Canada’s History Society is a national charitable organization with a programming budget of $2.7 million annually. Founded in 1994 to popularize Canadian history, the society’s work includes: Canada’s History magazine, Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids, CanadasHistory.ca, and the Governor General’s History Awards.
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Welcome!
Will you be participating in the Young Citizens program? Congratulations; you are one of many young Canadians who share your passion for history and are great leaders in their school and community. Welcome!
You now have a unique opportunity to showcase your talents, learn more about your country’s past, and interact with other Young Citizens from all across Canada.
Your mission is to present us with a short video (3-4 minutes) about your heritage fair or other Canadian history research project, much like a nightly news story or a documentary that you would see on television. Your goal should be to make your audience as excited about your topic as you are (while telling an accurate and informative history, of course)!
Gouzenko Deciphered Part 2
Interview by Brendan McShane Posted October 7, 2020
The defection of the Russian cipher clerk, Igor Gouzenko, in September, 1945, revealed to Canadian authorities a web of Soviet espionage spun throughout Canada, with threads running through atomic military research, Canadian parliament, and across the world – in Washington DC, London, and Moscow. Seventy-five years later, we can observe how this single defection sent ripples and cracks throughout the global military and political landscape.
Dr. Calder Walton, the Assistant Director of the Applied History Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, grants us a peek behind the Iron Curtain, describing the intentions, perspectives, and practices of Soviet spying coordinated by Stalin and his officers. He explains how the various Western nations responded to the knowledge of these spying rings revealed by the Gouzenko defection. Dr. Walton explains how the first Cold War
Develop and defend a position regarding gradual versus immediate emancipation
Analyze and learn more about the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery, the law that gradually ended slavery in Upper Canada (now Ontario)
Background Information
After the British were defeated in the American Revolution, the number of enslaved Africans in British North America increased significantly. To encourage white American settlers to immigrate north, the government passed the Imperial Statute of 1790, which allowed United Empire Loyalists to bring in “
negros [sic], household furniture, utensils of husbandry, or cloathing [sic]” duty-free. By law, such property could not be sold for one year after entering the colonies.
Student will:
Comment on the political and social context of African Canadians between 1900 and the Second World War
Examine the role and experiences of Black sleeping car porters
Become familiar with working conditions of sleeping car porters before they became unionized
Investigate primary source documents, images, and artifacts to build historical knowledge
Make inferences about the artifacts relating to Black sleeping car porters
Explain how Canada’s identity has been and continues to be shaped by its global participation
Discuss the struggle for equal human rights by Black Canadians in the twentieth century to the present day
Background Information
The Pullman Palace Car Company established the Pullman porter position in 1867. George Pullman, the company owner, designed the Pullman sleeping car to provide luxury overnight travel service in the United States. Pullman hired Black men to work as porters because they were a source of cheap and abundant lab