Faculty of Arts
Department of History
Canadian Studies
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation, 2nd Edition
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation is a survey text that introduces undergraduate students to important themes in North American history to 1867. It provides room for Indigenous and European agendas and narratives, explores the connections between the territory that coalesces into the shape of modern Canada and the larger continent and world in which it operates, and engages with emergent issues in the field.
Includes: Summaries, key terms, short answer exercises, glossary
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation, 1st Edition
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation is a survey text that introduces undergraduate students to important themes in North American history to 1867. It provides room for Aboriginal and European agendas and narratives, explores the connections between the territory that coalesces into the shape of modern Canada and the larger continent and world in which it operates, and engages with emergent issues in the field.
Includes: Summaries, key terms, short answer exercises, glossary, suggested readings
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Canadian History: Post-Confederation – 2nd Edition
This textbook introduces aspects of the history of Canada since Confederation. “Canada” in this context includes Newfoundland and all the other parts that come to be aggregated into the Dominion after 1867. Much of this text follows thematic lines. Each chapter moves chronologically but with alternative narratives in mind.
Includes: Summaries, key points, key terms, short answer exercises, glossary
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Confronting Canadian Migration History
This open collection of essays speak to the broad range of research being done in Canadian migration history; they also highlight the commitment of their authors to an engaged, public-facing scholarly practice.
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada by Benjamin Drew [New]
The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada (1856)—full title A North-Side View of Slavery. The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Related by Themselves, with an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada—is a collection of over 100 testimonies of escaped slaves by white American abolitionist Benjamin Drew [Description from resource].
Licence: CC 0 (Public Domain)
Central and East European Studies
Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories
The Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories includes approximately 800 hours of Yiddish-language interviews with 350 individuals, most of whom were born between 1900 and 1930. The interviews were conducted in Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Hungary, and Slovakia.
Licence: Note the copyrighted content on the website is available to use for free, however they are not openly licence.
Decoding the 1920s: A Reader for Advanced Learners of Russian
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