Tom Peace

Tuition, Protest and Bill 78: A View from Quebec

May 21, 2012

In response to Quebec’s Bill 78, a translated letter written by Quebec historians and feature posts from our francophone partner, HistoireEngagee.ca

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Approaching the Past: Historical Landscapes and Hauntings

May 8, 2012

Wednesday May 9th, 5pm meeting time, 5:30 start time “Historical Landscapes and Hauntings: Connecting place to the history and social studies curriculum” Meet at the outside C5 entrance of the ROM (the ROM’s “crystal” overhang) A spring walk around the University of Toronto campus Talks by Helen Mills from Lost Rivers, Richard Fiennes-Clinton from Muddy [...]

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Aboriginal History in Ontario’s Cottage Country

April 3, 2012
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The designation of the displacement of the Anishinaabeg of Southern Georgian Bay as a National Historic Event provides a useful starting point on which to more deeply consider the Anishinaabeg presence in Ontario’s cottage country. What is the history of this recreational space? How, over the twentieth century, did it transform from Anishinaabeg hunting camps into a vacation destination? And what role do First Nations have in this territory today?

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The People’s Citizenship Guide

February 13, 2012

A short review of the People’s Citizenship Guide on the eve of its Winnipeg launch on February 13th 2012.

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Music as a Gateway to Understanding Historical Practice

January 16, 2012

Popular culture serves as an easy way to capitalize on students’ everyday experience. Music can teach about the past in at least seven overlapping ways.

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What can the past teach us about First Nations’ education?

December 2, 2011

As an historian of the eighteenth century studying Aboriginal engagement with European forms of higher education, modern-day statistics on First Nations education are startling.

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Museum Closures, Heritage and Cultivating a Sense of Place in Toronto

November 21, 2011

If places have the power to shape our self-perception and how we situate ourselves in the world, as Basso and others have suggested, how has the uneven distribution of historical places influenced the culture and politics of Canada’s largest city?

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The Return of the History Wars

October 11, 2011

Despite being declared over by many historians, the debates of the History Wars – where social and cultural history was pitted against political and economic history – have returned to public discourse in Canada.

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Stepping into the Past: Everyday Places that Awaken the Historical Imagination

August 15, 2011

As summer days begin to wane, we explore some of the everyday places that challenge us to think more deeply about the past. Got a place to add? Send us a message and we will add it to this post!

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Renaming Schools: A sign of a society in dialogue with its past

July 19, 2011

The Halifax Regional School Board’s decision to rename Cornwallis Junior High fits into a long Nova Scotian tradition of changing names with evolving social and political conditions in Nova Scotia.

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