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February is Black History Month in Canada, which gives students and teachers an extra opportunity to reflect on the history and contributions of people of African descent in our country.
Rosemary tells us what inspired her to get involved in promoting Black history, how Canada came to celebrate Black History Month and shares some of the stories and resources that she thinks our students should know about, most notably Harriet Tubman.
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The Vikings are coming to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. Vikings is a brand new 8000 square foot exhibit with almost 500 original artifacts, which is opening at the museum on May 16th.
This year’s winner of the Sir John A. Macdonald prize for academic writing is Michel Ducharme of the University of British Columbia. He won the top writing prize at this year’s CHA awards gala for his 2010 book, Le concept de liberté au Canada a l’époque des Révolutions atlantiques (1776-1838).
Author and historian Tim Cook discusses his new book Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King and Canada's World Wars which explores the wartime leadership of prime ministers Robert Borden and William Lyon Mackenzie King.
In "Worth the fight" we learned about William Bennett Best, an engineer and Canadian hero. His champion, Jim Belknap, advocates for better recognition of Best's deeds in this podcast interview.
This is the third podcast in a series dealing with environmental history.