AI EnhancedGreening Canadian Defence
Sustainability and environmental stewardship are integrated in Canada’s defence policy. Through the Defence Energy and Environment Strategy (DEES), Canada aims…
AI EnhancedWilliam Otter
Lieutenant-Colonel William D. Otter (1843-1929) was a lifelong soldier of Canada and is generally considered Canada’s first professional soldier. Though…
AI EnhancedNew Digital Exhibit: Veterans’ Voices
Valour Canada is excited and proud to announce a new partnership with two exceptional non-profit organizations dedicated to educating…
AI EnhancedFor the Fallen Poem
English poet and scholar,Laurence Binyon, composed his most famous poem, “For the Fallen,” in September 1914. A section of the poem, entitled “Ode of Remembrance,” is recited to…
AI EnhancedCanadians in the Second Boer War
The South African War (1899 – 1902), more commonly known as the Second Boer War, was fought by the British…
AI EnhancedMewata Armoury
Calgary’s Mewata Armoury, its Officers’ Mess, and RAUSI by Rev Maj (Ret’d) Lloyd Northcott, CD, B.A., M.A. Construction began on…
AI EnhancedNichola Goddard
On May 17th, 2006, in the Panjwa’i district of Afghanistan, Canadian Army Captain Nichola Goddard made many "firsts": the first…
AI EnhancedMcGee Assassination
One of the Fathers of Confederation, Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s unexpected assassination shocked a nation and inspired the reformation of Canada’s…
AI EnhancedHMCS Haida
Of the 27 tribal-class destroyers that were built for the British, Canadian, and Australian navies during the Second World War,…
AI EnhancedThe Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (1998-99) was the culmination of an almost decade long conflict between ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbians backed…
AI EnhancedMichelle Douglas
Born in 1963 in Ottawa, ON, Michelle Douglas earned a Bachelor of Arts in Law in 1985 and later joined…
AI EnhancedDieppe Raid
In 1942, the Nazis were at the height of their wide-reaching hold over continental Europe during the Second World War.…