History Matters by Canadian Institute for Historical Education
Canadian Institute for Historical Education
Canada’s history is full of triumphs, tensions, and turning points. Yet too often, it’s reduced to headlines or overshadowed by present-day debates. History Matters was created to give space for deeper conversations — ones that connect the past to the present, and help us see why context matters more than ever.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the History Matters by Canadian Institute for Historical Education podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The perilous trade
Roy MacSkimming
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
On Vimy
Pierre Burton
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Jim Coutts' Diaries
Jim Coutts
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
He Did Not Conquer
Madelaine Drohan
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Book of Lives
A Memoir of Sorts
Margaret Atwood
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The use and abuse of history
Friedrich Nietzsche
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Paris 1919
Margaret MacMillan
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Stone Angel
Margaret Lawrence
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The story of a national crime
Peter Bryce
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The struggle for Canadian universities
Robin Mathews
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Lament for a Literature
The Collapse of Canadian Book Publishing
Richard Stursberg
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The War of 1812
Pierre Burton
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
Nigel Biggar
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brien
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Casino Shift
Stories from an ER on the Edge
Brian Goldman
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Beautiful Losers
Sam Francis
