The Canadian Letters & Images Project
- Login: No username or password required.
- Suitable for: Grades 11 to 12
- Content warning: To preserve historical accuracy and educational integrity, the documents in this resource have not been edited or censored. This resource may contain text or images that some may find disturbing or inappropriate for younger audiences.
- Description: A digital archive of personal letters, diaries, and photographs from Canadian soldiers from several wars and peacekeeping missions
From the vendor:
A digital archive of personal letters, diary entries, postcards, and photographs from pre-1914, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and peacekeeping missions in which Canadian Soldiers participated. This archive is digitized and hosted by the History department of Vancouver Island University. The Canadian Letters & Images Project aims to explore the Canadian war experience, and to put a human face to the stories told and lessons taught.
Resources:
- Feature Letter of the day presents a letter that was written on the current date from one of the collections. This is located directly on the homepage.
- are narrowed by individual war or special interest.
- Recorded Letters read by Canadian guest readers can be found in the "Guest Reader Directory" under Collections.
- Biographical information for each featured soldier is available for context within each collection.
- Advanced Search allows researchers to narrow by collection, document type, keyword, or date is available by clicking “Collection Search”.
Teacher’s Resources:
- A lesson plan developed with the help of the History Education Network can be found by clicking "Teacher Resources" at the top of the page.
