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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 4d

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 4d

This Thanksgiving, consider celebrating the educators and researchers who keep our history alive.
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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 9d

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The Role of Student Voice

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 9d

It's World Teachers' Day! Listen to our latest podcast series where we speak to the finalists of the 2025 Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching about their work inside and outside the classroom. Find the podcast link in the comments.🎓

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 12d

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Illuminating Liberation - Canada's History

Q & A: Winnipeg-born filmmaker and artist Noam Gonick recently spoke with independent visual arts curator Wayne Baerwaldt about Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, Gonick’s documentary that opene...

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 12d

FROM THE OCT/NOV 25 ISSUE:
Winnipeg-born filmmaker and artist Noam Gonick spoke with independent visual arts curator Wayne Baerwaldt about Gonick’s recent documentary, as well as his new ballet video installation.
Full interview linked in the comments.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 18d

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What’s the Story? Supporting Inquiry through Heritage Fairs - Canada's History

This series is designed to provide teachers with tools and strategies for helping students select meaningful topics, design strong inquiry questions, and locate and analyze relevant evidence. Teachers...

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 18d

This fall we are offering a professional development series to support teachers in the Heritage Fair program.
Learn strategies for guiding students through every stage of their project, from selecting topics to presenting their findings. Register by Oct. 1 for early-bird pricing! Link in comments.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 19d

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Indigenous Law and Legal Orders - Canada's History

Young readers will be challenged to reflect on what Indigenous law and legal orders have to offer us now and in the future if we are to live together in a good way.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 19d

FREE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL: In advance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, explore our latest publication created in collaboration with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: Truth Before Reconciliation: Indigenous Law and Legal Orders. Download PDF through link in comments.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 22d

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At Cross Purposes - Canada's History

Quebec’s secularism law is the culmination of a decades-long struggle to come to terms with the province’s Catholic past.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 22d

This is the latest manifestation of a long struggle concerning the place of religion in the public sphere in Quebec, a story largely unknown or misunderstood outside the French-speaking community. And, of course, it all started with New France.
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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · 29d

ON NEWSSTANDS NOW!

The Oct-Nov issue features a local initiative to preserve war veteran history, an autoworkers strike that contributed to labour movement, and the creation of the Northwest Angle + Annual Beaver supplement, which explores rediscovering Indigenous graves and where to go from here.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Canada's History Now: 🎥 TIFF celebrates its 50th anniversary

Read about the Canadians who shaped Hollywood including Mary Pickford, Martin Short, William Shatner, Buster Keaton, and more!

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Sep 4

As Toronto International Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we have compiled a list of some of the most notable Canadian contributions to the Hollywood film industry.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Sep 3

Beavers and bees might seem like an unlikely duo, but this productive pair has long been associated with big business.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Canada's History Now: Destinations

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Aug 19

📰From the newsletter: This former-fishing-camp-turned-remarkable garden in Bas-Saint-Laurent was created by Elsie Reford, a feminist and philanthropist. She is seen pictured here in her gardens, circa 1935.
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#WorldPhotographyDay #canadianhistory

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Aug 13

Bloody (fantastic) beaver post about Cree artist Kent Monkman's 2011 painting "Les castors du roi" which draws on multiple references to make the beaver the subject of colonial-style hunting/war art.
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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Jumbo in the New World - Canada's History

He was an elephant so famous his name was a synonym for <em>big</em>. When he was felled by a locomotive in St. Thomas, Ontario, his death truly resounded.

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Aug 12

August 12 is celebrated as #WorldElephantDay. Humans have always been in awe of these wonderfully big creatures but sometimes not in the best way.
Read more about the life and afterlife of Jumbo through the link in the comments🐘
#canada #canadian #canadianhistory #elephant

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Canada's History @canadashistory.bsky.social · Aug 11

Some 61 nursing sisters faced Canada's deadliest naval attack during the Great War. Their deaths became fodder for Allied propaganda. Read "Maritime Massacre" and other stories from last week's newsletter through the link in the comments.

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