Smithsonian Channel

David Johnston, Canada’s twenty-eighth Governor General, possesses impeccable credentials and old-fashioned charm. Plus he is the government’s secret weapon in restoring the power of the monarchy

In December 2008, al Qaeda captured two Canadian diplomats and their driver in Niger. Robert Fowler recalls 130 days trapped in the Sahara

Our game is like no other. Nor is its history

Thirty years after HIV/AIDS was first identified—after it decimated gay communities across the country—a new generation comes of age in its long shadow

Remembering the Canadians lost in the Afghanistan war

Canada’s crime rate is dropping as immigration increases. Is there a connection?

Reimagining a sacred space