By Sean Graham
This week I talks with Shelisa Klassen, author of Imprinting Empire: Land and Settler Colonialism in Manitoba Newspapers. We talk about late 19th century Manitoba newspapers, the audiences both in Manitoba and the rest of Canada, and how the press framed colonial practices. We also discuss how newspapers fit into other commercial projects, what information was included and what was intentionally omitted, and the legacy of the era’s newspapers.
Historical Headline of the Week
Clare Hennig and Jean Paetkau, “Digital archive of old B.C. textbooks highlights ‘constant dehumanizing of Indigenous people,’ CBC.ca, September 4, 2018.
Sean Graham is a cultural historian, an Adjunct Professor at Carleton University, and a contributing editor with Activehistory.ca
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