Canadianhistory Stories

In Remembering a Special Remembrance Day, a son-in-law accompanies his father-in-law, a Second World War veteran, to the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Through heartfe...

In The Old Schoolhouse: How Time Flies, a writer's quiet visit to a forgotten one-room schoolhouse stirs powerful visions of the past. Through dusty relics, community re...

When the Saint Lawrence Seaway project submerged entire communities, families like the Lefebvres, Dufresnes, and Lemoines lost more than their homes-they lost a way of l...

As one of a mere dozen or so Chinese women in a community of over two thousand Chinese men, Jean Lumb was determined to see that change-little did she know her determina...

Elizabeth Neufeld turns a scandal into a way to help the immigrant community around Central Neighbourhood House. A brand commission for the Myseum of Toronto.

Agnes Macphail was a force of nature - a woman who broke down the boundaries in Canadian politics and stood up for the voiceless. From 1921 when she first took office...

Sixteen year-old Jefferson is a loner who plays video games all the time. His mother finally persuades him to vacation with her at Iroquois Lake. During that time, he sn...

So cool, I do digital art and am starting animation. Cool. I also update things here. Cool. You read the title.

William Briar is a young man in 1917 Canada. With the Great War worse than ever, Will chooses to enlist and join the other young men who are fighting overseas, leaving b...

Residential schools: Government-sponsored religious schools established to assimilate Indigenous children into the Euro-Canadian culture. Assimilate: cause (something) t...