• Crossing Borders: Restructuring North American Narratives

    Patrick Lacroix It is encouraging to see that Atlantic history, alongside environmental history, has emerged as a leading line of enquiry. The Atlantic perspective has already done wonders for our collective understanding of the slave trade and the Age of Revolution. Here I hope to recommend a continental perspective as a profitable avenue for assessing Early Canadian and Early… Continue Reading

  • On the menu …

    Borealia will be serving up a great selection of early Canadian history starting this summer! On the menu are posts about: the future of Loyalist studies primary sources republicanism and responsible government print culture in British North America unrest and violence the place of Quebec in narratives about the American Revolution transnational friendships breaking the… Continue Reading

  • Borealia: A Prospectus

    Borealia (bor-ee-al-ya) is a new academic group blog on early Canadian history, featuring writing by regular, occasional, and guest contributors. It can be found at http://earlycanadianhistory.ca. We begin with the basic assumption that the field of early Canadian history is vibrant and varied. It may be a bit of a stretch to claim that, “We… Continue Reading