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I found this a really mixed bag in terms of quality. Some articles were really fascinating and provided a lot of insight. Others I found were dull and didn't really add to my understanding, and there were some I found a little problematic as well.
Some key articles-- not all of them were enjoyable to read-- but were significant to my understanding of Canadian history and its issues:
"An Empire on Paper: The Founding of Halifax and Conceptions of Imperial Space" by Jeffers Lennox - This essay is about how maps and other related visual documentations of North American land were informed by and also contributed to European imperialist motives and desires. The particular way maps were drawn, as well as the type of information that was included (and excluded) from them were reflective of how the European colonizers saw the land and used it to serve their own purposes (for example, by not indicating indigenous people's settlements, it made the land seem like empty geographic space that they could "rightfully" lay claim to).
"Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade" by Carolyn Podruchny - A look at the North American fur traders whose work took them to live and work closely alongside indigenous people, and who existed in the liminal space between French Canadian society and indigenous cultures. They formed their own culture surrounding the fur trade, consisting of seasonal rendezvous (celebrations) of games, music, dance, and competitions.
"Britishness, Canadianness, Class, and Race: Winnipeg and the British World, 1880s-1910s" by Kurt Korneski - This was a really difficult one for me to read and not as engaging as some of the other essays, but I thought this was significant to understanding the role of British identity within a Canadian context. What I grasped was that Britishness was an ideological framework tied to capitalism and the social hierarchy, and used to maintain the status quo, with non-British immigrants and indigenous people kept out of the social spheres or given very limited opportunities within it.
"He Was Determined to Go: Underage Soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force" by Tim Cook - An article about the reasons and issues surrounding the enlistment of underage youths into Canada's army during World War I. It covers how cultural ideas and images of masculinity played a role in shaping these young men's decisions to enlist. The pressure to show your patriotism was also something that drove people to enlist and what was interesting to me was how this pressure affected parents too, that some didn't stop their sons from enlisting in case other people thought they weren't being loyal to their country.
"Divided by the Ballot Box: The Montreal Council of Women and the 1917 Election" by Tara Brookfield - This was the most eye-opening article for me as it covers exactly how Canadian women got the right to vote, and it's definitely not how I imagined it was like. The reasoning used for suffrage was tied into women's roles as mothers and nurturers-- women felt that because they were the mothers and nurturers of the country, they should have the right to vote. It wasn't about seeing women as equal to men (egalitarian feminism), but rather about women playing up their traditional feminine and domestic role (maternal feminism). Women's votes were also tied into the election that was going on at the time-- the promise of suffrage by Borden's Union government was part of a ploy for that party's re-election, and was also mired in a lot of politics about the war.
Overall, this book wasn't so much an enjoyable read-- there were some incredibly difficult and boring texts-- but I did find it informative overall and it provided a lot of material for discussion in my class and tutorials. ( )