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Author:   Jeff Keshen (University of Regina, Canada) ,  Raymond B. Blake (University of Regina, Canada)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9781350408227

ISBN 10:   1350408220
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   22 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Joseph Howe and “Better Terms,” 1869: Making the Nation Work 2. The Hanging of Louis Riel, 1885: Managing Cultural Genocide 3. The Komagata Maru Incident, 1914: Racism, Immigration, Xenophobia 4. Quebec City’s Anti-Conscription Riots, 1918: War and Society 5 . Agnes Macphail, MP, 1921: The Changing Place of Women in Canada 6. The Windsor Auto Strike, 1945: The Rise of Social Citizenship in Canada 7. Lester Pearson and Suez, 1956: Decolonization and the British World 8. Saskatchewan Doctors’ Strike, 1962: Universal Health Care for Canada 9. Canada, 1967: The Centennial and Searching for a Better Canada 10. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982: Remaking the Nation 11. The Free Trade Election, 1988: Towards a New Nationalism for Canadians 12. The Quebec Referendum, 1995: To Leave or to Stay in Canada? 13. Same-Sex Marriage, 2005: A Changing Nation 14. Statement of Apology, 2008: Activism, Dialogue, Truth – Towards Reconciliation 15. The Freedom Convoy, 2022: Canada in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Reviews

This book is an insightful, nuanced, and refreshing re-assessment of Canadian history – one needed now more than ever. It will stimulate discussion and debate and make students want to dive even deeper into the fascinating histories that it documents. * Bradley Miller, Associate Professor & Keenleyside Chair in Canada and the World, University of British Columbia, Canada * Keshen and Blake have recalibrated Canadian history, choosing salient moments which they then deeply explain. They expand history rather than miniaturize it, and the reader will be stimulated to know more about Canada’s fascinating history. * Robert Bothwell, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Canada *

This book is an insightful, nuanced, and refreshing re-assessment of Canadian history – one needed now more than ever. It will stimulate discussion and debate and make students want to dive even deeper into the fascinating histories that it documents. * Bradley Miller, Associate Professor & Keenleyside Chair in Canada and the World, University of British Columbia, Canada *

Author Information

Raymond B. Blake is Professor of History at University of Regina, Canada, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is the author and editor of 20 books including Conflict and Compromise: Pre and Post-Confederation, and Where Once They Stood. Newfoundland’s Rocky Road to Confederation. Jeff Keshen is Professor of History, President and Vice-Chancellor at University of Regina, Canada. His publications include Propaganda and Censorship in Canada’s Great War; Saints, Soldiers and Sinners: Canada’s Second World War and Canada and the Two World Wars.

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