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Creating a History of Canadian Children’s Television: Belonging and In...

From Pépinot to Paw Patrol® – Television of Our Childhoods takes a nostalgic, emotional, historical and reflective look at 70...
Exhibitions
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The Origins of the Mercury Series: A Conversation with Managing Editor...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Mercury Series. Published by the Canadian Museum of History in association with the...
Publications
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A Book in the Service of a Cause: The Role of Canadian Women During th...

Certain books are more than simply books. They are a cause. Material Traces of War: Stories of Canadian Women and Conflict,...
Publications
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Qajartalik 2022 – Collaborative Community-Based Archaeological Fieldwo...

Much like everything else, my ability as a Museum curator to do archaeological fieldwork has been impacted by the COVID-19...
Museum Research
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What DNA Analysis Can Tell us About Bytown Settlers

By looking at it today, you would never know that part of downtown Ottawa was built on the first settlers’ cemetery of Bytown,...
Museum Research
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Archaeology Without Borders: Contact-Era Archaeology in Maine

My role as Curator of Eastern Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History is to enhance the understanding of Canadian...
Museum Research
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Robert Demers: Legal Eagle in the 1970 October Crisis

The October Crisis shook Montréal, Quebec and Canada in 1970. In Montréal on October 5, a Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)...
Exhibitions
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Unearthing Canada’s First World War Internment History

The War Measures Act, enacted on August 22, 1914, gave the Canadian government sweeping powers to conduct the war. In...
Exhibitions
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“Desserts” is “Stressed” Backwards: COVID-19 and Pandemic Foodways in ...

When her children were sent home in March 2020 due to the first COVID-19 lockdown, Saskatchewan mom Dawna Doell decided that...
Museum Research
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Reflections on 1968: An Electrifying Year in Canada

Looking back on 1968, I think about the testing of the first intercontinental nuclear missile carrying multiple warheads and how...
Publications
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Signs of the COVID-19 Era: Collecting Pandemic History

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced significant adaptation and innovation, while exposing long-standing inequities in Canada...
Museum Research
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Allan MacEachen, the “Celtic Sphinx” (1921–2017)

Politician Allan MacEachen would have turned 100 years old in 2021. Although he had a number of nicknames over the course of...
Museum Research
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Behind the Scenes… Early Holiday Cards

The expression and exchange of warm wishes in the form of holiday greeting cards is a tradition dating back nearly two centuries....
Behind the Scenes
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Behind the Scenes… Political Greeting Cards

The expression and exchange of warm wishes in the form of holiday greeting cards is a tradition dating back nearly two centuries....
Behind the Scenes
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Preserving Your Greeting Cards

Over the years, we all receive many greeting cards from people we care about, with memories we would like to preserve. A few...
Behind the Scenes
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Vaccine Mandates in Historical Context

As Canadians face another winter of COVID-19, vaccine mandates — the proof often required to work, shop or participate in...
Museum Research
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Behind the Scenes… Featuring Mitsou Gélinas!

Judith Klassen, Curator of Cultural Expression, is your host as this video takes you behind the scenes of the Canadian Museum of...
Behind the Scenes
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Bill Davis (1929–2021)

William Grenville Davis (1929–2021), Premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985, passed away recently in his hometown of Brampton....
Significant Dates
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Honouring an Influential Figure in Historical Geography 

Lockdown has made many of us consider the spaces in which we live. How do our workplaces or homes affect our daily habits, diets,...
Publications
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October 1970: Multiple Perspectives on a Drama

We commemorate many historical events in Canada. Some are tragic, evoking painful memories and complex emotions. One such event...
Significant Dates
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