Learn more this Remembrance Day Sarah L. took this stunning photo in Monte Cassino during her Italian Campaign tour. During World War II more than 200,000 soldiers of different nationalities fought in the decisive Battle of Monte Cassino as part of the larger Italian Campaign effort. The Italian Campaign was a strategic military effort to capture Read More …
We asked. And you responded with resounding enthusiasm! Thank you for submitting a record number of fantastic images to our annual photo contest. It was incredibly difficult to choose the winners from the hundreds (yes, hundreds!) of great images we received, but here are the photos that stood out from the rest: Best cultural immersion photo | Students experiencing an Read More …
During their history tours abroad, many of our Canadian student travellers visit famous WWI and WWII cemeteries and battlefields to understand how and where soldiers fought and died. It’s in these moments of travelling that students begin to realize just how young the soldiers were, often only a few years older than themselves. In an effort to continue to Read More …
Canadian history teachers from the Ottawa Catholic School Board, Vanessa Kirtz and Erin Stokes took a particularly creative approach to this challenge. Since 2013 and 2007 respectively, they’ve worked on an ambitious project in which students research the lives of Canadian soldiers who died while serving in the First and Second World War. Calling it a “Soldier Project,” the Read More …
This year will be the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands! Officially a national Dutch holiday since 1990, Liberation Day commemorates the First Canadian Army’s liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation in World War II. On May 5, 1945, Canadian General Charles Foulkes and the German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz reached an agreement Read More …
This awesome photo was taken on an Explorica educational tour to Vietnam. Check out our favourite itinerary for Explorica tours to Vietnam.
