This is a step-by-step guide to accessing military records both through LAC’s website but also on-site.
Posts Tagged ‘Library and Archives Canada’
2010 is Year of the British Home Child in Canada but Some Descendants Want More from Ottawa
The Government of Canada has declared 2010 to be the Year of the British Home Child. Earlier this month, Canada Post released a commemorative stamp to honour this recognition. The stamp, designed by Debbie Adams of Adams+Associates Design Consultants, contains three images: the SS Sardinian, on which home children migrated from Britain to Canada; a [...]
Activating Foucault for Canadian History
by Steven Maynard “What does a queer, sadomasochistic philosopher have to do with the study of Canada’s past?” This is the question I ask students at the beginning of my first-year survey course on Canadian history. Over the years, colleagues have suggested that first-year undergrads aren’t ready for Foucault. But experience tells me that not [...]
