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About Michael K. Barbour

Michael K. Barbour is the Director of Faculty Development and a Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California. He has been involved with K-12 online learning in a variety of countries for well over a decade as a researcher, teacher, course designer and administrator. Michael's research focuses on the effective design, delivery and support of K-12 online learning, particularly for students located in rural jurisdictions.

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A reminder of this initiative by the Legion Foundation.

Only Days Left to get your 2025 Digital Poppy

Haven’t you secured your Digital Poppy? There’s Still Time!

Remembrance Day is just around the corner, and there’s still time to join thousands of Canadians in honouring our Veterans this Remembrance period, with a Digital Poppy.

From your lapel to your screens, support Canada’s Veterans in every way that matters.

Create yours today at www.mypoppy.ca — available now until November 11th.

Your Digital Poppy does more than honour, it supports real people. By creating yours, donations fund programs that improve the lives of Veterans and their families. You’ll also receive an instant tax receipt for your generous gift.

Once created, your Digital Poppy can be shared online, on social media, in emails, and across communities, helping unite Canadians in reflection and remembrance. Each one tells a story, celebrates courage, and ensures the service of our Veterans is never forgotten.

If you need assistance our team is here to help at digitalpoppy@lnfcanada.ca.

PS- if you’ve already created your 2025 Digital Poppy, thank you for standing with our Veterans.

Lest we Forget,

Thomas D. Irvine, CD

Board Chair

The Legion National Foundation

Poppy Campaign 2025: San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club

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Once again you can pick up your Poppy from the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club.

The club is located at:

8450 Enterprise Way
Oakland, CA

If you aren’t able to make it out to the club, you can also reach out to Jay Diamond of California Curling Supplies.

Branch 25 thanks the Bay Area Curling Club and Jay for their continued support of the annual Poppy Campaign.

Excerpt from O Canada: War & Hockey

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An item from the Legion Magazine.
Weekly Feature
Weekly Feature

In one of hockey’s oldest rivalries, the Royal Military College of Canada plays against the United States Military Academy West Point in Kingston, Ont., on Feb. 1, 2025, for the 102nd time. [United States Military Academy West Point]

Excerpt from O Canada: War & Hockey

STORY BY STEPHEN SMITH

Hockey is the game we hold dearest in Canada, the one we define ourselves by, still. It’s a haven for our identity, and it’s where we cultivate our national pride— and store our strategic reserve of contradictions, too. We like to think of it as a natural resource, of course, hewn from the wintry north, and forged by us into the game—and the passion—it has become, even as it, too, has forged us.

The story isn’t quite that straightforward, we should acknowledge. While hockey does indeed have roots in Indigenous games of stick-and- ball, it owes much as well to migrant imports: Scottish shinty, Irish hurling and various golf-like Dutch diversions. But isn’t that a Canadian story in itself?

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The Briefing
The Briefing

Military historian and author Fred Gaffen has summarized Canada’s role in WW II in his latest book Path To Victory. [Burnstown Publishing House]

Historian Fred Gaffen recounts Canada’s WW II story in a new single-volume book

STORY BY ALEX BOWERS

Military historian and author Fred Gaffen is the first to admit that there are “so many books written about the Second World War, many of them by Canadians.” Nevertheless, he argues, a proportion might appear to be a “bit too formidable,” perhaps especially for those who want the facts without academic rabbit holes.

Gaffen cites his grandchildren and new Canadians interested in history as two motivators for writing his recent book, Path to Victory: Canada and the Second World War 1939 – 1945, released in August 2025 by Burnstown Publishing House.

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[REMINDER] Join Us For Our Remembrance Day Service – Saturday, 08 November 2025

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Join the Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion (representing the San Francisco Bay Area) for their annual Remembrance Day Service. The service will take place at the Royal Canadian Legion plot in Liberty Cemetery on 170 Liberty Road in Petaluma at 11am on Saturday, 08 November.

If you are unable to attend in person and wish to view the online stream, please register at:

https://tourouniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TA9ujjlwQfmyRz8jLLeOBw

More information can be found at https://royalcanadianlegionus25.com/remembrance-day-service/

Remember and reflect this November

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Note the standard focus on “Remembrance” in the November issue of Canada’s History magazine.
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This November, help your students explore the stories behind war and peace and engage in thoughtful conversations about remembrance.
NEW ARTICLES

Remembrance Day Project

Each year around Remembrance Day, teacher Katy Whitfield and her team put up simple memorials outside churches, schools and private residences in their neighbourhood. Learn more about this initiative and consider the ways your students can conduct Remembrance Day projects in your classroom. Learn more

High Honour

She never set foot in Canada, yet her name graces many of this country’s buildings and streets — and even a mountain. Beyond this country, every Oct. 12, many in England and Belgium commemorate the life of Edith Cavell, the English nurse whom Germany executed during the First World War for helping wounded soldiers gain safe passage out of a war zone. Learn more
LESSONS & RESOURCES

Putting it into Perspective

In this lesson students explore the experiences and contributions of Indigenous soldiers to Canada’s role in the First World War. They draw links between the Treaty relationship and First Nations’ wartime involvement with a focus on the experiences of soldier Francis Pegahmagabow. Learn more

Highlighting the contributions of Black Canadians in WW1

We Remember The Black Battalion is a free verse poem about Black Canadian soldiers that introduces topics like racism and discrimination, in a format suitable for young readers. Learn more
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Flying and Spying: The Life of Kam Len Douglas Sam

Through exploring the life of Kam Len Douglas Sam, students will discover why Sam was the most decorated and highest-ranked Chinese Canadian in history. Learn more

At Home and Away

Explore the Kayak issues “Remembering the Great War,” “Great Canadian Women,” “Canada and the Second World War,” and “Canada and the Cold War” for stories about some of the many ways Canadians have been touched by war.

 
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