Canada’s debate about whom and what we remember requires shared sets of facts, ideas and stories—a canon on which we can all rely. It’s time for us to rethink that canon, writes Murad Hemmadi.
Tag Archives: Canadian history
Confronting Canada’s ugly record of anti-Blackness
Robyn Maynard’s new book aims to correct and downright disrupt the friendly, multicultural narrative in which Canada’s national identity relies
How a scuttled U.S. trade deal helped lead to modern Canada
As trade with Canada falls under Trump’s angry, roving eye, a look back at a U.S. trade deal that helped lead to Confederation
Another Chris Alexander Heritage Minute
The Immigration Minister makes up some random fake history. Paul Wells corrects the record.
5 historical artifacts stolen by Canada’s most prolific thief
Some interesting items from John Mark Tillmann’s former collection
The top 10 Heritage Minutes
Our favourite Canadian history shorts from the Halifax Explosion to ‘I smell burnt toast’
A debate that surely won’t make history
Paul Wells on a heritage committee study and the politicization of Canadian history
Ku Klux Klan banners hang at York University
Artist Deanna Bowen says work is meant to be provocative
9 of Canada’s oldest buildings that are still in use
Churches, chapels and a stone mill
Vikings in Canada?
A researcher says she’s found evidence that Norse sailors may have settled in Canada’s Arctic. Others aren’t so sure.