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Tag Archives: Vimy
Tim Cook’s ‘Vimy’ wins Dafoe Book Prize
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
Military historian Tim Cook’s Vimy lecture on YouTube
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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Tagged Tim Cook, Vimy, Vimy Ridge, WWI
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Two opportunities to learn about Vimy Ridge — in person and online
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
This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2017
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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Tagged blogs, brick walls, Cajun, Canada, Cape Breton, family history writing, Jeanne Mance, Louisiana, Montreal, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, research toolbox, Vimy, WWI
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Fundraising campaign to locate and properly bury Vimy heroes
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
This week’s crème de la crème — April 18, 2015
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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