The Great Canadian Mysteries Project (http://www.canadianmysteries.ca, creator of the award-winning ?Who Killed William Robinson??website), is just about to complete its second and third websites that use "real" mysteries? and the historical documents they generate to teach senior secondary and university students about Canadian history. We are using this ?call for mysteries? to find ten more historical mysteries that will allow us to complete a set of 13 websites that together can be used to teach Canadian [history] survey courses. Source: H-CANADA list, 2003-08-30

The Carleton Centre for the History of Migration, Carleton University, Ottawa, is hosting an international, interdisciplinary conference, Reading the Emigrant Letter Conference: Innovative Approaches and Interpretations, between August 7 and 9, 2003. See the centre's Web site for details at http://www.carleton.ca/cchm

The five-year Canadian Century Research Infrastructure project is hiring a project coordinator. The deadline for applications is July 31, 2003. For information on the CCRI visit the Institute of Canadian Studies, University of Ottawa, Web site (http://www.canada.uottawa.ca).

Check the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Web site (http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nad/bc2003_e.html) for information about events in BC to celebrate National Aboriginal Day on June 21, 2003.

By acclamation and fully deserving of the prize, Catherine Jones' design for the Samson V Maritime Museum, owned by the City of New Westminster and operated by the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society of British Columbia, is the winner of the fourth BC History Web Site Prize. An educational and well designed site, congratulations and four toots of the the Samson V steam whistle for your win Catherine and the mighty Samson V! The prize will be awarded on May 10, 2003 at the annual conference of the BC Historical Federation in Prince George.