“But even as many of our communities have houses that are remembered as enslaved spaces, like Ross-Thomson House, it is my impression that this is where (for many of us) our curiosity ends. There is a simultaneous impulse to remember shackles in the cellar and to distance ourselves from their implications.” Erin Isaac explores the implications of talking about slavery in Shelburne, Nova Scotia for #Borealia. #histodons #VastEarlyAmerica #CanadianHistory #slavery #museums https://earlycanadianhistory.ca/2023/08/23/whats-the-point-in-talking-about-it-community-responses-to-enslavement-in-shelburne-nova-scotia/

#OnThisDay, 27 Aug 1927, Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney and Irene Parlby sign a letter to the government of Canada. It starts the “Persons case” that decides whether a woman counted as a person.

The case finds women are ‘persons’, and leads to women being appointed to the Canadian Senate.

#CanadianHistory #WomenInHistory #Histodons

#ForestProtectors Arrested at #FairyCreek

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 16, 2023

"Three forest protectors were arrested on Tuesday protecting the old-growth forests west of Victoria, as Canada continues to target #NativePeople with police operatives protecting the interest of destructive industries. The police ops are #BritishColumbia's C-IRG, the Community #Industry Response Group.

"Mourning the invasion of the #MilitarizedPolice squad who arrested the #ForestDefenders, who were his guests, #Pacheedaht #FirstNation Elder Bill Jones said, 'We are at the end times of our great forests.'

"Abolish C-IRG said, 'Due to the increasing amount of #indigenous-led anti-resource extraction movements in British Columbia, the Community-Industry Response Group was born. C-IRG is unique to British Columbia. They are militarized, have no budget limit, and the officers get paid handsomely to force #pipelines, #mines, #dams, and #logging through unceded #IndigenousTerritories, without consent. This is just another extension of the #RCMP’s original task- to remove and separate people from the land and enforce #ColonialRule. They do not keep us safe, they protect #capital."

Background: Back to Fairy Creek

"The last time the world was watching Fairy Creek, we witnessed the largest act of #CivilDisobedience in #CanadianHistory. Well over 1,000 Indigenous and non-Indigenous forest defenders were arrested by the RCMP over months of tense standoffs in 2021 as #activists sought to halt the logging of rare #AncientTrees.

"The courts hammered that movement, with charges and bail conditions keeping many away, and the tussle in the trees went dormant for most of the last two years.

"Until now.

"A new blockade, led by #IndigenousYouth and supported by non-Indigenous allies, has just been erected on a key bridge crossing an arterial logging road. The RCMP's specialized tactical team that responds to land defence actions is present and surveilling the camp. A raid could come any day, and having #media on the ground is of crucial importance to keep tabs on police and document the latest developments as land defenders seek to protect their unceded territories from old-growth logging."

Full article and more information:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/08/forest-protectors-raided-at-fairy-creek.html

#VancouverIsland #ACAB #ProtectTheForests #CIRG #Colonialism #Capitalism #Corporatism #Oligarchy

(Under Siew’s active advocacy, the Ontario Ministry of Education has decided to include examples and sample questions related to Chinese Exclusion Act and Chinese Head Tax into mandatory learning in elementary and secondary curriculum.)

https://www.yorkregion.com/news/reflection-from-100-years-later-learning-about-contributions-of-chinese-canadians-becoming-mandatory-part-of/article_d63f5134-763c-5763-9af8-3d5334d25e3c.html

#AsianMastodon #AsianCanadian #AntiAsianRacismEducation #Ontario #PublicEducation #PublicSchools #ChineseCanadian #ChineseExclusionAct #decolonization #ChineseInCanada #ChineseHeadTax #CanadianHistory #RacismInCanada #MandatoryEducation

Though the #CanWNT got eliminated today, they did provide us with this beautiful Canadian Heritage Moment...

"She fucking jumped into me, you twat."

Allysha Chapman, you are a national treasure! :cs:

#FIFAWWC #Matildas #Canada #CanadianHistory #MastodonFC #Football

#OnThisDay, 22 June 1812, Canadian Laura Secord is said to have walked 19 miles to warn British forces of an impending American attack in the War of 1812.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #CanadianHistory

#OnThisDay, 21 June 1957, Ellen Fairclough becomes the first woman to be a Canadian federal cabinet minister. She advocates for equal pay for equal work.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #CanadianHistory

#OnThisDay, 19 Jun 1916, Emily Murphy is sworn in as a police magistrate in Alberta, Canada. She is the first woman to hold the role in the British Empire, and her experiences in the courts cause her to lead the 1929 “Persons case” that confirms women are 'qualified persons' to hold public office.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #CanadianHistory

Inuk man teaching his boy how to shoot. The man, Allakariallak, was popularly known as Nanook of the North. Circa 1920s.

#inuk #nanooknation #nanook #northerncanada #canadianarctic #Allakariallak #igloo #eskimo #nativecanadian #history #canadianhistory #historical #fatherandson #timetphoto

#OnThisDay, 13 Jun 1993, Kim Campbell wins the Canadian Progressive Conservative Party leadership election making her the new Prime Minister of Canada. She is sworn in on 25 June, becoming the first woman to hold the post.

She lost her seat, and her party lost the general election, in October 1995.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #WomenInPolitics #CanadianHistory

/me compiles a short list for the shitlibs chiming in that we should:

🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
"Let Canadians do what they have done historically, and we'll do the right thing."
🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

(If you're a shitlib, you might want to run now and stick your head in the sand. This isn't going to be pretty. )

🇨🇦 Residential schools
May as well kick this list of Canadian atrocities with the big one.

Over the course of the system's more than hundred-year existence, around 150,000 children were placed in residential schools nationally.

"The number of school-related deaths remains unknown due to incomplete records. Estimates range from 3,200 to over 30,000, mostly from disease.["
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system

🇨🇦 "None is too many"
Only 5,000 Jewish refugees entered Canada from 1933 until 1945, which the book of this name argues was the worst of any refugee receiving nation in the world.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/none-is-too-many

🇨🇦 A haven for Nazis and collaborators
Canada supposedly stripped eight of their citizenships but never actually deported them.
https://m.jpost.com/opinion/canada-failed-to-deal-with-their-wwii-nazis-residents-opinion-682398

🇨🇦 Somalia Affair
Shidane Arone, a Somali teenager, was beaten to death by two Canadian soldiers participating in "humanitarian efforts" in Somalia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia_affair

🇨🇦 Komagata Maru
Yeah, I can't even sort through the number of legislation changes that resulted in 22 people being shot dead as a result of this bullshit.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/komagata-maru

🇨🇦 Korean War Crimes
"In investigating the Shin case the author uncovered numerous other war crimes committed by Canadian forces in Korea, including rape and murder. In almost all cases where the perpetrators faced court-martials, they were found guilty but then exonerated upon return to Canada."
https://apjjf.org/2012/10/3/John-Price/3678/article.html

🇨🇦 Asbestos ⬅️ 2017!!
Trying to prevent other countries from banning asbestos
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664636/

Do you need me to go on? Because I can go on.

This is usually the point at which some shitlib suddenly declares, "But at least we didn't have slavery." Ha!

https://humanrights.ca/story/story-black-slavery-canadian-history

Still think we should leave it to Canadians to "do the right thing"?

#FuckShitlibs #CanadianHistory #CanadianHate #Canada

One year before the #ChineseExclusionAct was brought into effect, locally the #VictoriaBC #SchoolDistrict voted to #segregate #Chinese #students from the school system.
In 2022, on the 100th anniversary, the #GreaterVictoriaSchoolDistrict issued an #apology for this & the #ChineseCommunity marched to #commemorate the actions of students who walked out in protest of the segregation.
https://www.cheknews.ca/reflecting-on-the-history-of-chinese-canadians-in-victoria-for-asian-heritage-month-1154069

#AsianMastodon #yyj #ChineseInCanada #BChistory #CanadianHistory #racism #discrimination

Members of #Montreal 's #ChineseCommunity gathered in Chinatown on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of the #ChineseImmigrationAct aka the #ChineseExclusionAct .

The #exclusion act stopped all #Chinese #immigration into #Canada & divided hundreds of families until it was #repealed in 1946.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1982829/montreals-chinese-community-marks-100-years-since-chinese-exclusion-act

#AsianMastodon #ChineseHeadTax #discrimination #racism #oppression #exploitation #CanadianHistory #Quebec #CanadasUglyTruths #ChinesePeople #ChineseCanadian #ChineseInCanada

「前人種樹，後人乘涼」"The predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the shade." – #Chinese #proverb

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6858176

#AsianMastodon #Canada #ChineseHeadTax #ChineseCanadian #ChineseInCanada #racism #prejudice #oppression #SlaveLabour #discrimination #CanadianHistory

#Canada ’s #first #museum #dedicated to #Chinese #Canadian #history will open in #Vancouver on the 100th #anniversary of #legislation that curtailed #immigration from #China .

#ChineseCanadianMuseum will open July 1, 2023 — one century after #GovernmentOfCanada #enacted the #ChineseImmigrationAct aka #ChineseExclusionAct

https://www.hopestandard.com/news/chinese-canadian-museum-to-open-on-the-100th-anniversary-of-chinese-exclusion-act

#AsianMastodon #Racism #BritishColumbia #ChinesePeoples #CanadianHistory #HistoryOfCanada #ChineseCanadians #Asians #AsiansInCanada

Craig Baird, a Canadian historian, @CraigBaird on the bird site has been creating AI versions of prime ministers, provincial premiers and historical figures to boost an interest in our history.

Here is a steampunk image of Elsie MacGill.

Elsie MacGill was the 1st woman in the world to earn an aeronautical engineering degree & the 1st woman in Canada with an electrical engineering degree.
She also oversaw the construction of 1,400 Hawker Hurricanes during WW2.

#AIArt #History #CanadianHistory

#OnThisDay, 2 Apr 1991, Rita Johnson becomes the first female premier of a Canadian province when she is elected by the political caucus.

#WomenInHistory #CanadianHistory #Histodons

Meanwhile over on the bird site, Craig Baird has rendered every Canadian Prime Minister as lead singer of a heavy metal band!

Midjourney and a really simple prompt.

https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/podcast-host-imagines-every-pm-as-lead-singer-of-80s-metal-band-1.19475418

#AIArt #Canada #HeavyMetal #CanadianHistory

Had a really good discussion with my 6th grade students in Social Studies. We've been talking about the ways cultures can deal with each other when they meet. We defined the terms:

· Pluralism/integration
· Annihilation
· Segregation
· Assimilation

We all agreed that integration was the best possible response, but when I asked what the second-best was, we had an excellent talk about the down sides of each of the others.

#education #history #CanadianHistory #reconciliation

#OnThisDay, 30 Mar 1982, Bertha Wilson is sworn in to the Canadian Supreme Court. She is first woman appointed to sit on it. When she had started at law school in 1955, she was reportedly advised to 'take up crocheting' instead.

Her 1988 ruling decriminalised abortion in Canada.

#WomenInHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #Histodons #CanadianHistory