The Fight for History

 Title: The Fight for History: 75 Years of forgetting, remembering, and remaking Canada’s second world war By: Tim Cook Publisher: Allen Lane ISBN: 9780735238336 A masterful telling of the way the Second World War has been remembered, forgotten, and remade by Canadians over seventy-five years. The Second World War shaped modern Canada.

Vimy Q&A with Robert Martin

 By Kate Jaimet In April, 1917,  3,598 Canadian soldiers died in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Preserved as a site of remembrance since 1922, the 100-hectare battlefield is overlooked by Walter Allward’s iconic Vimy Memorial. This year, a Visitor’s Centre opened, designed by Ottawa architects Robertson Martin. We spoke with

The Never Forgotten National Memorial

 The inspiration for the Never Forgotten National Memorial (NFNM) came from a single gravestone. T. Truskoski was laid to rest at the age of 17 in the Canadian War Cemetery in Moro, Italy. Toronto businessman Tony Trigiani came across the young man’s gravestone while taking a detour on a business trip in