Reading Time: 5 minutes You may also wish to consult other HillNotes in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day. (Disponible en français : Œuvres d’artistes autochtones dans les édifices du Parlement) On June 21st Canada will celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day. Communities across the… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes You may also wish to consult other HillNotes in honour of National Aboriginal Day (Disponible en français : Mise à jour — Journée nationale des Autochtones : Célébrer la culture, le patrimoine et les réalisations autochtones) On June 21, hundreds… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement se souvient) On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canadians will pause for a moment of silence to honour the more than 118,000 men and women who have made… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes You may also wish to consult other HillNotes in honour of National Aboriginal Day (Disponible en français : Mise à jour – Journée nationale des Autochtones : Célébrer la culture, le patrimoine et les réalisations des peuples autochtones) June 21,… Read More ›
Reading Time: 3 minutes (Disponible en français : Le 35e anniversaire de notre hymne national : L’évolution de l’« Ô Canada ») On Canada Day 2015, the nation celebrates the 35th anniversary of “O Canada” as its official national anthem. Versions of the song have been… Read More ›
Reading Time: 3 minutes (Disponible en français : Journée nationale des Autochtones : Célébrer la culture, le patrimoine et les réalisations autochtones) You may also wish to consult other HillNotes in honour of National Aboriginal Day On June 21, hundreds of communities across Canada… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : L’écritoire de la Confédération) The Confederation Inkstand is a Canadian artifact that, although unremarkable in its design and manufacture, is historically important because it was used at three significant moments in the nation’s history. The inkstand,… Read More ›
Reading Time: 3 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Parlement et l’avènement du drapeau canadien) The raising of the red maple leaf flag for the first time on Parliament Hill 50 years ago, on 15 February 1965, was the culmination of a long, heated parliamentary… Read More ›