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INSIDE
2020 BOOK & GIFT GUIDE
EST. 1920
AS
THE BEAVER
BEYOND THE
CANVAS
THE LIFE AND ART OF MOLLY LAMB BOBAK:
CANADA’S
FIRST FEMALE WAR ARTIST
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA LEGEND FINDING RECONCILIATION:
RETHINKING THE INDIAN ACT
WAS CRAFTED IN CANADA
Join us on the second day of each month as we commemorate the founding
of Hudson’s Bay Company on May 2, 1670, with re-released Hudson’s Bay
Point Blanket colourways from our past.
T H E C A M E L H U D S O N ’ S B AY P O I N T B L A N K E T
CONTENTS
Vol 100:6
BOX1270-ITEM51, 1918, LOWELL THOMAS COLLECTION, ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, JAMES A. CANNAVINO LIBRARY, MARIST COLLEGE
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FEATURES
20
Lawrence of
Canada
How the legend of the dashing
British First World War hero
went through a test run in
Toronto.
by Ted Glenn
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Beyond the
Canvas
Molly Lamb Bobak, the only
Canadian woman named an official
war artist of the Second World War,
brought a unique vision to her work.
by Nathan M. Greenfield
COMING UP IN
CANADA’S HISTORY
For the longest time, receiving a
diagnosis of diabetes was akin to
receiving a death sentence. And
then, a century ago, Canadian
medical researchers discovered a
“miracle” treatment for the deadly
disease — insulin.
36
Finding
Reconciliation
Are non-Indigenous Canadians
ready to concede that we all live
on land meant to be shared?
Historians suggest we should be.
by Christopher Moore
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Sport and
Reconciliation
Indigenous people are reclaiming
the meanings of cultural activities
like sports.
by Janice Forsyth
CANADASHISTORY.CA
DECEMBER 2020–JANUARY 2021
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CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
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The Packet
One hundred
years of
The Beaver.
Read ’em and
weep. HBC’s black-gold era. Ship
search needed.
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Currents
Residential schools
in two provinces receive national
historic designations. Canadian
troops patrol Montreal amid FLQ
terror incidents. Coronavirus sacks
CFL season. The Oka crisis. History
journals revamped.
12
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Trading Post
A field barome-
ter belonged to an HBC chief trader.
search for missing birth certificate.
19
Roots
Persistence pays off in
46
Books
Reviews: Gifted trans-
former. Symbiotic relationships.
Challenging ancestries. More books:
Chinese bachelor, Canadian airmen,
Atlantic storms, B.C. gold rush,
editorial cartoonist.
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Book and Gift Guide
Our 17th-annual advertising section
offers a great selection of books for
history lovers and other readers.
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Destinations
The Steveston,
B.C., waterfront has two National
Historic Sites. Museums exhibit
modern design, Chinese culture.
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History Matters
When it
comes to Canada’s history, represen-
tation matters.
one of a blacksmith’s finest creations.
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Album
Wrought-iron gates are
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