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Franklin: Life and Death in the Arctic

  1. Inuit & Explorers in the Search for Franklin: ‘Exhibiting’ Voices from the Past.
    A teaching unit for senior secondary/undergraduate students.
  2. Umlagtalike: Inuit Knowledge and the Franklin Expedition
    A teaching unit produced by the Department of Education, Government of Nunavut in collaboration with the Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History project. Designed for grade 8 students in Nunavut; includes notes throughout the document about how to adapt the unit in other contexts.

Where is Vinland?

Torture and Truth: Angélique and the Burning of Montreal

Jerome: The Mystery Man of Baie Sainte-Marie

Who Killed William Robinson?

We Do Not Know His Name: Klatsassin and the Chilcotin War

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Heaven and Hell on Earth: The Massacre of the "Black Donnellys"

Who Discovered Klondike Gold?

The Redpath Mansion Mystery

Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy

Aurore! The Mystery of the Martyred Child

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Explosion on the Kettle Valley Line: The Death of Peter Verigin

Death of a Diplomat: Herbert Norman & The Cold War