CRB Foundation (CA)

Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries.

The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.

Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.

Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

The explorer's first meeting with Iroquoian peoples provides one story of how Canada got its name.

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.