Need a history project topic linking to Canada

I would deal with French colonization. See Wikipedia articles:

• New France
• French colonization of the Americas

Another interesting topic in my viewpoint would be Basque exploration and whaling but there is much less info online, I fear.

Finally you can deal with topics as the Viking exploration, the Hudson Bay Co., and many others regarding Native American history and/or the British colonial period.

Hi,
I definitly agree on the Hudson Bay Co. great topic and great books as on
many chartred companies.
Bye.

You might want to try about FLQ (Front de Liberation de Quebec) and October Crisis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_crisis

 

Ah, there are so many things. You could do the War of 1812, you could do the colonization by the French, you could do the Vikings at L'Anse aux Meadows, you could do Dieppe or Vimy, or Jonh Cabot's explorations, or even the war between the Hurons and Iroquois. So many things, at the macro level, and even plenty of opportunity at the micro level - things like, say, the history of Fort Louisburg, or the Rideau Canal.

I'm not sure about the context of your presentation - if it's academic I might go for something done less often (eg perhaps something to do with the natives, or something at a micro level like the history of a particular site or area, or something like the history of the United Empire Loyalists - when they came over, where they settled, how they lived, why they left, why they were loyalists, etc). If it's for the general public I'd go with something familiar or exciting, perhaps something like Vimy or Laura Secord.

Originally posted by Cunctator The idea of a paper on the Basque "presence" in the 15th century, or earlier, might be very interesting. The story of the woman who spent years hunting down the records of the Basque whaling and fishing off of Newfoundland, and eventually found them, might really grab you. I have always thought she is the model of an explorer, but of the past. I do not know the whole story, but I believe her work forced the government -- which had originally rejected her ideas -- to acknowledge the Basque history here.

Do you have links? I am interested.