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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 Museum of Vancouver’s latest exhibition, Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver invites Vancouverites to participate in the future design of their city.
Using a collection of documents and photographs depicting the front of the former Regent Theatre in Sudbury we will develop an exhibit and lesson plan based on the social history of the community and its reaction to world events from 1939 to 1958.
Frank Lucano was in the Light Aid Detachment, the group of mechanics who went along with the armoured corps to keep their equipment in shape.
Howie Morenz was ranked by The Hockey News as the 15th best player in hockey history. Yet, with all that accomplished during his life, he is still more commonly known for his untimely death.
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).