Settling and Unsettling Memories

Nicole Neatby is an associate professor in the Department of History at Saint Mary's University.Peter Hodgins is an assistant professor in the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University.

‘This collection is a wonderful blending of history and Canadian studies that should inspire continued critical thought with regard to historical consciousness in Canada. Particularly well times for the bicentennial observance of the War of 1812. Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.’ - B.F.R. Edwards (Choice Magazine, vol 50:02:2012) ‘This collection offers a wealth of discussions and topics for any student and teacher of Canadian studies…This book is a fascinating read.’ - Martin Kuester (Canadian Literature issue #218 Autumn 2013) ‘The editors have produced an exemplary volume that demonstrates the remarkable scope and depth of English-Canadian contribution to memory studies since the 1990s.’ - Robert Cupido (Canadian Historical Review, vol 95:01:2014)

• I - Remembering the Heroic PastColin Coates, “Commemorating the Woman Warrior of New France: Madeleine  de Verchères, 1696-1930” Cecilia Morgan, “Of Slender Frame and Delicate Appearance: The Placing of Laura Secord in the Narratives of Canadian Loyalist Tradition” Brian Osborne and Jason Kovacs, “A Tale of Two Heroes and Two Cities: The Short-Wallick Monument, Kingston-Quebec”  Ronald Rudin, “Dugua vs Champlain: The Construction of Heroes in Atlantic Canada, 1904-2004”  2- Pedagogies of NationKen Osborne, “’If I’m Going to be a Cop, Why do I have to Learn Religion and History?’ Schools, Citizenship and the Teaching of Canadian History”Lyle Dick, “Saving the Nation through National History: The Case of Canada, A People’s History” Tim Stanley, “Playing with ‘Nitro’: The Racialization of Chinese Canadians in Public Memory” Sasha Mullally, “Democratizing the Past? Canada’s History on the World Wide Web”3-Visualizing and Revising the PastH.V. Nelles, “The Art of Nation Building: Canadian History Painting, 1880-1914”Eva Mackey, “Tricky Myths: Settler Pasts and Landscapes of Innocence”Ruth Philips, “Settler Monuments, Indigenous Memory: Dis-Membering and re-membering Canadian Art History”  Ian Radforth, “Ethnic Minorities and Wartime Injustices: Redress Campaigns and Historical Narratives in late 20th Canada” 4- Cashing in on the PastJames Murton, “’The Normandy of the New World’: Canada Steamship Lines, Antimodernism and the Selling of Old Quebec”  Ian McKay, “Cashing in on Antiquity: Tourism and the Uses of History”Nicole Neatby, “Leaving the Past Behind: From Old Quebec to La Belle Province” Ira Wagman , “Peace, Order and Good Building: Repackaging History and Memory in Canadian Advertising” 5-Entertaining the PastPeter Hodgins, “Why Must Halifax Keep Exploding?: English Canadian Nationalism and the Search for a Usable Disaster”Renée Hulan, “The Past is an Imagined Country: Reading Canadian Historical Fiction Written in English”