Discussion Questions

Re-Constructing a New Canada

Discussion Questions

Which of the two platforms for re-construction do you prefer? What points stand out as the most attractive/repulsive?
Where did the proposals of labour advocates like Woodsworth intersect with the interests of farmers? Why?
How do the labour and farmer tax proposals compare?
Why did both labour and farmers support free trade?
What role did natural resources play in these policy proposals?
What groups of Canadians at the time would have been drawn to these ideas?
In what ways did the war influence the ideas expressed in these proposals for re-construction?
Why did some of these ideas emerge from Winnipeg and the rest of Western Canada?

- How to use this book
Thinking through Canada's Early History
- Introduction
- Interpretation 1: Peace, "Colonialism and the Words We Choose"
- Interpretation 2: Luby et al., "(Re)naming and (De)colonizing the (I?)ndigenous People(s) of North America - Part I"
- Interpretation 3: Luby et al., "(Re)naming and (De)colonizing the (I?)ndigenous People(s) of North America - Part II"
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Thinking Through Canada's Early History
Assessing the Bering Land Bridge
- Introduction
- Document 1: Jose de Acosta, The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies
- Interpretation 1: MacEachern, “A Theory, in Practice: Back to the Bering Land Bridge”
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Assessing the Bering Land Bridge
Ceremonies of Possession
- Introduction
- Document 1: Champlain, The Voyages of Samuel de Champlain
- Document 2: Winthrop, The History of New England
- Interpretation 1: Reid, "The Doctrine of Discovery and Canadian Law"
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Ceremonies of Possession
Settling a New France
- Introduction
- Document 1: The Loudunais and Mirebalais, c. 1635
- Document 2: Map of French Settlement around Quebec, 1709
- Document 3: A General Plan of Annapolis Royal, 1753
- Document 4: Kalm, Travels into North America
- Interpretation 1: Kennedy, Marshland Colonization in Acadia and Poitou during the 17th Century
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Settling a New France
Colonialism and Christianity
- Introduction
- Document 1: Of Various Obstacles and Difficulties Encountered
- Document 2: Marie de l'Incarnation: Letter 32: To one of the Good Brothers
- Interpretation 1: Word Cloud Analysis of the Jesuit Relations
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Colonialism and Christianity
Treaties in Historical Context
- Introduction
- Document 1: Dish with One Spoon Treaty (c. 1500 – present)
- Document 2: Two Row Wampum (c. 1613 – present)
- Document 3: Great Peace of Montreal (1701)
- Document 4: Peace and Friendship Treaty Ratification (1728)
- Document 5: Murray Treaty (1760)
- Document 6: The Royal Proclamation of 1763
- Document 7: Treaty of Niagara (1764)
- Document 8: London Township Treaty (1796)
- Document 9: Selkirk Treaty (1817)
- Document 10: Numbered Treaty One (1871)
- Interpretation 1: Jaime Battiste on Mi’kmaw Treaties
- Interpretation 2: Murray Sinclair on the Royal Proclamation of 1763
- Interpretation 3: Hayden King on Anishinaabe Treaties
- Discussion
- Review: Treaties in Historical Context
Were the Black Loyalists Loyal?
- Introduction
- Interpretation 1: Cahill, "The Black Loyalist Myth in Atlantic Canada"
- Interpretation 2: Walker, "Myth, History and Revisionism"
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Were the Black Loyalists Loyal?
Perspectives on the Fur Trade
- Introduction
- Document 1: Country Marriages
- Document 2: Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable
- Document 3: Diary of Nicholas Garry
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Perspectives on the Fur Trade
Local Economies and Global Trade
- Introduction
- Document 1: Colonial Censuses
- Interpretation 1: Maitland's Moment
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Local Economies and Global Trade
Pathways to British North America
- Introduction
- Document 1: The Life of Josiah Henson
- Document 2: Roughing it in the Bush
- Document 3: The Life and Adventures of Wilson Benson
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Pathways to British North America
Rebellion or Revolution?
- Introduction
- Document 1: 92 Resolutions
- Document 2: 10 Resolutions
- Interpretation 1: Henderson: "Banishment to Bermuda: Gender, Race, Empire, Independence..."
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Rebellion or Revolution?
First Peoples and Schooling
- Introduction
- Interpretation 1: Peace, "Borderlands, Primary Sources, and the Longue Durée"
- Document 1: Report to the New England Company
- Document 2: History of the New England Company... during the two years, 1869-1870
- Discussion Questions
- Review: First Peoples and Schooling
Considering Gum Shan
- Introduction
- Document 1: Douglas to the Duke of Newcastle
- Document 2: Hazlitt, The Great Gold Fields of Cariboo
- Interpretation 1: Chung, Kwong Lee & Company and the Early Trans-Pacific Trade
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Considering Gum Shan
Debating Confederation
- Introduction
- Document 1: Confederation Debates
- Interpretation 1: Sean Kheraj
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Debating Confederation
The Trial of Louis Riel
- Introduction
- Document 1: The Prisoner's Address
- Discussion Questions
- Review: The Trial of Louis Riel
Working in the Nineteenth Century
- Introduction
- Document 1: Report of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Capital and Labor
- Interpretation 1: Word Cloud
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Working in the Nineteenth Century
Drugs, Race, and Moral Panic
- Introduction
- Document 1: Emily Murphy, The Black Candle
- Interpretation 1: Yvan Prkachin
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Drugs, Race, and Moral Panic
Imagining the Great War Soldier
- Introduction
- Document 1: War Posters, 1914-1918
- Interpretation 1: Tim Cook
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Imagining the Great War Soldier
Re-Constructing a New Canada
- Introduction
- Document 1: The Farmers' Platform, 1918
- Document 2: J.S. Woodsworth, 1919
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Re-Constructing a New Canada
Relief Camps
- Introduction
- Document 1: Report of the Commission on Relief Camps, 1935
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Relief Camps
Wartime Propaganda
- Introduction
- Document 1: Proudest Girl in the World
- Document 2: Empty Rooms Mean Idle Machines
- Document 3: Front of Steel
- Document 4: Women Are Warriors
- Document 5: Labour Front
- Document 6: Keep Your Mouth Shut
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Wartime Propaganda
Medicare
- Introduction
- Document 1: Betsy Bury, Working for Medicare
- Document 2: John Bury, A Physician on the Front Line of Medicare
- Document 3: Roy Romanow, My Experience in the Medicare Battle and the Woods Commission
- Interpretation 1: P.E. Bryden, The Liberal Party and the Achievement of National Medicare
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Medicare
Canadian Culture
- Introduction
- Document 1: Report of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences, 1949-1951
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Canadian Culture
Quebec Nationalism in the 1960s
- Introduction
- Document 1: René Lévesque, 1960
- Document 2: Pierre Trudeau, 1964
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Quebec Nationalism in the 1960s
Residential Schools
- Introduction
- Document 1: Bryce, Report on the Indian Residential Schools (1907)
- Document 2: Bryce, The Story of a National Crime (1921)
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Residential Schools
White Paper | Red Paper: Debating Indian Policy, 1969-1970
- Introduction
- Document 1: White Paper, 1969
- Document 2: Red Paper, 1970
- Interpretation 1: Leon Crane Bear
- Discussion Questions
- Review: White Paper | Red Paper Debating Indian Policy, 1969-70
Environmental Racism
- Introduction
- Interpretation 1: Interview with Ingrid Waldron
- Interpretation 2: Remember Africville
- Discussion Questions
- Review: Environmental Racism
- About the Authors

Discussion Questions

Thinking through Canada's Early History

Assessing the Bering Land Bridge

Ceremonies of Possession

Settling a New France

Colonialism and Christianity

Treaties in Historical Context

Were the Black Loyalists Loyal?

Perspectives on the Fur Trade

Local Economies and Global Trade

Pathways to British North America

Rebellion or Revolution?

First Peoples and Schooling

Considering Gum Shan

Debating Confederation

The Trial of Louis Riel

Working in the Nineteenth Century

Drugs, Race, and Moral Panic

Imagining the Great War Soldier

Re-Constructing a New Canada

Relief Camps

Wartime Propaganda

Medicare

Canadian Culture

Quebec Nationalism in the 1960s

Residential Schools

White Paper | Red Paper: Debating Indian Policy, 1969-1970

Environmental Racism