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Jody Mason In her incisive discussion of Elon Musk’s recent gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jill Campbell-Miller correctly assesses the move as motivated by ...
Jody Mason In her incisive discussion of Elon Musk’s recent gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jill Campbell-Miller correctly assesses the move as motivated by ...
Jody Mason “CUSO Volunteer Wants More Indians to Go Overseas,” CUSO / SUCO Bulletin, Dec. 1968, p. 9, Vol. 103, file 2, “CUSO Bulletin, 1967–1971,” Canadian University Students Overseas fonds, ...
Andrew R.S. Marchese “Wong Suey Yick”, Library and Archives Canada, As Canadians continue to reflect on the centennial of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act (Exclusion Act), growing attention is ...
By Sean Graham Sean Graham talks with Caitlin Keliiaa, author of Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women’s Labour and Resistance in the Bay Area Outing Program. They discuss the ...
Active History is hiring a part-time site manager. Come work with us! Editorial meeting for “les pages féminines,” La Presse newsroom, 4 March 1969. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
This week I talk with John M. Efron, author of All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat. We discuss the relationship between Jewish culture and meat consumption, the unique relationship ...
This week I talk with Peter Fortna, author of The Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History. We talk about the origins of the Nation, which is located in northeastern Alberta, the community ...
If you know one thing about the history of child care in Canada, it’s probably that it is a story littered with disappointment. Over and over, studies and task forces have called for the building of a ...
This week I’m joined by Crystal Gail Fraser, author of By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. We discuss the lesser known ...
Residential school denialism is on the rise in Canada and meaningful reconciliation is at risk. 1 After the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report in 2015, and especially ...