Vimy Foundation

Surreal colourized photos from the First World War ‘tell an old story in a new way’

Vimy Foundation’s ‘They Fought in Colour’ collects 260 digitally colourized photographs showcasing Canada’s contribution to the First World War

Margaret Atwood on the stark differences ‘back home’ before and after the Great War

Although nothing was shelled or destroyed, everything changed on the home front

Celebrated athletes joined Canada’s WW1 effort—including six Olympians

Some stars of the future also got their start amid the fighting

‘In Flanders Fields’: Canadian children recite our 100-year-old poem

Inspired by The Vimy Foundation’s work around the poem’s centennial, we called upon Canadian children to recite ‘In Flanders Fields’ for Remembrance Day