The COVID-19 pandemic tested healthcare systems worldwide and pushed many of them to the breaking point. Canadians ...

This essay is part of a series. Last week, I provided an overview of sex work legislation in Canada- heavy-handedly hinting at its cyclical and unchanging nature. Today, I do much the same. I argue ...

By Sean Graham This week I talk with Cristina Vatulescu, author of Reading the Archival Revolution: Declassified Stories and Their Challenges. We talk about the Soviet archives that have been ...

This week I’m joined by Ian Kennedy, author of Ice in their Veins: Women’s Relentless Pursuit of the Puck. We talk about the challenge of finding sources for early women’s ...

In August 2024 representatives from multiple online history projects, universities, and public history institutions met in London to discuss key topics in online knowledge mobilization. Over the ...

One of the girls. [in the Yukon, 1898-1910]. Credit: EA Hegg / Library and Archives Canada / PA-013444. Restrictions on use: Nil. Copyright: Expired. “…Bill C-36 ...

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By Alan MacEachern I drew, when I was a kid. I drew goalies and traded them for hockey cards with guys in my class. I drew horses and gave them to girls, no exchange required. But as chapter books ...

In August 2024 representatives from multiple online history projects, universities, and public history institutions met in London to discuss key topics in online knowledge mobilization. Over the next ...

With Halloween here, I revisit my 2013 conversation with the University of Glasgow’s Sabine Wieber about death masks. We talk about the artistic meaning of the masks and how they affected people’s ...