Controversies in Canadian History (O)

3 ch (3C) (W) · Undergraduate

Examine controversial events and the ways we remember them. Investigate stories that paint Canada as a “refuge” for runaway slaves, a “multicultural” country, and a “peacekeeping” nation, or the Prairies as being a “mild west” rather than a “wild west.” Explore why these stories persist, despite evidence to the contrary. Analyse how recent memorialization controversies, including those regarding statues valorizing Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, Halifax “founder” Edward Cornwallis, and the Famous Five first-wave feminists, have played out in public.