History Wire

What's past is prologue.

History Wire Blogs

  • Through the Wire

    A look at the world today as it relates to our past by the HistoryWire blogging team.

  • Primary Loyalties

    William Christian discusses Canadian currents and their historical significance.

  • Lost Time

    James Marsh questions Canadians' alienation from their past and opens a dialogue with readers about the role and meaning of history.

  • Stories of the Second World War

    This nationwide bilingual project will create a record of Canada’s participation in the Second World War as seen through the eyes of thousands of veterans. The Memory Project will provide every living Second World War veteran with the opportunity to share their memories through oral interviews and digitized artefacts and memorabilia. These stories and artefacts will be available on this site for teachers, students and the general public. This blog will be home to a behind-the-scenes look at the work of our interviewers and researchers as they travel coast to coast collecting the stories and memorabilia of Second World War veterans.

  • Gunless

    Gunless is a Canadian comedy that pokes fun at the American Wild West, the Hollywood Western genre, and most importantly, the Canadian stereotype of a people who are passive, polite, and affable to an annoying fault.

    Follow the Gunless Blog for details on the making of the movie, Director's commentary and The Characters of Gunless.

  • Inside Hana's Suitcase

    By Director Larry Weinstein, George Brady and Fumiko Ishioka

  • From the Left Coast

    Dan Francis examines our current preoccupation with military history. Where once there was a dearth of sources on the topic, now there is an abundance, possibly to the exclusion of other significant historical subjects.

  • Teaching Canadian History

    A blog about education and history in Canada. This blog will feature special guest contributors.

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