Peace

In one of a series of issues on the regions of Canada, the authors argue that Ontario is well situated for future prosperity and influence but that its people "have a long way to go to achieve perfection."

Noted historian Arthur Lower surveys the postwar prospects for Canadian economic engagement with the Pacific region.

A geography professor argues that the key to Canada's postwar prosperity lies to the north.

A survey of developments in science, medicine, and technology as they might influence Canada's postwar prospects.

A journalist sees great potential in Canada extending economic and political relations with the nations of Central and South America after the Second World War.

The head of the National Film Board sees in the postwar era the opportunity for Canada to expand its cultural industries, particularly film.

Respected diplomat and future prime minister Lester Pearson sees the future of peace in the power of collective action in the international arena.

This pamphlet, published to mark United Nations Day in 1943, looked forward to a more peaceful world after the Second World War.

This cover marked a return to peace, yet ironically bears the censor stamp of the War Disease Control Station, set up at Grosse Île, Quebec, to study measures that might be taken in the event of germ warfare.

This card, featuring John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields," was preserved by a soldier of the Royal Munster Fusiliers serving in Rangoon, Burma.