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 Images of Canada

Images Canada provides central search access to the thousands of images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions. Through Images Canada, you can find images of the Canadian events, people, places and things that make up our collective heritage.

Images

2792.jpgCheck out the thousands of pictures in the Image Trails section which highlights various aspects of Canada:

  • Arctic
  • Automobiles
  • Calgary Stampede
  • Canada at War
  • First Nations
  • Flora
  • Gone Fishing
  • Gone Hunting
  • Gone Paddling
  • Halifax
  • Hockey
  • Inuit
  • Pioneer Life
  • Planes
  • Ships
  • Toronto
  • Trains
  • Wildlife
  • Winter Sports

Photo Essays

A94S0051.jpgVisit the photo essays written by a photo archivist or historian, each photo essay provides a narrative on a particular theme. Photo essays are enhanced with images, to highlight the collections of Images Canada partners.

Frozen Ocean: Search for the NorthWest Passage

Calgary in the 1950s

Toronto: A Place of Meeting

Railways in Canada: A Brief History

J.B. Tyrrell Chronology

Celebrating Dominion Day 1867-1917

Niitoy-yiss: The Blackfoot Tipi

Encounters: Early Images of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples

All Aboard Toronto: Railways & the Growth of the City

Carved in Stone: Mi'kmaw Petroglyphs Recorded by George Creed, 1887-1888

Educational Resources

Two lesson plans and an idea bank structured around using primary sources have been developed for Images Canada. The lesson plans include detailed guidelines for educators, including learning outcomes/expectations/objectives, suggested criteria for assessment, instructions for classroom use, and worksheets.

It is important that students learn about primary sources at an early age and use them in appropriate ways. Primary sources give students the opportunity to extract and interpret information, exercising higher thinking skills in the process. Images Canada gives students an opportunity to use primary sources and learn their first Web research skills at the same time.

An Early Canadian Photo Album (Ages 13-15)

Using Pictures to Read the Past (Ages 13-15)

Activities and Writing Ideas

Photos have been reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 2002 and Courtesy of Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada

 

Source: Government of Canada – Library and Archives Canada