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CSHoF and HC Partner to Amplify the Legacies of Canadian Sport Icons

Historica Canada, home of The Canadian Encyclopedia, Heritage Minutes, and a variety of educational programs, is joining in partnership with Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame (CSHoF) to celebrate the legacies of the country’s sport icons.

New Heritage Minute Celebrates Edwin Baker

TORONTO – December 3, 2024 – Historica Canada’s newest Heritage Minute is being released – appropriately – just in time to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Reflections on the Service of Indigenous Veterans Panel

On November 8, 2024, we mark the 30th anniversary of Indigenous Veterans Day.

From the desk of the President

The Making of Two Minutes: Dramatizing the Lives of Two Visionary Canadians

Both Baker and Hamilton fit within our working rule for the Minutes that they be devoted to people or events that in some way helped shape life in the country in which we live today.

Archie MacNaughton’s D-Day: How One Soldier Came to Personify Sacrifice

The Heritage Minute commemorating Canada’s role in D-Day needed one soldier to represent all those who sacrificed. They found him.

The Making of a Minute: Norman Kwong’s Field of Dreams

The Making of the Norman Kwong Heritage Minute

What we're reading

The Good Allies

How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism During the Second World War

Valley of the Birdtail: an Indian Reserve, a White town, and the Road to Reconciliation

The Underground Railroad: next stop, Toronto (new edition)

Polls

Oct. 2, 2024

Fewer than One in Five (18%) Canadians Score a Passing Grade in a Quiz

Nov. 7, 2023

Not Forgotten: Canadians More Likely To Attend Remembrance Day Service Than Pre-Pandemic

Nov. 10, 2020

Fewer Canadians Will Wear Poppies or Attend Remembrance Day Ceremonies Compared to Last Year