People & Culture
It’s been a century and a half since Treaty 3 was signed. Anishinaabe Elder Sherry Copenace, whose great-grandfather was a keeper of an original community copy of the treaty, discusses its history and continued importance.
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A look at how the territory became part of Canada — and where its future lies
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Upgrade your Canadian trivia skills with some lesser-known facts about Canada’s seventh province
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Le 10 décembre 1948, les Nations unies adoptaient un document prometteur énonçant les fondements des droits de la personne et de la dignité humaine. Mais qui était le Canadien qui a contribué à la réalisation de ce document ?
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On Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted an aspirational document articulating the foundations for human rights and dignity, but who was the Canadian that helped make it possible?
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Lors de la migration massive des Irlandais au Canada, il y a 175 ans, quelque 100 000 personnes ont transité par l’île de quarantaine et plus de 5 000 y sont mortes.
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During the mass Irish migration to Canada 175 years ago, some 100,000 people passed through the quarantine island — and more than 5,000 died there
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Elamin Abdelmahmoud, a pop culture and political commentator with CBC and Buzzfeed, explores the tension between the idea and the practice of multiculturalism in Canada — especially if you are a public figure of colour
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Michael Adams, president of the Environics group of companies and the Environics Institute and a regular contributor of published commentary on Canadian values and social trends, says most Canadians view multiculturalism as an important symbol of what we aspire to as a society
Profile in courage: The Canadian man who dove 12 metres into the sea to try and save a friend
02Profile in courage: The Canadian man who saved his brother after a helicopter crash
03Profile in courage: The Canadian man who saved a woman from the jaws of a polar bear
04Profile in courage: The Canadian coast guard who rescued fishermen stranded in a winter storm
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Célébration du 100e anniversaire de la naissance de Jean Paul Riopelle, un artiste vénéré qui avait un grand amour de la nature, de la chasse et de la pêche
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A revered artist, Riopelle considered the Canadian wilderness to be his muse
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Understanding the workers’ protests that paved the way for the creation of unions to advocate for workers’ rights
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Que signifie être un citoyen canadien? Que vos ancêtres habitent cette terre depuis des temps immémoriaux ou que vous ayez récemment immigré, les différentes…
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The act was meant to formalize Canada’s national identity — and keep the peace
50 ans de multiculturalisme: quand les expériences vécues font l’histoire
0250 years of multiculturalism: Where lived experiences make history
0350 years of multiculturalism: Being Muslim in Canada
04Après 50 ans de multiculturalisme : Qui est le gardien/la gardienne de l’identité canadienne ?
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A century later, former federal politician Catherine McKenna reflects on what has changed — and how far we still need to go
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On Nov. 8, 1946, Viola Desmond made history at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, N.S. Seventy-five years later, the building’s exterior pays tribute to her life through art.
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100 years ago — on October 22, 1921 — the iconic Nova Scotian schooner was victorious in its first major race
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Professor Anna Triandafyllidou reflects on a digital storytelling project that saw 28 graduate students from across Canada answer the question: Who am I?
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Marie-Claude Élie was awarded a Canadian Decoration for Bravery after bringing medical assistance to dozens of people trapped beneath the ruins of a collapsed schoolhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 7, 2008
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This year marks a century and a half since the first numbered treaties were signed
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A century ago, the medical school building at the University of Toronto was the site of a momentous scientific breakthrough
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La Colombie-Britannique s’est jointe à la Confédération il y a 150 ans. Mais cela a failli ne pas se produire.
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British Columbia joined Confederation 150 years ago. But it almost didn’t happen.
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A look at the inception of the original postage-stamp province through an 1871 map
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Canada’s part in the Battle of the Atlantic, shown here, is considered its most essential role in the war
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Winning gold 100 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Canada’s team set a standard for Olympic hockey dominance that would last for three more successive Games
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The symbolism of the iconic Canadian fishing and racing schooner Bluenose may be as relevant today as it was 100 years ago when the ship first hit the water
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A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
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Tracing the history of the United Nations with a map, produced for schools in 1947 to commemorate the momentous coming together of the planet for a greater good
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Games were started in 1970 to give northern athletes more opportunities for training and competition
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Their first exhibition was May 7, 1920 at what is now the Art Gallery of Ontario
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Une rétrospective des débuts de l’institution fondée il y a 350 ans, qui revendiquait autrefois une part importante du globe