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Cold War Stories

Speaker P. Whitney Lakenbauer with event title on 2023 Cold War Speaker Series.

2023 Cold War Speaker Series: “When the Skies Rained Boxes”: Northern Canadians and Continental Defence during the Cold War

September 29, 2023
Yesterday, September 28, 2023, we held the first session in...
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2022 Cold War Speaker Series graphic design with Dr. Andrew Burtch in the centre and the text "Canada, the Cold War, and the Korean War" at the bottom.

2022 Cold War Speaker Series: Canada, the Cold War, and the Korean War

November 23, 2022
On November 17, 2022, we held the final session in...
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2022 Cold War Speaker Series features Michelle Douglas and Christos Pantieras discussing BT Purge.

2022 Cold War Speaker Series: The LGBT Purge

October 13, 2022
On October 6, 2022, we held the second session in...
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Sean Maloney discusses the secret history of nuclear war fear in 2022.

2022 Cold War Speaker Series: The Secret History of Nuclear War Films

September 28, 2022
On September 22, 2022, we held the first session in...
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Historical image of large machinery digging and preparing the land where the Diefenbunker is to be built.

Archaeology Month 2022

August 8, 2022
August is Archaeology Month! Throughout August, we will be highlighting...
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Duck and Cover: An Iconic Cold War Short Film

September 1, 2019
Preparing the Public On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union...
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The Diefenbunker was built on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin People, whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial. The Diefenbunker museum acknowledges the adverse impacts of the Cold War and its ongoing legacy of harm to Indigenous peoples in Canada. The museum is continually working to develop collaborative relationships with Indigenous communities and to ensure respectful interpretation of Indigenous content in our spaces.      

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