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Nov 23, 2017
Riel
The name Louis Riel stands out in Canadian history, and ever since I rode past the Manitoba Métis Federation building in Portage La Prairie, MB, I’ve been planning on learning...
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Nov 18, 2017
10 Songs of Canadian History
After I published 5 Virtual Museums of Canadian History, someone sent me a link to Canadian Geographic’s Great Canadian Song Map. I didn’t have time to go through it while...
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Nov 12, 2017
Disease as a Weapon
At the Haida Heritage Centre is a museum that contains archeological artifacts and historical accounts describing pre-contact Haida culture, colonization and modern experiences within the Haida nation. It’s a high-quality...
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Sep 16, 2017
The Destruction of Port Essington
In April 2017, the British Columbia government recognized 56 sites as historic Japanese-Canadian places and created an interactive map on Heritage BC to acknowledge all 176 nominated places across the...
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Sep 15, 2017
A Brief History of Self-Government in the Yukon
I didn’t know self-government existed in First Nations in Canada outside of Nunavut. I knew that the Indian Act first passed in 1876 was still in effect. I knew self-determination...
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Aug 8, 2017
Return to Oka
I wrote about Oka at the end of June. The first thing I read about was the leadership of Ellen Gabriel as one of the spokespeople for the Mohawk resistance....
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Aug 8, 2017
5 Virtual Museums of Canadian History
I came across the Virtual Museum of Canada, ‘the largest source of online content and experiences shared by large and small Canadian museums and heritage organizations,’ and spent some time...
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Aug 7, 2017
Winnipeg General Strike
On May 1, 1919, building trade unions employed by the Winnipeg Builders Exchange were faced with an ultimatum related to their wages and decided to go on strike. The following...
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Aug 5, 2017
Neys POW Camp and Japanese Internment
Neys Provincial Park is a park on the north shore of Lake Superior, known for its sand beaches, unique plant species and islands made famous by the Group of Seven....
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Jun 28, 2017
Oka
I had heard of the Oka Crisis, but I had never had it pointed out to me on a map. So when we bicycled through Oka on our way out...
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Jun 28, 2017
Murdochville Strike
I recently researched and wrote a piece about the Québec sovereignty movement after coming across a colourful mural along the highway southwest of Percé. But what about when there isn’t...
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Jun 27, 2017
Maison du Pêcheur
I saw the mural from a distance. Hand-painted, spanning both doors of a worn wooden building. “Oeil libre Regardes où tu marches Le ciel se lève […] Survivre” I never...
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Jun 10, 2017
The Relocation of Black Point
A few weeks ago we stayed with Michel and Lucille on the northwest coast of Cape Breton. One of the things I had heard about while we were on Newfoundland...
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Apr 14, 2017
How My Home Became a Wasteland
I grew up on an isolated property north of County Road 45, which was Digby Township in my young life and has now amalgamated into the City of Kawartha Lakes....
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