Francesco Coirazza “Multiculturalism finally no longer applies to Quebec! […] It’s a model that has always been harmful to Quebec,” claimed Minister of the French Language Jean-François Roberge in ...

Francesco Coirazza “Multiculturalism finally no longer applies to Quebec! […] It’s a model that has always been harmful to Quebec,” claimed Minister of the French Language Jean-François Roberge in the ...

Francesco Coirazza “Multiculturalism finally no longer applies to Quebec! […] It’s a model that has always been harmful to Quebec,” claimed Minister of the French Language Jean-François Roberge in the ...

Nancy Janovicek and Karissa Patton On July 10, the Alberta government introduced new standards for school libraries “to ensure school library materials are age-appropriate.” The ministerial order ...

Nancy Janovicek and Karissa Patton This button is from Nancy’s political button “archive.” She first wore it in the 1990s when groups attempted to ban books from libraries, including Lesléa ...

This week I talk with Peter Fortna, author of The Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History. We talk about the origins of the Nation, which is located in northeastern Alberta, the community ...

This week, I talk with Barbara Messamore, author of Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election about one of Canada’s turning point elections. We discuss the post-war economy’s, ...

This post is part of our series of Essays on the Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online. I didn’t expect to get into public history. I’ve been lucky enough to find an ...

Active History is hiring a part-time site manager. Come work with us! Editorial meeting for “les pages féminines,” La Presse newsroom, 4 March 1969. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Site ...

Imagine being suddenly told that you cannot research online when writing history. No electronic journals, no ebooks, no Internet Archive, no Wikipedia, no search engines. You will instead be forced to ...

Workmen shank aluminum blooms at the Aluminum Company of Canada plantCredit: Ronny Jaques / National Film Board of Canada, Library and Archives, Canada, WRM2814. Everything seems to be about tariffs ...

This is the fourth entry in a monthly series on Thinking Historically. See the Introduction here. In this blog post, I share the preliminary findings from my study on experiences in the Air Cadet ...