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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.
L’Affaire Dundas in Toronto: Falling for a Hoax
1619 Project Canada Colonial Era Corrective History Egerton Ryerson History Debates History Wars Patrice Dutil Slavery Statue-Toppling Woke Hypocrisy
Henry Dundas was actually a hero of the Anti-Slavery Movement, writes Dr. Patrice Dutil. The City of Toronto must reverse its stupid plan to change the name of Dundas Street.
"Our Dear Children": Sisters' Chronicles of Indian Residential School
1619 Project Canada Cancel Culture Catholic Church Colonial Era Corrective History First Nations Indian Residential Schools Indigenous Nina Green
Sisters' Chronicles reveal the warmth, kindness and dedication of the women who nursed, taught and cared for children at Indian Residential Schools
England's Political Secret
Canada Charter of Rights and Freedoms Colonial Era Confederation Conservatism Edward Blackstone Fathers of Confederation François Charbonneau Habeas Corpus Idea of Freedom Idea of Liberty John Locke King George III Libertarianism Men and Ideas Parliament Rights of Englishmen Une part égale de liberté
What was the political secret that Englishmen were convinced they had found and that allowed them to be so free? A free nation was one that was not dependent upon the will of anyone, especially its own Monarch, writes Dr. François Charbonneau.
Myths of Ireland's Easter Rising
Colonial Era Contentions Corrective History Easter Rising of 1916 History Debates History Wars Home Rule for Ireland Ireland Irish Free State Kevin Myers Politically Corrective History
The belief that the 1916 Easter insurrection in Ireland was in resistance to British oppression is completely inaccurate, writes Kevin Myers