Agnes Deans Cameron, Teacher, Journalist, and The New North
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Agnes Deans Cameron (1863-1912) excelled in education, journeyed to the Arctic, promoted gender equality, worked as a journalist, and...
The ‘George Cross’ Civilian Award Given to Commonwealth Citizens
Wielding his sword, St. George slays the large and intimidating dragon. Radiating strength and courage, the image in silver is a fitting symbol for...
The Columbia District
Queen Victoria chose to use the Columbia District for the foundation of the name for the Colony of British Columbia.
The Columbia District was a...
The “Extension of Nation”: Commodity and Commodification
The shift from oral to printing culture affected human beings' perception of society. Nations are global villages where information is a commodity.
The 21st century...
Featherstone Lake Osler, ‘Saddlebag Preacher’ in Upper Canada
A wilderness of forests, rocky regions and waterways, Upper Canada was sparsely populated in the early to mid-1800s. Those who came to southern Ontario...
Happyland: The Birth of the Pacific National Exhibition
August 15, 1910. The cover of the five-cent copy of The Vancouver Daily Province featured a cartoon titled All Aboard for the Exhibition. In...
The Massacre at Lachine: Prelude
On the night of 4 August 1689, an army of fifteen hundred Iroquois warriors crouched on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River....