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Manna from Heaven

A YMCA Physical Director at Valcartier and Salisbury Plain.

Local Responses to Canada’s Great War

Audio: Robert Rutherdale explores issues such as the demonization of enemy aliens, wartime philanthropy, and state authority and citizenship.

Exploring the Clash of Official and Vernacular Memory

The Great War in Brantford, Brant Country, and Six Nations.

Conscientious Objectors: Fitting Dissent into a Coming of Age Story

If we ignore the punishing of dissenters in the popular narrative, we also miss the later efforts to accommodate them.

A Father’s Grief: The Case of Captain Robert Bartholomew

On September 13th 1918, Captain Robert Bartholomew suffered a sudden nervous breakdown after reading his son’s name in a newspaper casualty list.

1864 vs. 1914: A Commemorative Showdown

On Prince Edward Island, the centenary of the First World War has had to take a quiet backseat to a different narrative of nation-building.

Ypres (April 22 – May 5, 1915)

When deadly German gas attacks send others running, the Canadians hold their ground.

Festubert: The Forgotten War (May 15 – May 25, 1915)

The Canadians' bravery at this ultimately futile battle is today largely forgotten.

Mount Sorrel (June 2 – June 14, 1916)

The Canadians pay a heavy toll in deaths and casualties — but show glimmers of the future fierce fighting force they'll become.

The Somme (September 15 – November 11, 1916)

A century after the battle, the incredible cost in human lives remains controversial.

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