Reading Time: 3 minutes Should it become ‘a world-class public art museum’ or adhere to founder Eric Harvie’s Scottish interdisciplinary roots?
Tag: Canadian history
The journey of reconciliation and healing follows a shared path
Reading Time: 3 minutes Far too many of our family histories include persecution and disruption. We should never forget this common bond
Joey Smallwood’s campaign to transform Newfoundland
Reading Time: 3 minutes Force-feeding economic modernization is a tricky business, even for a Father of Confederation
70 years later, examining Newfoundland’s slim Canada option
Reading Time: 4 minutes At the heart of the decision to join Confederation was Joey Smallwood’s use of sectarian politics
The Avro Arrow’s demise was a high-tech tragedy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The made-in-Canada jet interceptor certainly had its problems. But the manner in which it was killed raised serious questions
Will Trudeau 2019 follow in the footsteps of Trudeau 1972?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pierre Trudeau lost favour with voters and ended up with a minority government. A similar fate may await his son
Will Trudeau 2019 follow in the footsteps of Trudeau 1972?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pierre Trudeau lost favour with voters and ended up with a minority government. A similar fate may await his son
John A. Macdonald’s mistake
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tearing down statues and decrying historic decisions in no way takes the measure of a great man, or his flaws when it comes to the Indigenous
Halifax and Vancouver the gateways to a nation
Reading Time: 3 minutes A comparison of east and west portals to the Canadian adventure, then and now
Tearing down statues, losing perspective on history’s heroes
Reading Time: 3 minutes John A. Macdonald and Louis Riel had serious flaws. So did Nellie McClung. But nothing is served by repudiating their good work