Ernest cannot believe how much his life has changed in the last year since he left the […]

Hi, my name is Nicolas. I just moved into an apartment in Montreal with my family. My […]

Following ConfederationThis is a group of people or nations or tribes or provinces that form an “alliance”…. […]

I hear my uncle tuning his violin, it is a sign that there is going to be […]

It’s 1905 and Jean-Louis is starting his university studies at the faculty of medicine at  Laval University […]

Nowadays, many people think “taking to the woods” means to flee. But in 1905, the phrase “take […]

Have you ever flipped through a department store catalogue, like the Sears, IKEA or Canadian Tire? Perhaps […]

The telephone Phew! There were so many telephone calls today! I am a telephone operator at Bell […]

Unlike the working class, the bourgeoisie—or middle class—profited greatly by the country’s prosperity in the early 20th […]

By 1905, the church had become, beyond any doubt, the most dominant social group in Quebec. In […]

“Indian” status Since 1820, a series of laws had been adopted to define the role of Indigenous […]

By the end of the 19th century, most of the farmland in the St. Lawrence Valley was […]

With industrialization came a new social class: the working class. Working conditions tended to be very difficult […]

The situation of women In 1905, women were considered minors. They had neither the right to vote […]

Winter Evening Oh! How the snow’s been snowing! My window pane is a garden of frost. Oh! […]