Reading Time: 4 minutes A plotter, a spy with an overactive libido and a three-time attempted invader all called themselves Fenians
Tag: Canadian history
Patrick Watson was a true giant of Canadian broadcasting
Reading Time: 4 minutes A brilliant mind with a critical eye. Intelligent, engaging, curious, humorous and innovative
Grad brings new perspective on Indigenous history to museum work
Reading Time: 4 minutes Native studies, environmental science grad Lauren Comba now better able to respect Indigenous stories
Fenians used Canada as an Irish revolutionary pawn
Reading Time: 4 minutes There were five failed armed Fenian incursions into Canada between 1866 and 1871
Improve Indigenous lives by looking forward
Reading Time: 5 minutes Being stuck in the past won’t improve Indigenous lives. We need to focus on what’s next
Earning a law degree fulfils grad’s lifelong dream
Reading Time: 5 minutes Assisting landmark Indigenous cases, Anita Cardinal-Stewart graduates with even stronger passion
Beloved professor leaves a legacy of scholarship and support
Reading Time: 4 minutes James Dempsey played a key role in the U of A’s early ethics discussions around Indigenous engagement
Why all Canadians should be monarchists
Reading Time: 4 minutes Queen Elizabeth represents continuity with the past, including the best developments in Canadian history
Pierre Poilievre’s prospects and perils
Reading Time: 4 minutes Conventional wisdom holds he may win the leadership but not a general election
Celebrating Christmas in 18th and 19th century Alberta
Reading Time: 4 minutes Christmas was more primitive in the 18th and mid-19th centuries, but it was still Christmas