Can Ontario Overcome Bob Rae’s Legacy?
Can one leader single-handedly sink an entire political party?
Category Archives: History and Policy
The Morning After Canada Voted
This morning we now know that the Liberal Party, once known as Canada’s so-called “governing party”, has been reduced to the third party in the House of Commons for the first time in Canadian history. This, of course, was not the first time that one of the traditional political parties in Canada was reduced to third party status.
History in Turbulent Times
Can we heal Canada’s colonial history?
April 14th Public Lecture: “From a Pastoral Wetland to an Industrial Wasteland, and Back Again? An Environmental History of the Lower Lea River Valley, the Site of the 2012 London Olympics.”
A reminder to our readers that you are all invited to the second lecture in the Mississauga Library System’s ‘History Minds’ series, co-hosted with ActiveHistory.ca. The second talk will be on Thursday, April 14th at 7:30PM in Classroom 3 at the Mississauga Central Library (see below the cut for directions). “From a Pastoral Wetland to an Industrial Wasteland, and Back… Read more »
From Fukushima to Chernobyl: Bringing the Past to Bear on the Future
A historian’s reflections on the long-term consequences of the world’s four major nuclear energy disasters.
Forced Marriage: An under recognized, poorly understood form of enslavement
In the lead up to International Women’s Day, Karlee Sapoznik looks at past and present aspects of forced marriage.
Quite the World, Isn’t It? Why Wisconsin Matters to All of Us
It’s one thing for a political leader to take a principled stance against the power of public employee unions in state and local politics. It’s another thing entirely when you threaten to unleash a military force against them. And in raising the specter of calling out the National Guard in a possible showdown with public employees in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker has touched one of the most painful scars in American labor history.
Canadian petition to save the Historical Archives of Hungarian State Security
Please sign the petition to save the Historical Archives of Hungarian State Security.
The Revolution Will Be Rubbernecked
While the recent protest movements in the Middle East reveal much about the present state of civic community among the people of those nations — Iran, Tunisia, and Egypt (and a growing list of others) — our reaction to them reveals more about ourselves than we should perhaps find flattering.
Slavery Affects 27 Million Lives Today: Legal Abolition vs. Effective Emancipation
An analysis of slavery past and present from the Alliance Against Modern Slavery.