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Recently, I was stopped at the entrance to the Eaton Centre by a man selling a short pamphlet on Black history. I bought a copy. Flipping through the pages, the pamphlet shared short stories about the contributions of key Black individuals, the racism they experienced, and important moments where Canadian and American communities were open to racial and ethnic difference. Continue reading “Street History”
This post was originally published on ActiveHistory.ca
Two weeks ago the Telegraph in the United Kingdom ran a story announcing that due to government cutbacks the department of history at the University of Sussex has decided to end research and in-depth teaching on topics related to pre-1700 English social history and pre-1900 European history. Under the new paradigm, topics such as the English Civil War, French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars would no longer be a focus of study. Continue reading “Active History and learning from the early-Canadian past”
Thomas Peace 