James Cairns “It is exceptionally difficult to grasp the present as history.”[1] Thus begins David McNally’s book on the 2008-09 financial crisis. In everyday usage, the present means now, this ...

History is what happened in the past, and the future is time yet to come. The real relationship of past, present, and future, however, is far more fluid and… Read more » ...

By Sean Graham This week, I talk with Barbara Messamore, author of Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election about one of Canada’s turning point elections. We discuss the ...

We know that similar work in Residential Schools and Indian Hospitals was carried out by service organizations and philanthropic societies across Canada. We believe our report joins the important work ...

Our findings are not unique to YWCA Canada. We know that similar work in Residential Schools and Indian Hospitals was carried out by service organizations and philanthropic societies across Canada. We ...

A Conversation with Sarah Worthman Sarah Worthman is executive director of the NL Queer Research Initiative (NLQRI), a social science research collective based out of Newfoundland and ...

Students Nora Arden, left, Dog Rib Indian, and Margaret Gordon, from Aklavik, cut out dress in Home Economics class at Sir John Franklin School, 1959. Credit: G. Lunney / Library and Archives Canada / ...

Overall, we believe that Canadians can, and should, scrutinize Robert Carney’s past views on schooling for Indigenous Peoples, press Mark Carney to clarify his commitment to truth and ...

ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events.

ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events.

This week, I talk with Nina Studer, author of The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France’s Most Notorious Drink. We talk about the drink’s origins, its cultural importance in France, and its ...