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Tag Archives: Canada
Map Monday: election results and cartograms
Canadian politics flies under the radar screen for most of the world, but Canadians are all well aware that we just completed a 5-week snap election last week. It’s been a while since Map Monday looked at cartograms, but it … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged Canada, Canadian election, cartograms, election results and maps, maps
10 Comments
Orange Shirt Day has a new name
Orange Shirt Day began in 2013 as a day for all Canadians to reflect on Canada’s long and painful history of the Residential School System, of forcibly removing Indigenous children from their homes and taking them to Residential Schools far … Continue reading
Emancipation Day comes to Canada
There’s so much happening in our little corner of Canada this weekend. You might say that in New Brunswick we are being emancipated from the emergency restrictions put in place to combat COVID. Starting yesterday, the province that cut off … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged abolition, Canada, COVID, Emancipation Day, history, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Day, racism, slavery, systemic racism
34 Comments
June 2021: non-Indigenous Canadians now understand only too well why we need National Indigenous History Month
This has not been a happy time in Canada. We have been confronted with the Truth, or maybe one could say we’ve been hit over the head with a sledgehammer called the Truth. The Truth of the cruel, inhumane, criminal … Continue reading
Map Monday: the future of the Arctic with global warming and economic “opportunity”
As most of you know, the Northwest Passage has been in the sights of explorers and traders for literally centuries. The dream has always been to find a shorter route from Europe to Asia than going all the way around … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged America, Arctic sea ice, Arctic shipping routes, Canada, China, maps, Northwest Passage, Russia, shipping
21 Comments
Wordless Wednesday: our supermarket t-shirts say it best
Posted in Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Atlantic SuperStore, be kind, Canada, COVID-19, grocery store workers, kindness, Loblaw's, stay safe
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Remembrance Day 2020, a year to forget as we remember those who served
As I have written on many Remembrance Days, remembering is something that our town does pretty well. We live near the largest training base in Canada, with a strong military presence and much pride in that fact. People of all … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged Canada, Remembrance Day, United Nations, World War I, World War II
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Remembering our Indigenous soldiers on the eve of Remembrance Day – a story that needs telling
I will be posting a tribute to all our soldiers on Remembrance Day tomorrow, but when I came across this sobering historical reality and fine tribute I knew I had to share it widely. These words from Ian Anderson speak … Continue reading
