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This Month in History: Canada and Settler Colonialism

February 20, 2021February 21, 2021 Liam Devitt 0 Comments Canada, history, indigenous, settler colonialism

This article was written by Liam Devitt The land that we call ‘Canada’ was not always called so. The history

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March History Column – Coitus Interruptus: Social and Systemic Transformation in 1960s Canada

March 2, 2020November 27, 2020 Sorcha DeHeer 0 Comments BirthControl, Feminism, history, Revolution, Sexism

This article was written by Sorcha DeHeer The 1960s are remembered as a decade of turbulence. At once, post-war ideas

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February History Column

January 28, 2020November 27, 2020 Sorcha DeHeer 0 Comments history

This Month in History: A Bloody Sacrifice and a Sweet End This article was written by Sorcha DeHeer Like many

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January History Column

January 19, 2020November 27, 2020 Sorcha DeHeer 0 Comments history, indigenous, war

In a letter dated June 19, 1918, A. Desnomie, an Indigenous soldier wrote: “…as we all say here, we never retire but recoil.” His writings reflect a sense of pride in fighting for England and Canada. Speaking about the other Indigenous soldiers with him, Desnomie notes that they were “all well and ready to get after the Fritz again.” Indigenous soldiers participated in the Great War in comparable numbers to Anglo-European Canadians.