Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada: Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid: In Canada Events
This beautiful collection of images highlights various events that were held in Canada to honour the bravery and sacrifices at one of the most devastating battles in Canadian Military History.
Curated OER
Cbc.ca: Ordeal by Fire Turmoil on the Homefront
While Canadians enlisted to fight the enemy across the ocean in Europe, back home in Canada there was social and political unrest. This article proves a brief overview of the situations faced on the homefront.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada: The Landing at Inchon
A concise, detailed account of the Canadian soldiers contributions to the war.
McGill University
Sir John William Dawson (1820 1899)
A short biography of Sir John William Dawson, the first Canadian-born scientist to achieve international recognition.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada: Canadian Forces Abroad Photo Gallery
Thirteen photographs demonstrate ways in which Canada has focused on peacekeeping since the World Wars and Korean War.
Other
An Exploration of Historic Prejudice: Italian Digital Photo Album
This photo album shows the Italians as they lived in the Kootenays in Victorian days. They are seen here building the CPR, mining and going about their lives.
Other
Parks Canada: Glacier National Park of Canada
Glacier National Park of Canada is located in the Interior of British Columbia. This site has a wealth of information about the park, its history, management, geography, etc.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Marlene Epp, "Narrating the Canadian Mosaic: Immigration and Ethnicity"
This article focuses on Canada's efforts to create a series of booklets about the immigration for each ethnic group in Canada. Thus far they have completed 34 booklets. They have 200 different ethnic groups in Canada.
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Athabasca University: Centre for Language and Literature: The Jesuit Relations
Information about The Jesuit Relations, early documents (seventeenth century) that chronicle the Jesuit missions to New France.
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Cbc: Timeline of Canadian Tobacco Laws
This CBC News article gives a timeline of Tobacco Laws in Canada. Read about legislation as dating as far back at the 1908 Tobacco Restraint Act through to today.
PBS
Empire of the Bay: Radisson and Groseilliers
Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Medard Chouart, Sieur Des Groseilliers were key to the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company--this page by Empire of the Bay highlights their place in Canadian history.
Curated OER
Canadian Art Oil Painting of Two Men in Forest in Winter, 1900 1942
View oil painting of two men in the Canadian forest in Winter.
Curated OER
The History of the Chinese in Canada
This site gives an overview of the history of Chinese immigration to Canada accompanied by historical photographs. One section is devoted to the life of Jean Lumb who became a leader in the Chinese community. Another section describes...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Natural History Notebooks
This site from the Canadian Museum of Nature, a natural history museum, provides short information blurbs and fun facts on over 240 different common animals categorized by type (mammals, fish, reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians,...
Other
Multicultural History Society: Seeing Our Surroundings (Sos)
This is a secondary project that was undertaken at a Toronto High school. Students interviewed people in their neighbourhood to explore the meaning of community. They also learned about what it means to be Canadian.
Government of Alberta
Government of Alberta
The Alberta government homepage offers links to current and historical information about the government of Alberta, its structure, policies, and initiatives.
University of Alberta
University of Alberta: The Alberta Midland Railway
This brief history relates the construction in 1909 of what was to be an extensive network of lines, of which only two were built. An engineering challenge was faced during the construction due to a deeply incised, old glacial meltwater...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Bull's Eye Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Bull's Eye by Sarah N. Harvey is about a girl's discovery that her aunt was really her birth mother. She runs away to learn the truth about her family history and has many experiences, both good and bad. In the end, she and the aunt who...
University of Alberta
University of Alberta: The Galt Enterprises
This is a brief history that describes the establishment of the Alberta Railway by Alexander Tilloch Galt. It would be a means of moving coal from his companies coal properties to Medicine Hat. Included are maps, photographs and primary...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Charles Sherwood Noble
One of Alberta's greater known inventors, Charles Noble, is explored through his biography and his impact on soil erosion, the invention of the "Noble Blade" and the history of Nobleford, a community in southern Alberta named for him.
Canadian Museum of History
Cmc: Marius Barbean: Virtual Museum Challenge
This lesson plan uses the internet to help students learn about museum exhibits. Focusing on aboriginal and French Canadian culture, it culminates in an imaginary exhibition.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Archeion Virtual Exhibit Sweetheart of the Cne
This resource looks at the history of Toronto's Canadian National Exhibit with a focus on the Miss C.N.E. Pageant.
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Usas Library: A First Hand Account of the Rebellion of 1885
A contemporary account by Alexander Campbell, a Canadian soldier of the "Rebellion of 1885" in which the Metis tribe revolted against the Canadian government.
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Bytown Museum: The Timber Days
The Bytown Museum looks at the culture, history, and the economic impact that the timber trade had on the growth and development of the City of Ottawa.
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