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Politics / September 2019

Quebec Rewrites Its History in One Book

August 22, 2019October 7, 2019 - by Martin Patriquin

A controversial new textbook peddles politics over facts

Strikers overturn a streetcar in Winnipeg, June 21, 1919.

Current Affairs / June 2019 / Society

What the Winnipeg General Strike Can Teach Us About Class, Capitalism, and Greed

April 29, 2019July 22, 2019 - by Tom Jokinen

In 1919, 35,000 workers ground Winnipeg to a halt. We may never again see another strike like it

Image of Queen Lili‘uokalani

The Hawaiian Queen Who Taught Indigenous Writers to Resist

April 4, 2018August 13, 2019 - by Daniel Heath Justice

By connecting the fight for justice across generations, Indigenous writing has found its moment

Illustration Showing People Wearing a Variety of Historical Outfits

January/February 2018 / Society

Inside the Weird World of Historical Re-enactors

January 10, 2018July 31, 2019 - by Erin Sylvester

From Civil War uniforms to Viking smelts, meet the people who bring history to life

Photography of an Indigenous Artifact

Current Affairs

How Indigenous Communities Are Denied Their Archaeological Heritage

January 8, 2018July 31, 2019 - by John Lorinc

Canada’s laws and regulations are grounded in colonial assumptions about ownership of artifacts

Illustration by Veronaa

Canada’s Place in an Unreliable World

May 29, 2017July 16, 2019 - by Stephen Marche

As the old alliances falter, the time has come for Canadians to start looking out for ourselves

Photograph of John Cameron courtesy of David Tickner

Memoir / Web Exclusives

The War, Carved in Stone

April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 - by David Tickner

Searching for my grandfather’s story in the tunnels beneath Vimy Ridge

Photograph by Tyler Anderson

April 2016 / Photography

Canada’s Oldest Profession

March 24, 2016July 1, 2016 - by Tyler Anderson

The fur trade—then and now

Image courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum

March 2016 / Science

Even Cooler than Dinosaurs

February 24, 2016July 17, 2019 - by Jonathan Kay

Forget Tyrannosaurus rex. The future belongs to creatures with a more ancient pedigree

Image courtesy of National Library of Medicine

December 2015 / Feature

Doctors without Science

December 19, 2015September 12, 2017 - by Philip E. Tetlock

A brief history of quackery, from leeches to ostrich eggs