Oct 20, 2016

Kenojuak Ashevak Heritage Minute brings her art to life

CBC News speaks to the cast of the Kenojuak Ashevak Minute

Already immortalized through her iconic artwork, Kenojuak Ashevak's legacy is now preserved in film, too. Read the full story here. 

Oct 20, 2016

Kenojuak Ashevak Featured in New Heritage Minute

Canadian Art speaks to Anthony Wilson-Smith about the creation of the Kenojuak Ashevak Minute

“There is no one Inuit word for art. We say it is to transfer something from the real to the unreal.”

Those are the beginning words of the first Heritage Minute ever to pay tribute to an Inuit artist. Read the full story here. 

Aug 03, 2016

Young photographers share snapshots of cultural heritage

The Toronto Star profiles three of the Passages Canada Imagine Culture winners

Three Toronto women have swept up the top awards in the young adult category of a national photography contest that puts the focus on stories of migration and cultural heritage. Read the full story here. 

Jul 28, 2016

Memory Project gives Canadian Veterans the opportunity to share their memories

Canadian Military Family Magazine highlights The Memory Project

Margarita “Madge” Trull’s service in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRENS) during the Second World War was so secretive that had she ever divulged information about her job, she could have been shot or sent to a detention camp. Read the full story here. 

Jul 12, 2016

Young Nunavik storyteller wins national writing award

Nunatsiaq News profiles Aboriginal Arts & Stories winner David Anauta

A budding young Nunavik storyteller has a strong message to send to other youth in the region: Stay in school — it could save your life. Read the full story here. 

Jul 12, 2016

Yellowknife student wins first place in national photo contest

My Yellowknife speaks to Passages Canada Imagine Culture contest winner Emma Willoughby

Emma Willoughby never imagined she’d win the Imagine Culture photo contest, but she decided to make a submission anyway. Read the full story here. 

Jul 01, 2016

Eastwood student recognized with national Aboriginal arts award

Kitchener Citizen profiles Aboriginal Arts & Stories winner Cyan-Raven Gielewska

A Kitchener student mixed her love of writing with solid research to earn herself a national award for a play she wrote called I Remember. Read the full story here. 

Jun 30, 2016

Aboriginals: Canada’s founding peoples

An article in Diplomat Magazine by Historica Canada President and CEO Anthony Wilson-Smith

The history of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada begins much earlier than any other group living here — and is far more complex. Read the full story here. 

Jun 30, 2016

New Online Exhibit Looks Beyond July 1 and Takes You Back to the Battle of the Somme

CBC Radio speaks to The Canadian Encyclopedia editor Richard Foot about a new digital exhibition

The Somme was much more than a single morning. It was months of bloody, pointless war. Now the Canadian Encyclopedia and Historica Canada have launched a new online exhibit to revisit that battle. Listen to the interview here. 

Jun 29, 2016

Canadians ‘happy at home’ when it comes to travel, new poll suggests

The Globe and Mail features a Historica Canada poll about Canadians' travel preferences

A new poll finds that while most Canadians have lived or travelled abroad, the majority see their homeland as a top vacation destination. Read the full story here.