Talking History Posts
Antony Anderson: Learning from Lester Pearson as Canada Returns to the World's Stage
We need to do more than just invoke the name of our greatest diplomat to reframe our place in the world.
Lindy Mechefske: Food Stories Are Our Stories—and Our History, Too
The author of Sir John's Table on why food stories are so important to our understanding of the past—and the future.
Why Non-Indigenous Canadians Need to Share the Burden and Historical Legacies of the Residential School System
Kaleigh Bradley on how the legacy of residential schools continues to ripple throughout Indigenous communities, and what must be done.
Paul Yee: Canada's Lacklustre Response to the Chinese Refugee Crisis
With another refugee crisis in the headlines, we are reminded that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Hayden King: Lines on the Shore
Stories from the Border of an Island Indian Reserve
Sean Graham: How the CBC Began
At a moment when the future of the CBC is much under discussion, understanding the corporation's past is just as crucial.
Douglas Hunter on the Dangers of Pseudohistory
Much pseudo theorizing is harmless and silly, but the implied racism of so much pseudohistory is why it is important for historians to counter it.
In Times Like These: On #elxn42 and the Suffragists
For over a century, suffragists fought to acquire rights to expand fairness and justice. They were imperfect but we should care about what they glimpsed. …
Emily Urquhart on Urban Legends
Legends help to enforce the codes by which we live, but how we live changes and this affects the stories we tell.
The Forgotten Parts of Food Culture: Unpaid Labour and Drudgery
A food historian explores his grandmother's cookbooks for clues about her everyday life.