By Sean Graham In this episode, I talk with Jean-Michel Turcotte, Acting Chief Historian of the Directorate of History and Heritage at the Department of National Defence and the convenor of the ...
By Christopher Balcom Understanding the far-right is key to making sense of our political moment. We are witnessing a resurgence of explicitly fascistic organizations, like the “active clubs” ...
One of the author’s Belgian Shepherds, Khan, herding sheep. Photo courtesy of Fraser Telford. My collections would, perhaps, better be termed a “pack” and a “herd”; the “collections” that both inform ...
As public buildings closed their doors in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, public libraries across Canada pivoted to strengthen connections with communities online, offering virtual story ...
Two approaches dominate discussion about how professors should handle generative “artificial intelligence” in the classroom: give up or give in. I reject both approaches.[1] Not because I don’t ...
This week marks the 10th anniversary of Unwritten Histories, a project created by Andrea Eidinger that has shaped how many of us think about the past—how it’s written, shared, and understood. In the ...
Driving along Highway 529, two hours south of Calgary, giant wind turbines tower over the fields of canola. Along the road, several signs indicate the local community opposition to wind energy ...
“The upholstery department is the only place where women are employed in the Durant automobile factory.” Your Future Car (film), 1922, Library and Archives Canada, ISN 185644. For three consecutive ...
As part of our series with the 2025 Shannon Lecture Series, I talk with Sarah Hogenbirk, who will deliver the opening lecture on Monday entitled ‘Fighting for Their Place and Recognition: Canadian ...
My dad is a great storyteller. Exaggerating at the right moments and building an exciting narrative, he shares anecdotes of incarceration and survival that reflect a man who grew up in a post-World ...
This week, I’m joined by Dan Black, author of Oceans of Fate: Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia. We talk about the ship’s earliest voyage following its 1913 commissioning, its ...
The opening session of Active History’s late-August workshop on knowledge mobilization and public history confronted the changing digital environment and its consequences. Among the digital topics ...
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