Who Killed Canadian History And What Can We Do About It

Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X004236516

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Who Killed Canadian History? by J. L. Granatstein Pdf

Have we lost our past, and, in turn, ourselves? Who is slamming shut our history books -- and why? In an indictment that points damning fingers at our education system, the media and our government's preoccupation with multiculturalism to the exclusion of English Canadian culture, historian J.L. Granatstein offers astonishing evidence of our lack of historical knowledge. He shows not only how "dumbing down" in our education system is contributing to the death of Canadian history, but how a multi-disciplinary social studies approach puts more nails in the coffin. He explains how some teachers think studying the Second World War glorifies violence and may worsen French-English conflicts if conscription is mentioned, And he tells how the pride Canadians should feel over their past has been brushed aside by efforts to create a history that suits the misguided ideas of successive ministers of Canadian heritage and multiculturalism. Finally, he shows that there is hope, and there are steps we must take if we are to renew our past -- and ensure our future. With his intelligent and outspoken "blow the dust off the history books" approach to his subject, J.L. Granatstein has produced a brilliantly argued book that addresses a subject too important to ignore. Published to coincide with the anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge (April 9, 1917), and appearing at a time when our education system is coming under ever sharper attack Who Killed Canadian History? is a timely and provocative release. A recent test on Canada given to 100 first-year students at an Ontario university revealed the following statistics: -- 61% did not know that Sir John A. Macdonald was our first English-speaking prime minister -- 55% did not know that Canada was founded in 1867 -- 95% did not know that 1837 was the date of the Rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada -- 92% did not know the year of the first Quebec referendum

Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge Press
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0919555195

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Who Killed Canadian History and what Can We Do about It? by J. L. Granatstein Pdf

Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : Phyllis Bruce Books Perennial
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0002008955

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Who Killed Canadian History? Revised Edition by J. L. Granatstein Pdf

Canada is one of the few nations in the Western world that does not teach its history to its young people and to its new citizens. The result is a nation that does not understand and respect its past. J. L . Granatstein’s impassioned evaluation of the study. and teaching of Canadian history is even more relevant today than when it was first published nine years ago. The original edition of this slim but eloquent polemic caused a stir with its revelations that Canadian history had all but vanished from schools and universities in favour of trendy subjects and specialized social history. Almost a decade later, however, nothing has been done, and even less Canadian history is taught today in most provinces. In this revised edition—updated with a new introduction and conclusion, and two new chapters—Granatstein once more addresses the question of who killed Canadian history and offers detailed suggestions for putting history back into the schools and the minds of Canadians.

Author : Carolyn Strange
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487508371

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Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History by Carolyn Strange Pdf

This is the first historical study to examine changing perceptions of sexual murder and the treatment of sex killers while the death penalty was in effect in Canada.

Author : Penney Clark
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780774820615

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New Possibilities for the Past by Penney Clark Pdf

The place of history education in schools has sparked heated debate in Canada. Is history dead? Who killed it? Should history be put in the service of nation? Can any history be truly inclusive? This volume advances the debate by shifting the focus from what should be included in history education to how we should think about and teach the past. In this book historians and educators discuss the state of history education research and its implications for classrooms, museums, virtual environments, and public institutional settings. They develop a comprehensive research agenda both to help students learn about the past and to understand how we construct history from its infinite possibilities.

Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015019572596

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Nation by J. L. Granatstein Pdf

Author : Dimitry Anastakis
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442606364

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Death in the Peaceable Kingdom by Dimitry Anastakis Pdf

Death in the Peaceable Kingdom is an intelligent, innovative response to the incorrect assumption that Canadian history is dry and uninspiring. Using the "hooks" of murder, execution, assassination, and suicide, Dimitry Anastakis introduces readers to the full scope of post-Confederation Canadian history. Beginning with the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Anastakis recounts the deaths of famous Canadians such as Louis Riel, Tom Thomson, and Pierre Laporte. He also introduces lesser-known events such as the execution of shell-shocked deserter Pte. Harold Carter during the First World War and the suicide of suspected communist Herbert Norman in Cairo during the Cold War. The book concludes with recent Canadian deaths including the suicides of Amanda Todd and Rehtaeh Parsons as a result of cyberbullying. Complementing the chapters are short vignettes--"Murderous Moments" and "Tragic Tales"--that point to broader themes and issues. The book also contains a number of "Active History" exercises such as activities, assignments, and primary document analyses. A timeline, 24 images, and further reading suggestions are included.

Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : HarperFlamingo
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Canada
ISBN : NWU:35556035099415

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Who Killed the Canadian Military? by J. L. Granatstein Pdf

"Jack Granatstein’s Who Killed the Canadian Military? is more than a history of the decline and rustout of a military that as late as 1966 boasted 3,826 aircraft (including cutting-edge Sea King helicopters) as opposed to today’s 328 aircraft-including those same Sea Kings and CF-18 fighters whose avionics are a generation out of date; the same can be said of the army and navy. Granatstein’s book is a convincing analysis of Canada’s embrace of a delusional foreign policy that equates knee jerk anti-Americanism with sovereignty and forgets that in a Hobbesian world of international relations, “power still comes primarily from the barrel of a gun” and not from Steven Lewis’s speeches about Canadian goodwill, tolerance or humanitarianism."--from amazon.com product desc.

Author : Herbert C. Northcott,Donna M. Wilson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Bereavement
ISBN : 9781442634565

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Dying and Death in Canada, Third Edition by Herbert C. Northcott,Donna M. Wilson Pdf

"Dying and Death in Canada offers a comprehensive discussion of dying, death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective. The third edition has been thoroughly updated and several new topics have been added, including assisted suicide and active euthanasia, end of life care, emerging trends in funerary practices, and changing conceptualizations and interventions in the grieving process. A glossary has also been added along with end-of-chapter review questions and an appendix listing recent and seminal movies, television programs, documentary films, and other visual media sources dealing with dying and death. The new edition includes 22 black and white photos, 4 figures, and 3 tables."--

Author : Robyn Maynard
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18T00:00:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781552669808

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Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard Pdf

Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensive account of nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization and punishment of Black lives in Canada. While highlighting the ubiquity of Black resistance, Policing Black Lives traces the still-living legacy of slavery across multiple institutions, shedding light on the state’s role in perpetuating contemporary Black poverty and unemployment, racial profiling, law enforcement violence, incarceration, immigration detention, deportation, exploitative migrant labour practices, disproportionate child removal and low graduation rates. Emerging from a critical race feminist framework that insists that all Black lives matter, Maynard’s intersectional approach to anti-Black racism addresses the unique and understudied impacts of state violence as it is experienced by Black women, Black people with disabilities, as well as queer, trans, and undocumented Black communities. A call-to-action, Policing Black Lives urges readers to work toward dismantling structures of racial domination and re-imagining a more just society.

Author : Will Ferguson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470676783

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Canadian History For Dummies by Will Ferguson Pdf

A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated! This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements through Paul Martin's shaky minority government. This timely update features all the latest, up-to-the-minute findings in historical and archeological research. In his trademark irreverent style, Will Ferguson celebrates Canada's double-gold in hockey at the 2002 Olympics, investigates Jean Chrétien's decision not to participate in the war in Iraq, and dissects the recent sponsorship scandal.

Author : Teresa Iacobelli
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774825696

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Death Or Deliverance by Teresa Iacobelli Pdf

Soldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great War faced death by firing squad. Novels, histories, movies, and television series often depict courts martial as brutal and inflexible, and social memories of this system of frontline justice have inspired modern movements to seek pardons for soldiers executed on the battlefield. In this powerful and moving book, Teresa Iacobelli looks beyond stories of callous generals and quick executions to consider the trials of nearly two hundred soldiers who were sentenced to death but spared by a disciplinary system capable of thoughtful review and compassion. By bringing to light these men's experiences, Death or Deliverance reconsiders an important chapter in the history of both a war and a nation.

Author : Mary Jane Logan McCallum,Adele Perry
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887555718

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Structures of Indifference by Mary Jane Logan McCallum,Adele Perry Pdf

Structures of Indifference examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city, and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. At the heart of this story is a thirty-four-hour period in September 2008. During that day and half, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabeg resident of Manitoba's capital city, arrived in the emergency room of the Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg's major downtown hospital, was left untreated and unattended to, and ultimately died from an easily treatable infection. His death reflects a particular structure of indifference born of and maintained by colonialism. McCallum and Perry present the ways in which Sinclair, once erased and ignored, came to represent diffuse, yet singular and largely dehumanized ideas about Indigenous people, modernity, and decline in cities. This story tells us about ordinary indigeneity in the City of Winnipeg through Sinclair's experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and after his death. Structures of Indifference completes the story left untold by the inquiry into Sinclair's death, the 2014 report of which omitted any consideration of underlying factors, including racism and systemic discrimination.

Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004048176

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Yankee Go Home? by J. L. Granatstein Pdf

Yankee Go Home? traces the winding course of this feeling over two centuries - from the United Empire Loyalists who fled north to escape unbridled republicanism, through the early twentieth century when the barons of business were determined to keep out U.S. competition, to the post-war period when Canadian nationalists took up the cry. Granatstein maintains that what began as a justifiable fear of invasion eventually became a tool of the economic and political elites bent on preserving their power. At first, anti-Americanism was largely the Tory way of keeping pro-British attitudes uppermost in the minds of Canadians. Later, with the right wing embracing the free-trade deal, it became the most important weapon of the nationalist left. Today, anti-Americanism is weaker than ever before. And what of the future?

Author : J. L. Granatstein,Norman Hillmer
Publisher : Copp Clark Professional
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Canada
ISBN : UVA:X002083886

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For Better Or for Worse by J. L. Granatstein,Norman Hillmer Pdf