Dynamism and determination, wisdom and warmth: the late Elizabeth Mancke (1954-2023) exuded each of these positive attributes as well as countless others, as anyone who had the good fortune of knowing her can readily attest. Her recent passing is a massive loss for the many communities to which she contributed, whether as a pathbreaking historian,… Continue Reading
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This essay is also being made available by our friends at Active History. E.A. Heaman I am very sorry to see Quebec raising the fees on students not from Quebec. A long time ago I was one of those out-of-province students. I grew up in British Columbia and had never been east when I transferred… Continue Reading
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Joe Borsato When examining Anglo-Indigenous relations and colonization in the early seventeenth century Americas, scholars rarely treat colonial experiences in North America and South America together. Yet, a hemispheric framework brings fresh insight into the history of colonial expansion.[1] In northern South America, a region commonly referred to as Guiana, or Güiri noko (“the land… Continue Reading
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Erin Isaac The thoughts and sentiments shared in this essay are my own and do not represent the Nova Scotia Museum or Shelburne Historical Society. The Ross-Thomson House & Store Museum, in Shelburne, NS, has always been known as a site of enslavement in this community. Most people around here reference this by speaking about… Continue Reading
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Nicolas Landry English Abstract: This short survey aims at putting forward the participation of Acadians in the New Brunswick militia during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. It demonstrates Acadians’ ambivalence to contribute to the war effort with the English forces. Nevertheless, some Acadians were able to benefit from military promotions by… Continue Reading
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Nicolas Landry English Abstract: Although traditional Acadian historiography put emphasis on the contribution of missionaries to help Acadians establish themselves around the Gulf of St. Lawrence after the Expulsion (1755-1763), most recent publications demonstrate that Acadians tended to resist some high expectations from the Church hierarchy and its representatives, the missionaries. This short text is… Continue Reading
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dann J. Broyld Borderland Blacks: Two Cities in the Niagara Region during the Final Decades of Slavery by dann j. Broyld examines Rochester, New York, and St. Catharines, Canada West, the last stops on the Niagara branch of the Underground Railroad. The story that is best known of Rochester and St. Catharines before the Civil… Continue Reading
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Peter Price, Questions of Order: Confederation and the Making of Modern Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021). Steve Penfold As an historical event, Canadian Confederation is very confusing. Multi-leveled, contradictory, endlessly complex – it has meant, and continues to mean, different things to a ridiculously wide range of scholars, politicians, and citizens. The British… Continue Reading
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(la version française suite) Parks Canada is proud to announce the launch of its new podcast project: ReCollections, a podcast about the places, stories and artifacts that bring history to life. For a century, Parks Canada’s experts have worked with communities across the country to learn about and protect the buildings, landscapes, and objects that… Continue Reading
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Nathan Ince On July 14, 1832, Jacob Sahkeconabe was shot and killed by Joseph Graverod. Both individuals involved in this tragedy were young, variously described as boys, youths, or young men, but otherwise they came from different backgrounds.[1] Sahkeconabe belonged to the Anishinaabe community of Mnjikaning, more often known to outsiders as Yellowhead’s village. For… Continue Reading
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