Category : History

The Indian Act of 1876 stands as one of the most significant and controversial pieces of legislation in Canadian history. Enacted by the federal government,...

Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, is often celebrated as one of the founding fathers of Canadian Confederation. Macdonald was born on January...

On July 1, 1867, a new country was born as the British colonies of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia united to form the Dominion...

Hector-Louis Langevin (August 25, 1826 – June 11, 1906) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, and politician who played a pivotal role in creating Canada as...

The Canadian residential school system was a government-sponsored and church-administered network of boarding schools that operated for over 160 years, with the explicit goal of...

The story of British imperialism in the Pacific represents one of history’s most consequential expansions of European power, transforming vast oceanic regions and countless indigenous...

Aboriginal Australians, the Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and its islands, such as Tasmania, the Tiwi Islands, and the Torres Strait, represent one of...

Captain James Cook’s voyages to the Pacific Ocean played a significant role in initiating European colonization, which ultimately led to devastating consequences for Indigenous peoples...