Thomas Neill Cream’s early life was uneventful – born in Scotland in 1850 and raised in Quebec City – and he progressed through medical school at McGill and in Great Britain; he then worked in ... Read More »
Afghanistan is often imagined by North Americans to be either an inferno of endless turmoil and repression of women or a rest stop for hippies seeking enlightenment, drugs, and groovy carpets. In our popular imagination, ... Read More »
Scholar, writer, and artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg of Alderville First Nation) offers her distinctive Nishnaabeg storytelling in this year’s instalment of the Kreisel Lecture Series, entitled A Short History of the Blockade. ... Read More »
The diaries of Canada’s 10th prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, have been used to analyze Canada at a critical time in its history, as well as his own politics and personal life. Neville Thompson, ... Read More »
In January 1993, Denise Davy met a woman whose brief acquaintance would shape the next two-and-a-half decades of her life. Davy, then a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator, was spending the night at a shelter ... Read More »
War has been, and continues to be, a key element of human history. There is archaeological evidence that we have always used violence both to make gains and defend ourselves. In her new book, War: ... Read More »
Anyone who has ever attended a vigil on Dec. 6 knows that there’s a certain protocol to be followed when remembering the victims of the Montreal Massacre: speeches are made about gender-based violence, both in ... Read More »
November 9, 2020 | Filed under: History, Memoir & Biography
Jean Barman has written about the history of B.C. for more than 30 years and has won multiple awards, but fans of her work have had to track down her shorter essays in individual journals. ... Read More »
“Though we never met, in many ways Anne Fulton is the reason I am writing this book.” That is the opening of the preface for this thorough and intimate history of the first 12 years ... Read More »
Not many Canadians remember – or ever knew – the story of the Abortion Caravan, a group of women who drove from Vancouver to Ottawa in the spring of 1970 to challenge Canada’s abortion laws. ... Read More »
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