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This field naturalist and botanist was the first to survey, document, and categorize Canadian flora in a systematic manner. After Confederation, he travelled west for the Canadian Pacific Railway with surveying parties and controversially concluded…

The Gouzenko Affair brought the realities of the emerging Cold War to the attention of the Canadian public. On September 5, 1945, cipher officer Igor Gouzenko left the Soviet Embassy with more than 100 documents which exposed the existence of a…

Born in Germany and raised and educated in the United States, Sapir came to Ottawa in 1910 to head the Division of Anthropology of the Geological Survey of Canada. This division later became the National Museum of Man. During his 15 years at the…

Diamond Jenness was born in New Zealand and educated there and at Oxford. After field work in New Guinea he joined the 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition, embarking on the career that made him the dean of Canadian anthropologists. Although known for his…

AFTER THE BURNING OF THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS ON THE NIGHT OF 3RD FEBRUARY, 1916, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ASSEMBLED IN THIS BUILDING ON THE 4TH AND THE SENATE ON THE 8TH FEBRUARY. PARLIAMENT MET HERE FOR THE LAST TIME ON 10TH NOVEMBER, 1919, AND…