John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald can wait
Stephen Maher: We are at the beginning, not the end, of a process of reassessing our history, and filling in the silences that are needed to get at the truth
Burying Sir John A. Macdonald
The first prime minister will no longer be put on a pedestal as the debate turns to what to put up in his place
‘As a queer, trans and Afro-Indigenous woman, I believed that I could never be a representative of Black liberation’
Ravyn Wngz: On July 18, Black Lives Matter Toronto held an art demonstration that involved painting and stencilling three racist statues in pink. To me, the colour pink represents life—vibrant, bold and free.
What fights about ‘erasing’ history are really about
Canada’s debate about whom and what we remember requires shared sets of facts, ideas and stories—a canon on which we can all rely. It’s time for us to rethink that canon, writes Murad Hemmadi.
Monuments aren’t museums, and history suffers when we forget that
Opinion: Removing statues of controversial historical figures doesn’t erase them from history—because recording history simply isn’t the function of statues
Education is not enough to counter monuments to history’s scoundrels
Opinion: How can the antidote for tributes to problematic figures be education, when it has already proven it’s not up to the task?
Rewriting history? That’s how history is written in the first place
Opinion: As the debate over John A. Macdonald rages on, we must remember that revisiting history is an act of making a new history
Why John A. Macdonald’s name doesn’t belong on Canada’s schools
Let’s teach our children about Macdonald, not make them line up under his banner, writes Cherie Dimaline
What makes an effective prime minister?
The brains behind our latest prime minister rankings explain how the survey worked, and what it revealed
Celebrating 150 years of Parliament Hill
On Wednesday, Ottawa celebrates 150 years of the legislature meeting on Parliament Hill. Here’s what they did on day one.
A toast to Sir John A., Canada’s controversial nation builder
An hourlong discussion of the legacy of John A. Macdonald, whose 200th birthday falls on Jan. 11
What is John A. Macdonald’s legacy, 200 years after his birth?
A panel of experts toasts the complicated, visionary Sir John A. Macdonald on the occasion of his 200th birthday