Returning

Booklets such as this one were distributed widely, to allay the fears of people in uniform that they might be left destitute when the war was won.

The prospect for employment after the Second World War was the subject of this survey co-authored by Leonard Marsh, author of the Marsh Report that laid the groundwork for Canada's social welfare state.

This booklet was intended to provide information and spark debate about the changing place of women in society as a result of the Second World War.

With many Canadians wearing medals from two different wars, the Department of Veterans Affairs decided to issue these instructions on the proper way to wear them.

This 1946 cover marked Canada's transformation from a wartime to a peacetime economy after the Second World War.

These cards were important documents for the trip home of Lieutenant J.R. Sams in 1945.

A summary of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, regarded by the Allies as a key to stability and security in the postwar world.

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.