Historical Maps of Toronto makes hard-to-find maps easily accesible on the web. Nathan Ng, brainchild behind the project, answers a few questions about maps, history and his love for both.

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Children of the 70s and 80s will remember the loveable puppet duo Binkley and Doinkel. Discover their origins and their remarkable twenty-year career!

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A new documentary on the War of 1812 sets aside straight military history to focus on the civilans of Southwestern Ontario who were caught up in the life-changing challenges of war.

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Come explore Fort York’s art installation, The Encampment, an artistic rendering of a military camp that would have existed during the War of 1812.

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It was a meeting of the minds on June 6 when The Canadian Encyclopedia and The Chinese Encyclopedia met in Vancouver to share their histories and pick each others’ brains!

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Maria Calderisi remembers the contributions of former Encyclopedia of Music in Canada member Patricia Wardrop.

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Literature editor Susanne Marshall “longs for serious engagement with literature in the public sphere” and explores the effectiveness of populist literary awards like Canada Reads and CBC’s Bookie Awards.

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You want to learn about Canada’s Father of Confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald, but you’re unsure of where to start. We’ve got your covered with our list of resources!

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On World Teachers’ Day, Laura Fraser gives teachers the gift of free resources and ideas for the classroom.

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On World Teachers’ Day, Susanne Marshall reflects: “teaching is both a generous and a selfish impulse, and I often think I’m the one who gains the most.”

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Understanding the depth of our literary history and the breadth of style, scope and subject of our fiction, poetry, and drama brings us together as a cultural unit.

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To celebrate International Literacy Day, our editors choose their favourite Canadian books for newbies and fans alike. Happy reading!

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No group of educators ever worked harder than the young women and men who taught in one-room schools in isolated communities all over Canada.

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We’ve just discovered the website, From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration, replete with interviews, primary documents and a nifty, moving timeline of the Chinese Canadian experience, from migration to exclusion to integration. The website, in support of an upcoming documentary on the Chinese Exclusion Act, is a feast for the historically inclined. [...]

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Editor-in-Chief James Marsh argues for the importance of libraries: “Anyone who cares how our kids are learning in this new digital age needs to support our libraries and our librarians.”

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