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Some comments on the social origins of the Riel Protest of 1869
(1979)The English-speaking folk of Red River looked with excitement and hope on the debates that surrounded the confederation of the eastern provinces. The Protestant Canadians, arriving in vocal and visible numbers in the 1860s ... -
Time for a Change? The Alberta Historical Resources Act
(Legacy Magazine, 2000-01)The Alberta Historical Resources Act was a product of several well-attended hearings during 1970-71, chaired by Richard G. Forbis, a leading archaeologist and professor at the University of Calgary. Intended to preserve ... -
Who matters? Public history and the invention of the Canadian past
(Acadiensis, 2000)There is no longer any real dispute that the past, as distinct from traditions, is an invention based on a careful selection of apparently empirical evidence. Historians now accept that there is no "ultimate" truth; there ...