October is Women’s History Month. We celebrate by exploring the history and legacy of Canada’s first female lawyer.

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As part of Women’s History Month, we highlight Jennie Trout, the first female doctor in all of Canada.

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11 years ago today, Pierre Trudeau passed away. His death brought about an outpouring of national pride and mourning perhaps unprecedented for any political leader in our history.

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On Leonard Cohen’s 77th birthday James Marsh recalls Cohen’s impact: “So it was that Leonard Cohen entered my life when I first became entangled in the tousled threads of love.”

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The exciting political drama John A: Birth of a Country premieres tonight on the CBC. Watch and enjoy the history, drama, and mutton chops!

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75 years ago today, Dorothea Palmer was arrested for sharing information on birth control, sparking the longest trial in Canadian history to that date.

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The effects that washed over the country carried with it grief, anger, and hurt. There was palpable bewilderment from our American friends. “Why do they hate us?”

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George Grant’s Lament for a Nation stirred discussion of Canadian nationalism when it was first published in 1965. Its central concern is just as relevant today as it was then.

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The Canadian Encyclopedia, described as “the intellectual equivalent of building the CPR”, turns 26 today!

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History provides a useful perspective on a time when working people had to fight to work less than 12 hours a day.

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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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Editor-in-Chief James Marsh on his appearance on CTV’s national news and the rough ‘n tumble history of the Stanley Cup.

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On August 22, 1964, The Beatles played their first Canadian concert in Vancouver to a packed crowd. Jeanie Jones, a teen at the time, remembers the concert and the pandemonium.

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On this day in 1942, Canadian and British troops raided Dieppe to test German defences. Of the nearly 5,000 Canadian soldiers, more than 900 were killed and 1874 taken prisoner.

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The Historica-Dominion Institute’s new website, Sir. John A. Day, brings the country’s first Prime Minister to life with videos, a timeline, teacher and student resources, and a printable party hat!

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