HIST 208 Lecture Notes - Canadian Identity, Hubert Aquin, Ethnic Nationalism
17 Dec 2012
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In english canada we do not have heroes and inspiring national history. No myths or myth makers, no great romantic historical events (like the. Even the conquest of 1760"s cannot be celebrated because it involves conflict and english-canadians shy away from conflict. Very few national heroes (john a. macdonald is as close as it comes) French-canadians have been much better at historical worship then english. English-canadians have failed to realize the importance of historical myths in the national pride in building a nation. French canada has a sense of mission, prior to the conquest, it was a catholic mission but after conquest the mission was survival of the french culture. Could argue against cook"s claim of no myths by saying that we do, canada as a. Multiculturalism has become the canadian identity for most young canadians. Already in mid 19th century survival is important for french-canadians. But gets republished in late 19th cent.
