Canada – Page 6 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The War in Small Town Canada – a report from Burlington, Ontario

A lecture series for the Burlington Historical Society, in Ontario, Canada, looks back at the beginning of WWI. Centenary News writer Christopher J Harvie attended the opening of the series event – and sent this report.

September 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

The War in Small Town Canada – a report from Burlington, Ontario

Author: Christopher J Harvie

September 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Australian War Memorial’s ‘Menin Gate Lions’ go on loan for Centenary

A pair of stone lions from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be lent to Canada for a First World War Centenary exhibition.

September 25, 2014 CN Editorial Team

War Graves Commission founder Fabian Ware remembered with Blue Plaque

Sir Fabian Ware, founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission, has been honoured today (September 25th 2014) with the unveiling of an English Heritage blue plaque at his former London home.

October 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Enemy Aliens’ – Canadian War Museum explores internment during First World War

The story of thousands of people identified as 'enemy aliens' in Canada during the First World War is told in a special exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

October 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Enemy Aliens’ – Canadian War Museum explores internment during First World War

The story of thousands of people identified as ‘enemy aliens’ in Canada during the First World War is told in a special exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

Author: Christopher J. Harvie

October 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Four Canadian soldiers who fell in France in 1918 identified

The remains of four Canadian First World War soldiers found in France have been identified after eight years of painstaking research.

October 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Memory and the Education of Memory : Canada and the First World War Symposium

The 'Canada and the First World War' Symposium was held in Toronto on the 28th September 2014 – attended by some of Canada's leading experts on military history.

October 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Memory and the Education of Memory : Canada and the First World War Symposium

The ‘Canada and the First World War’ Symposium was held in Toronto on the 28th September 2014 – attended by some of Canada’s leading experts on military history.

Author: Christopher J Harvie

October 19, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Menin Gate at Midnight’ – a personal view by Christopher J. Harvie

CN writer Christopher J. Harvie, discusses 'Menin Gate at Midnight', the William Longstaff painting on loan to the Canadian War Museum for 'Fighting in Flanders-Gas. Mud. Memory,' a Centenary exhibition starting in November 2014.