A guide to Saskatchewan sites of historical interest related to the Northwest Resistance of 1885. It was released by the Northwest Advisory Committee and approved by the Government of Saskatchewan in the hope that it would "heighten public interest...
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In the last decade historians have focused greater attention on the Canadian home front during the Second World War. This increased scrutiny has led to studies of not only the war’s impact on the nation at large, but also on specific...
An article on the history of the Queen's Own Rifles, beginning in 1860 with the founding of the regiment. The regiment's involvement in conflicts of the 1800s, such as the Fenian raids, the Red River Resistance and the Northwest Resistance, is...
David Ross, Military Curator of Parks Canada, writes that "this diary ...was donated to Fort Battleford National Historic Park, Parks Canada in 1973 by Lieutenant Wadmore's grandson Dennis E. Harris of Victoria, B.C. along with his N. W. Canada...
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A semi-annual publication which is the joint effort of the Collection Development Department and Special Collections. Its purpose is to inform the University community of outstanding or interesting acquisitions made to the library system.
It has been accepted in the historical discourse that a direct link existed between the participation of Aboriginal people in the Second World War and a new political consciousness of Aboriginal people in Canada generally, and Saskatchewan...
A group of Australian soldiers raising their helmets on their guns. Daily Mail [UK] "official war photographs," series X no.80. "These are the men who shortly after midnight of Sunday, July 23, 1916, took Pozieres by a splendidly dashing advance...
Image of soldiers and horses on road; behind them, the landscape and some buildings show signs of damage from artillery. Daily Mail [UK] "official war photographs," series X no.78. "A way-side group of gallant Indian cavalrymen, some of whom...
Monotone postcard showing the Camp Hughes, Manitoba railway station and buildings. Camp Hughes was a military camp for the training of soldiers during World War I.
Image of soldiers kneeling; Anglican priests giving service, possibly communion. Part of series by Daily Mail [UK], "official war photographers." Series 6, no. 41.
Image of men pushing an ambulance through mud. Some lay wooden planks in front of the tires. Part of series by Daily Mail [UK], "official war photographers." Series 6, no. 45.
