Search Results: Canadian slang

The English East India Company (EIC) was founded in 1600, and it came to control both trade and territories in India, as well as a trade monopoly with China. Goods the EIC traded included spices, cotton cloth, tea, and opium, all in such...

Schools are closed in most countries and everyone has to adapt to a new reality of online learning. It is not easy for students, teachers and parents alike. Learning and teaching from home require a different approach. Ancient History...

A replica of the electromagnet invented by the Canadian engineer William Sturgeon (1783-1850). Sturgeon first devised the electromagnet in 1825; this version was invented around 1832. It was used to create a magnetic force that could provide...

A Western Zhou ceremonial bronze of cooking-vessel form inscribed to record that the King of Zhou gave a fiefdom to Shi You, ordering that he inherit the title as well as the land and people living there. Bronze Gui of Shi You (food container...

A photograph showing members of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division attacking Juno Beach as part of the Allied D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. In the background is Bernieres-sur-Mer. (Imperial War Museums)

At the Battle of Quebec (31 December 1775), the American militia commanded by Benedict Arnold are repulsed by the city's Canadian militiamen and British troops. Illustration by Charles William Jefferys, 1916; cover art for the book The father...

A depiction of Sir William Johnson holding a conference with the Iroquois at his home of Johnson Hall in 1772, painting by Edward Lawson Henry, 1903. Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau.

The show is a documentary showing how common, everyday items (including foodstuffs like bubblegum, industrial products such as engines, musical instruments such as guitars, and sporting goods such as snowboards) are manufactured. The show...

Henry Hudson (c. 1570-1611) was an English navigator and maritime explorer. He is known for his four voyages between 1607 and 1610 in search of a northwest passage via the Arctic Ocean to the Far East. The lure of a northwest passage became...

The Sun Dance is a ritual ceremony observed by the Plains Indians of the regions of modern Canada and the United States to awaken the earth, renew the community, give thanks for the sun, and petition or give thanks for favors from the Great...