L’anniversaire de naissance de Sir John A. Macdonald le 11 janvier, est l’occasion pour les Canadiens de célébrer la vision d’unité de Macdonald et notre indépendance face aux États-Unis.

January 11, Sir John A. Macdonald’s birthday, is an opportunity for Canadians to celebrate Macdonald’s vision of unity and a North American destiny independent of the United States.

This week, we celebrated Sir John A.’s birthday, The Walrus launched a new TV series, Canadian publishing giant McClelland & Stewart was taken over, and Dave Broadfoot wisecracks about history.

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!

This week: Americans are urged to abandon their presidential candidates for “Canadacy,” John Diefenbaker might be a father, and survey says Canadians are unaware of their own history – mostly.

This week we discovered that Canadians don’t like history, don’t understand how Google works, and have abandoned the Kyoto Protocol. But it’s not all bad news – the NFB sees Oscar love and Veteran Affairs makes plans to commemorate significant war heroes. Good week? Bad week? You decide.

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

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

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!