by Joanna Dermenjian | Nov 10, 2023 | Article, Artifacts, Children, History, Research
I made a discovery last year on Carrie Lord’s Instagram account called @homefronthistory. On March 17, 2022, she posted about war stamp corsages, called ‘Warsages’. Carrie has several in her collection of fabulous American home front WW2 collectibles. I had just...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Jul 19, 2023 | Children, Fiction
The book series of Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is known internationally and has been translated into at least 36 languages. But not everyone knows that the content of one of the books in this series sheds light on the voluntary labour of Canadian...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Apr 10, 2023 | Children
An article last week by Helen Surgenor of CBC Radio headlined: “Young people are starting to knit and crochet for mental health.” The article echoes a similar theme to a wartime article from The Winnipeg Tribune on August 3, 1942, that makes suggestions for helping...