canada-10-things-you-didnt-know/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=Travel%202%20Next&utm_content=10%20things%20you%20didn%27t%20know%20about%20the%20history%20of%20Canada

Canadian History usually brings one word to mind: BORING! Make it fun again with this beginners guide!

144 Things Canada has given the World - 1

A new book explores the significant Indigenous influence on HBC's expansion and how, for all its many evils, the company kept vast swaths of Canada from becoming part of the U.S.

Four of the best historic forts in Canada to experience Canadian history. The Fortress of Louisbourg and Halifax Citadel are two in Nova Scotia.

In a perfect world, the thirty women on this list would be household names. But for too long history textbooks have focused on great men, to the exclusion of all others.

Historical fiction is one of the best ways to take moments of history and bring them alive. Check out these Canadian historical fiction stories for kids from Scholastic Canada - Dear Canada and I am Canada books.

Canada's contribution to the First World War led to growing autonomy and international recognition, but at great cost.

These cards feature the photos, names, provinces of each of the fathers of confederation - done in the style of 3 part cards from the Montessori method.

Fun Facts to think about for your Canada Day weekend!

Title / Titre : Royal Canadian: March / Artillerie royale canadienne : marche Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Arthur Wellesley Hughes Date(s) : circa / vers 1900 Reference No. / Numéro de référence : AMICUS 5374572 collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&... collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&... Location / Lieu : Toronto, Ontario, Canada Credit / Mention de source : Arthur Wellesley Hughes. Toronto ; Winnipeg : Whaley, Royce & Co. Library and Archives…

On July 1, 2017, as a crowd gathered to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday on Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital of Ottawa, a group of Indigenous activists, the Bawating Water Protectors, erected a teepee. In defiance of the uncritical vision of Canada’s past held by many Canadians, this act functioned as an Indigenous ceremony and as a declaration of Indigenous presence on this land that long predates the country’s emergence as a Dominion in 1867.