The study of history in Canada has a history of its own, and its development as an academic discipline is a multifaceted one. The Professionalization of History

Captain James Cook first made contact with the area now known as British Columbia in 1778. The colonists who followed soon realized they needed a written histor

One Hundred Years of Social Work is the first comprehensive history of social work as a profession in English Canada. Organized chronologically, it provides a c

Across the globe, history has gone public. With the rise of the internet, family historians are now delving into archives continents apart. Activists look into

When dealing with Indigenous women’s history we are conditioned to think about women as private-sphere figures, circumscribed by the home, the reserve, and th