Tag Archives: Vimy

Tim Cook’s ‘Vimy’ wins Dafoe Book Prize

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Gail Dever

Tim Cook, a historian at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa and an adjunct research professor at Carleton University, has won the $10,000 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for his book, Vimy: The Battle and the Legend. The prize is awarded … Continue reading →

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Military historian Tim Cook’s Vimy lecture on YouTube

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Gail Dever

If you haven’t had your fill of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge — and I certainly haven’t — you will enjoy watching this YouTube video of military historian and author Tim Cook’s lecture, Why Vimy Matters. … Continue reading →

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Two opportunities to learn about Vimy Ridge — in person and online

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Gail Dever

There are two opportunities to learn from authors/military historians about the battle at Vimy Ridge in the First World War. One of them is the free lecture, Birth of a Notion: The Vimy Idea, 1917-2017, that McGill University Library is hosting, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2017

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Religious Records Part 3 – Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Resource Guide to Canadian Genealogy on Ancestral Findings. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of … Continue reading →

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Fundraising campaign to locate and properly bury Vimy heroes

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Gail Dever

A fundraising campaign is underway to raise $110,000 to locate the remains of 44 soldiers of the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the Canadian Scottish, and give them proper burial in a new cemetery. Historians believe the soldiers are lying in … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 18, 2015

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Gail Dever

Today marks the 75th anniversary of women in Quebec receiving the right to vote in provincial elections. While the bill was adopted on April 18, 1940, Quebec women would have to wait until the next provincial general election on August … Continue reading →

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