WRITING ABOUT HISTORY

• rhsa Library Guides: Research Skills & Citing Your Sources (Academic Integrity)

• Using Appropriate Words in an Academic Essay | Thesaurus.com

TOPICS: Canadian Women's History |African & Caribbean Canadian History | Indigenous Canadian History | LGBTQ+ Canadian History

PRINT OR EBOOKS

• SEARCH CATALOGUE (print, ebooks & digital streamed media)

• Toronto Public Library (requires a library card)

• Online ebooks: Google Books | Internet Archive | Project Gutenberg

DATABASES

• READ WATCH LEARN | TDSB Database Passwords (TDSB login required)

  • Canadian Encyclopedia / Canadian Reference Centre / Canadian Points of View / Explora Canada-Secondary / History Reference Center / Canadiana Online

• Toronto Public Library | Canada in Context | Candian Newstream | Academic OneFile | Canadiana Heritage | Canadian Periodical Index (CPI)

WEBSITES

• General list of Canadian Primary Sources Websites (Douglas College Library)

CANADIAN WOMEN'S HISTORY

Search terms: Women -- Canada | Women's Rights | Women's Movement | Social Conditions of Women | Canada -- Social Conditions | Feminism | Legal Status of Women | Gender inequality | Legal Status of Women

• Status of Women - Resources

• Heroines.ca | Resources List

• Rights of Women (Canadian Government)

• Women in Canada - History Timeline (UFCW)

• Canadian Women's Foundation

• Women's Suffrage in Canada - Education Guide

• Rewind: History of Women's Rights in Canada (CBC Podcast)

LGBTQ CANADIAN HISTORY

Search terms: lgbtq or lgbtq+ or lesbian or gay or homosexual or bisexual or transgender or homosexual or queer or sexual minority | Social Conditions of LGBTQ people | LGBTQ+ history or rights | Gay rights movement

• The Canadian Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity | Our History Study Guide

• Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives (CLGA)

• Canadian Queer History (Queer Events)

• Timeline: Notable Events in LGBT Canadian History (CBC.ca)

• Government of | Rights of LGBTI Persons | LGBTQ2 Secretariat

• 10 Canadian LGBTQ stories that need to be made into films or TV series

AFRICAN-CANADIAN/CARIBBEAN CANADIAN HISTORY

Search terms: Black History | Black Canadians | African Diaspora | African Canadians | Race Relations in Canada

• Black History in Canada (Library and Archives Canada)

• Black History Month (Government of Canada)

• 23 Historical Black Canadians You Should Know (CBC.ca)

• The Black Community in Canada: A Rich History (NFB.ca)

• Canadiana Online / search: "Africans--Canada" results include: "The African in Canada" Search: Maroons--Nova Scotia

INDIGENOUS CANADIAN HISTORY

Search terms: indigenous or native or aboriginal or indians or first nations | Truth & Reconciliation Canada | first nations in Canada | White people -- relations with first nations

• EBook resource: https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/

• Indigenous Foundations (UBC Canada)

• Groundworkforchange.org

• Canadian Museum of History Online Exhibits

• Indigenous Peoples of Canada (NFB.ca)

• Indigenous History (Canadian Government)

• First Nations Information Governance Centre Data Online | Indigenous Peoples (Statistics Canada)

• The 2003 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative"

• The 2018 CBC Massey Lectures: All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward