History
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September 13, 2024
Five bucks: the economics of Treaty relationships
Explore treaties using art, artifacts and historical thinking. -
September 12, 2024
You are the economy
A set of six lessons to explore economics with your students. -
August 6, 2024
Treaties, money and art
The Bank of Canada Museum’s collection has a new addition: an artwork called Free Ride by Frank Shebageget. But why would a museum about the economy buy art? -
July 16, 2024
Rai: big money
An item is said to have cultural value when it can be directly associated with the history, people, beliefs or rituals important to a society. It’s the same with a rai—its value can be greater depending upon who authorized it, who carved it and who subsequently owned it. -
April 18, 2024
Lessons from the Great Depression
What the stock market crash of 1929 did was starkly reveal the weaknesses of economic systems that had evolved from the unregulated capitalism of the late 19th century.