Jun 12, 2018

New Heritage Minute celebrates work of little-known gay rights advocate

CTV News covers the new Heritage Minute on Jim Egan.

Jim Egan may not be a household name for many Canadians, but to gay rights advocates, he’s a hero -- one who is now being celebrated with his own Heritage Minute, due to debut online Wednesday. Read the full story here.

Apr 19, 2018

TSS Student Enters Art Into Indigenous Arts and Stories Competition

Indian Time features the Indigenous Arts & Stories competition.

Tsi Snaihne School would like to wish Teaghan Lazore the best of luck with her drawing submission for the Indigenous Arts and Stories competition, run by Historica Canada of Toronto. Read the full story here.

Apr 09, 2018

Story of ‘Green Gables’ Author Told in Heritage Minute

The Tyee features the Heritage Minute on Lucy Maud Montgomery.

The latest of Historica Canada’s Heritage Minutes tells the story of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the P.E.I. author best known for Anne of Green Gables. Read the full story here.

Apr 04, 2018

Canadian Heritage Minute School House

Country 105 features the Heritage Minute about rural teachers.

One of my favorite Canadian Heritage Minutes is the one where the teacher really sticks it to her boss. Read the full story here.

Mar 12, 2018

Local filmmaker shows darker side of Anne of Green Gables author

CBC covers the new Heritage Minute on Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Stephen Dunn, the award-winning director of Closet Monster, a coming-of-age film about a gay teen in St. John's, directed a 60-second Heritage Minute about Lucy Maud Montgomery for Historica Canada. Read the full sotry here.

Mar 09, 2018

Owen Pallett Scored a 'Heritage Minute' About Lucy Maud Montgomery

Exclaim! highlights the new Heritage Minute on Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Prince Edward Island-born author Lucy Maud Montgomery gave Canadians one of their most beloved literary heroes with Anne of Green Gables, so it's only right that the woman was recently treated to her very own Heritage Minute by Historica Canada. Read the full story here.

Mar 08, 2018

Historica Canada releases new Heritage Minute on L. M. Montgomery, focusing on mental health

Charlottetown Guardian speaks to Ryan Barnett about the new Lucy Maud Montgomery Heritage Minute

To mark International Women’s Day, Historica Canada has released a new Heritage Minute that tells the story of Island author Lucy Maud Montgomery in her own words, as drawn from her journals. Read the full story here. 

Mar 08, 2018

QUIZ: How well do you know Canada’s notable women?

Global News quizzes Canadians on their knowledge based on a Historica Canada poll

n a poll conducted for Historica Canada, only a small amount of respondents found they could identify the achievements of some of Canada’s most notable women. Read the full story here. 

Mar 08, 2018

'Heritage Minute' features L.M. Montgomery’s life, in scenes shot in Milton

Milton Canadian Champion speaks to Chantal Gagnon about the new Heritage Minute

The latest Heritage Minutes vignette has scenes shot at Milton’s Country Heritage Park.

The Lucas Family Homestead is used for interior shots of Heritage Minutes' one-minute feature on famed author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Read the full story here. 

Mar 08, 2018

Lucy Maud Montgomery Heritage Minute highlights triumph over sexism and rejection

CTV News covers the launch of the new Heritage Minute

The story of Anne of Green Gables is well known around the world, with more than 50 million copies of the book sold in 36 languages.

But the complicated story of the Anne’s creator, author Lucy Maud Montgomery, remains a lesser known tale – until now. Read the full story here.