Margaret Conrad is professor emerita in the History Department at University of New Brunswick.Kadriye Ercikan is a professor of Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia. Gerald Friesen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. Jocelyn LÉtourneau is Canada Research Chair in the History and Political Economy of Contemporary Quebec and a professor in the Department of History at l’UniversitÉ Laval. Delphin A. Muise is an emeritus professor in the Department of History at Carleton University.David Northrup is associate director of the Institute for Social Research at York University. Peter Seixas is Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness and a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia.

‘It is safe to conclude that Canada is not facing a national crisis of ignorance when it comes to our history. The authors of Canadians and Their Pasts have done us all a great service by proving that it is time to retire that tedious old clichÉ. - Daniel Francis (Geist summer 2014)

• LIST OF TABLESLIST OF FIGURESACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTION Canadians and their PastsCHAPTER 1 History in PublicCHAPTER 2 Everybody’s Doing ItCHAPTER 3 The Problem of TrustCHAPTER 4 Family History in a Globalizing WorldCHAPTER 5 Collective Remembering in Three Canadian CommunitiesCHAPTER 6 Places and PastsCHAPTER 7 Immigrants and Historical MemoryCHAPTER 8 The Presence of the Past in International PerspectiveCONCLUSION Making HistoryAPPENDIX 1 QuestionnaireAPPENDIX 2 How We Did the SurveyContributors

Margaret Conrad is professor emerita in the History Department at University of New Brunswick.Kadriye Ercikan is a professor of Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia. Gerald Friesen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. Jocelyn LÉtourneau is Canada Research Chair in the History and Political Economy of Contemporary Quebec and a professor in the Department of History at l’UniversitÉ Laval. Delphin A. Muise is an emeritus professor in the Department of History at Carleton University.David Northrup is associate director of the Institute for Social Research at York University. Peter Seixas is Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness and a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia.

‘It is safe to conclude that Canada is not facing a national crisis of ignorance when it comes to our history. The authors of Canadians and Their Pasts have done us all a great service by proving that it is time to retire that tedious old clichÉ. - Daniel Francis (Geist summer 2014)

• LIST OF TABLESLIST OF FIGURESACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTION Canadians and their PastsCHAPTER 1 History in PublicCHAPTER 2 Everybody’s Doing ItCHAPTER 3 The Problem of TrustCHAPTER 4 Family History in a Globalizing WorldCHAPTER 5 Collective Remembering in Three Canadian CommunitiesCHAPTER 6 Places and PastsCHAPTER 7 Immigrants and Historical MemoryCHAPTER 8 The Presence of the Past in International PerspectiveCONCLUSION Making HistoryAPPENDIX 1 QuestionnaireAPPENDIX 2 How We Did the SurveyContributors

Margaret Conrad is professor emerita in the History Department at University of New Brunswick.Kadriye Ercikan is a professor of Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia. Gerald Friesen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. Jocelyn LÉtourneau is Canada Research Chair in the History and Political Economy of Contemporary Quebec and a professor in the Department of History at l’UniversitÉ Laval. Delphin A. Muise is an emeritus professor in the Department of History at Carleton University.David Northrup is associate director of the Institute for Social Research at York University. Peter Seixas is Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness and a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia.

‘It is safe to conclude that Canada is not facing a national crisis of ignorance when it comes to our history. The authors of Canadians and Their Pasts have done us all a great service by proving that it is time to retire that tedious old clichÉ. - Daniel Francis (Geist summer 2014)

• LIST OF TABLESLIST OF FIGURESACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTION Canadians and their PastsCHAPTER 1 History in PublicCHAPTER 2 Everybody’s Doing ItCHAPTER 3 The Problem of TrustCHAPTER 4 Family History in a Globalizing WorldCHAPTER 5 Collective Remembering in Three Canadian CommunitiesCHAPTER 6 Places and PastsCHAPTER 7 Immigrants and Historical MemoryCHAPTER 8 The Presence of the Past in International PerspectiveCONCLUSION Making HistoryAPPENDIX 1 QuestionnaireAPPENDIX 2 How We Did the SurveyContributors