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In case you missed it yesterday, Brooke Jeffrey was on CTV Montreal discussing Dismantling Canada, her new book about Stephen Harper’s agenda to create a new Conservative Canada.
Congratulations to Brian Young, a finalist for this year’s Canadian Historical Association’s Sir John A. Macdonald Prize.
Young is shortlisted for his book, PATRICIAN FAMILIES AND THE MAKING OF QUEBEC: The Taschereaus and McCords, an analysis of two elite families in the shaping of English and French Quebec.
The Sir John A. Macdonald Prize is … Read More >
A huge congratulations goes out to David C. Woodman, author of Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, who is one of 220 recipients of the Erebus Medal.
This special and well-deserved honour, announced this week by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, commemorates and recognizes those who contributed to the find of one of the lost ships of the British … Read More >
Can blockades and occupations bring positive change in Canada’s Aboriginal communities?
In Blockades or Breakthroughs?, edited by Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer, contributors debate the importance and effectiveness of blockades and occupations as political and diplomatic tools for Aboriginal people.
Offering an in-depth survey of occupations, blockades, and their legacies, from 1968 to the present, this … Read More >
Brian Young, author of Patrician Families and the Making of Quebec, was on CTV Montreal earlier today discussing his new book on the Taschereaus and McCords with Mutsumi Takahashi.
History has often ignored the influence in modern Quebec of family dynasties, patriarchy, seigneurial land, and traditional institutions. Following the ascent of four generations … Read More >
The Honourable Donald S. Macdonald’s new memoir, Thumper, offers a behind-the-scenes account of his political career that spanned four decades and included posts as House leader, minister of national defence, minister of energy, and minister of finance.
Drawing on extensive archival resources and contemporaneous personal diaries, Macdonald insightfully details his friendship with Trudeau, fascinating encounters with world leaders, … Read More >
All eyes are on the Scottish referendum today as Scots decide whether to stay in the UK or become an independent nation. A high turnout is expected and the results won’t be known until the early hours of Friday morning. The suspense until then resonates all too well with people in Quebec who remember the referendums of 1980 and 1995.
There’s an air … Read More >
After more than 150 years of search efforts, Prime Minister Harper announced today that a lost ship from the mysterious Franklin expedition has been discovered. Using Parks Canada’s newly acquired underwater vehicle, the searchers picked up sonar images of a shipwreck which they believe to be either HMS Erebus or HMS Terror.
This fall, the Elizabeth Dafoe Library and Archives & Special Collections of the University of Manitoba will be unveiling David Thompson’s large-scale (over 6 ft wide and 10 ft tall!) Map of northwestern North America from 1826.
From the University of Manitoba press release:
Along with the historic map the collection being housed at the University of Manitoba will … Read More >
Today marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, when many people will be turning to history and literature in order to understand the cataclysm that cast a shadow over the last century. Some of the most important works on the Great War have fallen out of circulation since they first appeared … Read More >