By Thomas Peace Donald Trump’s return to the White House has brought with it a revival of continentalist rhetoric to North American politics. “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with ...

This week I’m joined by Stephen Osborne, author of The Coincidence Problem: Selected Dispatches 1999-2022. We talk about Stephen’s involvement in the launch of Geist magazine, what makes a good ...

Residential school denialism is on the rise in Canada and meaningful reconciliation is at risk. 1 After the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report in 2015, and especially ...

This week I’m joined by Crystal Gail Fraser, author of By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. We discuss the lesser known ...

Imagine walking through the doors of the last large museum you visited. What do you see? Colourful artwork hanging off the walls? Marble sculptures along voluminous hallways? Rare cultural artifacts ...

POWER (Prostitutes and Other Women for Equal Rights). 1990s. City of Vancouver Archives. AM1675-S4-F22-: 2018-020.4437-: 2018-020.4437.2. To fully understand the consequences of the parallels between ...

Residential school denialism may have its origins in Canada, but it is increasingly circulating and being used around the world as part of a wider matrix of imperial apologetics – a transnational ...

Residential school denialism may have its origins in Canada, but it is increasingly circulating and being used around the world as part of a wider matrix of imperial apologetics – a transnational ...

It’s part of the craft of writing: a “killer quote” that powerfully demonstrates the point the author is trying to make. Taken from a primary source, it can become the most quoted part of the ...

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ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events.