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VEDay75 – Commemorate Canada’s Finest Hour Digitally!

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May 8, 2020 is the 75th Anniversary
of the Victory in Europe.

Seventy-five years ago, three young Canadians were in Holland when World War Two ended …
Mona Louise Parsons
An actress, a nurse, and a member of the Dutch Resistance, Mona Louise Parsons of Middleton, Nova Scotia was imprisoned and became one of the first and only woman to be tried by a National Socialist tribunal in Holland. Sentenced to death, she escaped …
Charles “Charlie” Byce grew up the son of a First World War hero and a woman from the Cree First Nations. He survived the residential school system and fought for Canada in World War Two with bravery. He risked his life many times to ensure the safety of his men earning a Distinguished Conduct Medal and a Military Medal, but …
Philip Pochailo
Born in Rainy River, Ontario, Philip Pochailo was 21 years old when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was shot down over the Netherlands, hidden by many Dutch families and members of the Resistance, only to …
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE REST OF THEIR STORIES?

This year, Defining Moments Canada returns with an exciting digital commemoration for VEDay – VEDay75 — Normandy to Netherlands!

Learn about these three iconic Canadians, plus the inspiring stories of many more Canadian Veterans from 11 months of battle — July 1944 to May 1945 — along the ‘road’ to liberating the Netherlands through occupied Europe.

Complete with four original lesson plans, innovative digital story-maps and tools from Project44.ca, dozens of rarely-seen images, maps, letters and war diaries, VEDay75 — Normandy to Netherlands is an entirely bilingual project that engages students (ages 12-18) in digital curation and interactive mapping skills.

Start your class commemoration May 1, 2020 at DefiningMomentsCanada.ca
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Patriotic Arts: Influencing Canadians at War

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Patriotic Arts: Influencing Canadians at War

In this lesson, students will discuss how war has shaped Canada and its citizens and the influence of patriotism, propaganda and music on Canadians during war. Using novels, poems, war art, and songs, students gain experience analyzing primary sources. Read more

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Canada’s History Archive featuring The Beaver

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Lest We Forget

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The Second World War @ 75

This past summer Canadians commemorated the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Second World War’s invasion of Normandy. In case you missed it, we included a curated collection of our online articles, audio, images and video about the Second World War from the past ten years. Learn more

The Many Wars of Doug Sam

A son reflects on his father, this country’s most decorated Chinese Canadian. Sam was originally rejected from the RCAF in 1941 for not being Caucasian. Read more

Remembering Mona Parsons

Few people knew that this quiet woman was in fact a former member of the Dutch resistance, and one of only a few Canadian civilians to be interned in Nazi prison camps. Read more

One For The Boys

How a Canadian Vietnam veteran sacrificed all in order to win greater respect for his brothers in arms. Read more

The Moses Brothers

“The Moses family had a large farm to run… and the absence of the three brothers was a huge burden.” Learn more
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The War to End All War

Last Remembrance Day we marked the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War with a ten-year collection of articles, audio, images and video. Learn more
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Study abroad with the Vimy Foundation!

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The Vimy Pilgrimage Award

The Vimy Pilgrimage Award is for Canadian students who want to learn more about their nation’s history where it happened.

Young Canadians, aged 14-17, who demonstrate outstanding community service through volunteer work are eligible to apply. Scheduled April 2-10, 2020, this is a fully-funded immersive educational program in Belgium and France to study Canada’s tremendous First World War effort.

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Can you hear us now?

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Sounds Like History

Comb through two seasons of English and French podcasts co-hosted by Canada’s History and Library and Archives Canada. These twelve episodes explore Canada’s musical history within the Virtual Gramophone collection.  Browse the series

Prince of Rupert’s Land

Carolyn Harris, a Canadian historian who specializes in royalty, reveals in this interview that few Canadians realize that Canada’s early destiny was steered by a swashbuckling cavalier. Listen now

The 1563 Basque Will

A 450-year-old will from a Basque sailor was brought to light by a Spanish researcher. Find out the Canadian connection. Listen now

History Idols

Historians, authors, humourist, and broadcaster — we asked nine of them “Who’s your secret history idol?” The answers may surprise you. Browse the series

Choosing Great Women

Choosing Canada’s Great Women for our February-March 2016 issue was not easy. Listen to Charlotte Gray, one of the judges on our panel, as she describes the pleasures and pitfalls of ranking the great women of history. Listen now

Voices of Vimy

This award-winning podcast brought to life the stories of soldiers who fought at the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the loved ones back home who cherished them. Listen now

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