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On April 1st, 2026, British Columbia’s literary and historical community paused to recognize a figure whose career has long been woven into the province’s intellectual fabric. Barry Gough—historian, teacher, and author—was named the recipient of the prestigious George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, an honour reserved for those whose contributions to letters have shaped the cultural…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canada History Society Announces the True North History Book Prize Nominations Invitation Celebrating Excellence in Canadian National History Writing The Canada History Society is proud to announce the launch of the 2026 True North History Book Prize, an annual award recognizing the best book published on the theme of Canadian National History….
13 October 1812 Before daylight on 13 October 1812, boats began pushing away from the American shore of the Niagara River. They carried soldiers from an army that had come to accomplish what another American force had failed to do at Detroit only two months earlier: invade Upper Canada, establish a secure foothold, and demonstrate…
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, fought outside Quebec on September 13, 1759, was one of the most consequential military encounters in Canadian history. The fighting was brief, but its effects extended far beyond the battlefield. It helped bring about the British conquest of New France, altered the balance of power in North America…
By Patrice Dutil Sir John A. Macdonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885 Review – Greg Scott Watch Interview about the Book A Review of Patrice Dutil’s Sir John A. Macdonald and the Apocalyptic Year 1885 Patrice Dutil’s Sir John A. Macdonald and the Apocalyptic Year 1885 is a remarkable study of a pivotal year in…
George Brown and the Dream of a New Canada Few men in Canadian history were as principled, stubborn, and essential to the nation’s birth as George Brown. He was a fighter, a journalist, and a statesman, but above all, he was a reformer. As founder of The Globe, Brown shaped public opinion with a conviction…
By William Hardwick June 1812: The Edge of Empire By the time war was declared in June of 1812, the vast, wooded sprawl known as British North America was less a nation than a patchwork of loyalties sewn into the fringes of a crumbling empire. It was a territory claimed more by imperial ink than…
The Charlottetown Conference: The Meeting That Helped Create Canada In September 1864, delegates from the Province of Canada arrived in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where representatives of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were discussing a possible Maritime union. The Canadian delegation, led by John A. Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier and George Brown, presented…
Podcast Series The Curious Passage of Richard Blanshard: First Governor of Vancouver Island By Barry Gough Barry Gough’s The Curious Passage of Richard Blanshard: First Governor of Vancouver Island is a meticulously researched and compelling account of an oft-overlooked figure in Canadian colonial history. Gough, a distinguished historian and authority on maritime and Pacific Northwest…
