From The Left Coast

Dan Francis examines our current preoccupation with military history. Where once there was a dearth of sources on the topic, now there is an abundance, possibly to the exclusion of other significant historical subjects.

National Myths and Dreams

A nation is a group of people who share the same illusions about themselves. Academics call it imagining a community. Vancouver cyberpunk novelist William Gibson calls it “consensual hallucination.” Whatever you call it, April Fools seems like a good opportunity to think about some of the illusions Canadians have about ourselves. One illusion we share [...]

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Inventing the Lazy Indian

Sculpture by Brian Jungen

Every Indian in B.C. who could and would work was employed, yet Aboriginal people were defined as lazy and irresponsible

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