"Hoser" is a slang word for a Canadian of limited intelligence and little education. Almost always a white man, a hoser is, to some extent, the Canadi...
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu, tennis player (born 16 June 2000 in Mississauga, Ontario). Romanian Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu won 19 junior si...
In Canada, a tuque (sometimes spelled toque or touque) refers to a warm knitted cap, traditionally made of wool and usually worn in winter.
Canada and the Development of the Polio Vaccine
During the first half of the 20th century, poliomyelitis, a.k.a. polio or "The Crippler," hit Canada harder than anywhere else. Successive polio epide...
The Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. After the Vancouver Gri...
Winnie-the-Pooh is a popular character in children's books, movies and TV series. Originally appearing in Winnie-the-Pooh, a children's book written b...
The Battle of the Hatpins
On 7 January 1916, dozens of francophone parents fought off police who were attempting to prevent French-language instruction at Guigues School in Ott...
Salish Woolly Dog
The Salish Woolly dog was an important part of Coast Salish life throughout southern Vancouver Island, the Strait of Georgia, and Washington State, as...
Psychedelic Research in 1950s Saskatchewan
In the 1950s, Saskatchewan was home to some of the most important psychedelic research in the world. Saskatchewan-based psychiatrist Humphry Osmond co...
Abraham Ulrikab
Abraham Ulrikab (born 29 January 1845 in Hebron, Labrador; died 13 January 1881 in Paris, France) was one of eight Labrador Inuit to die from smallpox...
Anne Innis Dagg
Anne Innis Dagg, CM, zoologist, feminist activist, author (born 25 January 1933 in Toronto, ON). Dagg is best known as a giraffe expert. In 1956, she...
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Homelessness in Canada
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Wild Berries in Canada
Charles Tomkins
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Canada
Albert Jackson
Henry Norwest
Greater Prairie Chicken
Komagata Maru
Habitants and French-Speaking Quebec
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Pipelines in Canada
Turtle Island
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Robotics in Canada
Reserves in Newfoundland and Labrador
Michelle Douglas
Black Loyalists in British North America
Maple Trees in Canada
Reserves in Saskatchewan
Tommy Douglas and Eugenics
Notwithstanding Clause
Remembering D-Day: The Making of a Heritage Minute
Hudson's Bay Point Blanket
The Acadian Flag
Interned in Canada: an Interview with Pat Adachi
Invasive Species in Canada: Animals
McIntosh Apple
John Shiwak
Minority Governments in Canada
Chatham Coloured All-Stars
Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught
Rose Johnstone
Edmonton Grads
Pass System in Canada
Louis Riel
Pride in Canada
Children of the Halifax Explosion
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
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Edith Monture
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"I would no longer obsess over my own problems with sexism but fight for equality for all academic women, for women of all sorts, for anyone suffering from tyranny."
Anne Innis Dagg, zoologist, feminist activist, author
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