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The Canadian Military History Gateway is an online service providing access to
Websites and digitized resources about Canada’s military
history. The Gateway was developed by the
Department of National Defence (DND) as an initiative supported by the
National Defence On-Line (NDOL) programme and the
Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canadian Culture Online Program.
The goal of the Gateway is to "provide the public with free access to the
collective military history resources of Canadian museums, libraries, archives
and other heritage organizations through a single, dynamic and intuitive
gateway". In drawing the sources of Canada’s military
heritage together, the gateway provides an opportunity for all Canadians to
learn about a history that has shaped their country.
To realize this goal, the leading institutions responsible for the collection
and digitization of cultural resources related to Canada’s military heritage
have formed a partnership to work together in building and maintaining this
story of Canada. These institutions are:
The Gateway is designed to be the authoritative source for quality-controlled
information on Canada’s military history. It provides several ways
to discover, access and exploit online military history resources, including a
graphical interactive timeline, enhanced search and guided
navigation.
It also provides a concise military history of Canada from 1000-2000
A.D. through the online presentation of the three volume Canadian
Military Heritage series (by Bernier and Chartrand).
Site visitors can access:
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Images and narrative of the three volume Canadian Military Heritage reference
set, enriched with animation clips.
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More than 7000 unique links to military history resources on Gateway partner
sites, including animation, art, artefacts, film, interactive games, music,
narratives, personal anecdotes, photos and scholarly research.
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Links to partner databases that contain nearly 900,000 additional resources
specific to Canadian military history.
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Links to an array of grade specific and curriculum based learning resources,
educational aids and lesson plans.
More partners will be engaged over time to enrich and expand the story further.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance provided by:
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National Defence On-Line (NDOL)
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Canadian Culture Online Program (CCOP)
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