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Anna Shumilak of The Hudson's Bay Company Archives, demonstrates how the lifestyles of settlers in the Red River colony can be revealed through the many diverse records available to the public at the Archives of Manitoba.
The Selkirk Settlers - A Rich Collection of Records from Canada's History.
1 = poor, 5 = excellent
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Watch this compilation of pre-1970 Canadian television ads to see how people got hooked on smoking to be "cool."
The life and loves of Roald Amundsen are explored in a recent film called The Blinding Sea.
Dr Laura Detre, an instructor of history at Washington & Jefferson University, talks to us about the “Last Best West” program — a Canadian immigration strategy to encourage settlement in western Canada.
Dr. Jamie Morton shows us two examples of indigenous clothing items from the Canadian prairies: A moose hide coat from the John Halkett collection and a beaded Cree hood, both made with HBC trade goods.
Canada has declared 2010 the year of the British Home Child to commemorate the thousands of poverty-stricken children sent here from Britain between 1869 and 1948.