Featured Articles — Biography
Fortunate Son — 'Ghosts of War' Reviewed
Biography Eric Reguly John Pepall Vietnam War & Weaponry
Robert Reguly had two of the greatest scoops in Canada’s newspaper history.
Update on the Ryerson Fiasco
1619 Project Aboriginals Biography Cancel Culture Colonial Era Corrective History Education Egerton Ryerson First Nations Indian Residential Schools Indigenous Ronald Stagg Woke Hypocrisy
In The Ryerson Affair: An Update, Professor Ronald Stagg judges the judges and finds them wanting. The reports that informed the decision-makers were feeble work, he concludes.
Napoleon and the French Canadians
Biography French Canada History Debates Men and Ideas Napoleon Bonaparte Public History Quebec Serge Joyal War War & Weaponry
By Serge Joyal. All countries create myths to adumbrate their aspirations and to reflect an image of their national identity. Such was the myth of Napoleon in France and, as we shall see, even in French Canada.
Macdonald: A Hero for Our Times?
1619 Project Biography Cancel Culture Colonial Era Confederation Corrective History Donald Creighton Fathers of Confederation First Nations History Debates History Wars Indigenous Phillip A. Buckner Sir John A. Macdonald
The Old Flag and the Old Policy probably mattered more than the Old Man to most Canadians, writes Phillip A. Buckner. We can debate Sir John A. without losing our heads — or his.
The Myth Behind “Rhodes Must Fall”
Biography Cancel Culture Cecil Rhodes Colonial Era Corrective History Double Standards Education History Wars Men and Ideas Oxford University Statue-Toppling Woke Hypocrisy
By Marie Kawthar Daouda
NELSON MANDELA himself urged against cancelling memorials to Imperialist figures. Besides, it is condescending and very white-centered to think that Africa’s problematic past only revolves around European imperialism.