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How to access
Resource highlight booklets, which link directly to interesting files within the resources, can be downloaded below. Alternatively, just log in and search by theme, document type, or department, using the advanced search functionality of the resource websites:
War, State and Society
http://www.warstateandsociety.com
Username: [email protected] Password: Canada21!
Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War
http://www.secretintelligencefiles.com
Username: [email protected] Password: Canada21!
Highlights, with a special focus on Canada...
War, State and Society
War-time radio offered British citizens slightly idealized glimpses of life in Canada. The Kitchen Front, a BBC radio programme, suggested creative approaches to cooking during severe food rationing. One broadcast featured a Canadian cook describing how to make Baked Beans, ‘a warming nourishing dish which you usually know only in tins…’
Download the highlights e-booklet for direct links to the broadcast transcripts and many more files pertaining to Canada.
Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War
This resource contains several files chronicling the investigation of the Corby case, in which the defection to Canada of Soviet embassy worker, Igor Gouzenko, revealed the existence of a Soviet espionage network in Canada. Spread across 4 volumes, here's a link to the first one.
Download the highlights e-booklet for to access all 4 volumes of the investigation and many more files pertaining to Canada.