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In conversation with Esi Edugyan

Watch two-time Giller Prize winner Esi Edugyan in conversation with Dr. Minelle Mahtani as they discuss Edugyan’s fiction and issues of history, race, creativity, the nature of freedom, and voice.
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Looking back on three centuries of shared life in North America

In revisiting the mechanisms that led to the decimation and expropriation of the peoples of North America, authors Denys Delâge , a specialist on Indigenous peoples, and Jean-Philippe Warren , a specialist on French Canadian society, paint a portrait...

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Indigenous resilience as seen through lacrosse

At this time of year, the Cayuga nation is generally getting ready for a special occasion: its annual lacrosse game. This event may seem insignificant to some, but as we learn in The Creator’s Game , it is of great significance indeed for many First...

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Thinking about war - Margaret MacMillan

Big Thinking at Congress 2018 Thinking about war War — its imprint in our lives and our memories — is all around us, from the metaphors we use to the names on our maps. As books, movies or television series show, we are drawn to the history and...
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Crimes that tell us much about our society

What do “La Corriveau,” “Dr. l’Indienne” and the “brigands of Cap-Rouge” have in common? All were celebrated criminals who captured the popular imagination in 19th- and 20th-century Quebec. La communauté du dehors. Imaginaire social et crimes...

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Refus global : histoire d’une réception partielle

À l’origine de ce livre réside le questionnement suivant : qu’a fait l’histoire culturelle du Québec de Refus global  ? Lorsque, dans un cours en études québécoises, j’ai souhaité m’intéresser aux polémiques qu’avait engendrées le manifeste...