The Past Speaks

HIST 1406

I gave two lectures this week in my Canadian history survey course. The lecture on Tuesday concerned the history of western North America before 1860. The lecture on Friday was on Aboriginal title, Native land claims, and the students’ upcoming assignment on the Manitoulin Treaty of 1862.

I have encouraged students to watch this excellent video on the land claims process in British Columbia.

HIST 3266

My lectures this week explored the lives and times of Tommy Douglas and John Diefenbaker.

HIST 4135

In my fourth-year seminar on North America in the 1860s, we discussed the second half of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals.