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1.4 The Current State of Historical Writing in Canada

It’s one thing to know about some of the key events in Canada’s history; it’s another to know a thing or two about how our history came to be written. Part of the challenge is defining what constitutes history. For example, it is often said that Canada is a young country without much history. A response to that claim Read more »

1.2 The Writing of History

The telling of every country’s national story is unique, and there are conflicts in that telling. Who gets to speak? Who does not? What alternative stories are there to be told? And how did it all turn out this way? Historical writing is never without purpose. As early as the 18th century, historical accounts of Read more »

Preface

This textbook considers the history of what becomes Canada in 1867. It is what is called a “survey text,” in that it provides a framework of the larger storylines rather than examine in detail some particular aspect of Canadian history. The thing is, what we survey is inevitably selective. Indeed, framing the story as something that Read more »