• 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
• 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