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Osborne, Ken. "'Our History Syllabus Has Us Gasping': History in Canadian Schools--Past, Present, and Future," The Canadian Historical Review 81 (September 2000): Parr, Joy. "Gender History and Historical Practice," The Canadian Historical Review 76 (September 1995): 354-376; Story, Norah. Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature (1974)
Black History in Canada was an educational guide for students to gain more knowledge and appreciation of the Black-Canadian experience, drawing from Lawrence Hill's historical fiction, The Book of Negroes. The guide is structured around "themes of journey, slavery, human rights, passage to Canada and contemporary culture."
Veronica Jane Strong-Boag CM FRSC (born 1947 in Prestwick, Scotland) is a Canadian historian specializing in the history of women and children in Canada.She is a Professor Emerita at the University of British Columbia, where she was Professor of Women's History and the founding Director of the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies.
Phyllis Ruth Blakeley, CM (2 August 1922 – 25 October 1986) was a Canadian historian, biographer and archivist.. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Blakeley received a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Education degree, and a Master of Arts degree from Dalhousie University.
James David Edgar was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons on 19 August 1896, holding this position until his death. [7] As his wife, Matilda Edgar was invited to become patron of enterprises such as the Toronto Infants' Home, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, and the Women's Art Association of Canada (WAAC) [9] In 1898 Matilda Edgar and Mary Dignam, president of the WAAC ...
Canadian Women: A History [9] [10] which she co-authored is called "A broad‐ranging scholarly feminist treatment" by The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] All three editions of the book, including the most recent 2011 one, have been/are used as texts at the university level.
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Mitchinson trained at York University and quickly became a major figure in the field of Canadian women's history. With Ramsay Cook, she co-edited her first book "The Proper Sphere: Woman's Place in Canadian Society", a collection of writing on the then new field of Canadian women's history. In 1988, she co-authored "Canadian Women: A History ...