By Elizabeth Kawenaa Montour The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (MVPI), also known as the Berger Inquiry, was enacted fifty years ago in 1974 by the Canadian Government. The purpose of the Inq...
By Rebecca Murray Please note that many of the visuals for this article were taken from digitized microfiche; as such, the image quality varies, and individual item-level catalogue descriptions a...
https://thediscoverblog.com/2024/04/11/women-in-the-war-the-royal-canadian-air-force-at-100/
By Ariane Gauthier In 1924, the Department of Agriculture published the booklet Mangeons du fromage canadien : Recettes et menus. It highlights the health, nutritional and economic benefits of c...
https://thediscoverblog.com/2024/04/04/cheese-and-walnut-loaf-from-1924/
By Ethan M. Coudenys Shells were falling, machine guns were firing, and horses were whinnying as the final cavalry charge of the Great War on the Western Front took place at Moreuil Wood. The li...
https://thediscoverblog.com/2024/03/22/the-final-charge-of-the-canadian-cavalry/
By Valentina Donato I have always had an interest in artefacts that share a story. Throughout my undergraduate studies at the University of Ottawa, I surrounded myself with history by working at ...
https://thediscoverblog.com/2024/03/21/summer-student-experience-at-the-archives/
By Ariane Brun del Re and Stéphane Lang Did you know that famous novelist Gabrielle Roy, known for Bonheur d’occasion (1945) (published in English as The Tin Flute, 1947), La petite poule d�...
https://thediscoverblog.com/2024/03/14/the-great-gabrielle-and-young-annik/
By Richard Yeomans On August 4, 1914, Britain formally declared war on Germany, a decision that brought Canada into the theatre of conflict in Europe because of its status as a dominion within th...
By Forrest Pass For those of us stuck in the throes of a Canadian winter, it seems cruel to add an extra day to the month of February. We might well ask why a day isn’t added to the summer … ...
By Mary-Francis Turk At Library and Archives Canada (LAC), we never judge a book by its cover (or its content, for that matter)! We want to make sure that readers and researchers have access to a...
By Liane Belway Readers and writers across Canada will celebrate Freedom to Read Week this February 18–24. This annual event raises awareness about access to books for all Canadians and about h...
https://thediscoverblog.com/2024/02/15/diversity-and-the-freedom-to-read-whos-missing/