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Today is Tom Longboat Day in Canada. Thomas Charles Longboat, Iroquois name Cogwagee, was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. Longboat, born in 1887, would go on to become the most globally known Canadian athlete of the first half of

Bio of the Day: Robert Calver Fearman (1858–1922), meat packer. Robert Calver Fearman lived his life according to the examples set by his redoubtable father, founder of the meat-packing firm F. W. Fearman and Company Limited. admin.biographi.ca/en/bio/fearman…

It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight Sarah McLeod Ballenden (1818–53), who, in 1850, found herself at the centre of a scandal which had serious racial and social repercussions. biographi.ca/en/bio/mcleod_… #NIHM2025

Canada on D-Day on June 6th, 1944. 81 years ago today. credit: Juno Beach Centre

June 6, 1962: A helicopter pilot named Gary Fields discovered the wreckage of a plane 100 km north of Cochrane, Ontario. Inside was Bill Barilko and his dentist Henry Hudson. They had disappeared on a fishing trip in 1951. Learn more 👇 canadaehx.com/2019/07/17/who…

Today, we mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day, and encourage all Canadians to take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by those who fought in the Battle of Normandy. #CanadaRemembers Photo Credit: Veterans.gc.ca

On this day in 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach. 47-year-old Major Archie MacNaughton, a First World War veteran and leader of the North Shore New Brunswick Regiment’s A Company, was among the men. Watch our Heritage Minute to learn more:youtube.com/watch?v=-AuKXA…

On D-Day, 14,000 Canadians landed at Juno Beach, supported by the Royal Canadian Navy and the RCAF. The day saw 1,074 Canadian casualties, including 359 killed. It was a watershed moment in human history. Here are Canadians stories from that day. 📸 LAC PA-132790 🧵1/15

Bio of the Day: Marguerite-Thérèse Lemoine Despins (1722–92), superior of the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns) of the Hôpital Général of Montreal. In 1771, a few days after the founder, Madame d’Youville’s death, she was chosen by the community as superior. biographi.ca/en/bio/lemoine…

It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight Henry Bird Steinhauer (d. 1884), an Ojibwa Methodist missionary, school teacher, and translator. biographi.ca/en/bio/steinha… #NIHM2025 📷UCalgary Libraries and Cultural Resources / Glenbow

Weekend reading! Are you all caught up with our new bios from April? 📖 Lelia Clare Gass 📖 William Francis Tye 📖 Délia Tétreault, known as Marie du Saint-Esprit 📖 John Bourinot 📖 Walter George Brown biographi.ca/en/new_biograp… #NewBios

June 7, 1958: The Edmund Fitzgerald launched. The launch had mishaps including a champagne bottle that refused to break, a wave from the ship that swamped spectators and one man dying of a heart attack. Learn more 👇 canadaehx.com/2022/01/08/the…

Bio of the Day: William Francis Butler (1838–1910), army officer and author. The Fenian raids brought his regiment to Canada in 1867. Here the real foundations of Butler’s military and literary careers were established. biographi.ca/en/bio/butler_…

It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight John Shiwak (1889–1917), an Inuit hunter, trapper, and soldier from Labrador. One officer would call him the best sniper in the British army. biographi.ca/en/bio/shiwak_… #NIHM2025

Michelle Douglas was an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces with an exemplary service record. Then, in 1989, she was suddenly dismissed because she was "not advantageously employable due to homosexuality". Her court case changed Canadian history. This is her story. 🧵1/10

June 9, 1993: The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup, defeating the Los Angeles Kings. It was the last Stanley Cup won in the Montreal Forum, the last Stanley Cup won by a team composed of only North Americans, and (to date) the last Stanley Cup won by a Canadian team.

Canada’s national archives need more than just a facelift - The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

He was related to Egerton Ryerson Steinhauer by marriage (biographi.ca/en/bio/steinha…) and met him in the 1930s. (His mother married a descendant of Henry Bird Steinhauer: biographi.ca/en/bio/steinha…).

Bio of the Day: Arthur Jukes Johnson (1848–1921), physician and coroner. His expert knowledge and reputation as being an independent in politics led to his appointment as first chief coroner of Toronto in 1903. biographi.ca/en/bio/johnson…

It is National Indigenous History Month! Today we highlight Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack) (d. 1920), a Tagish woman whose family discovered gold and sparked the Klondike gold-rush. biographi.ca/en/bio/shaaw_t… #NIHM2025