GGRA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cn Tower, Absolute Time And Space, Smallpox
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Toronto"s indigenous landscape: the global history of toronto. For aboriginal people living in the toronto area there is along history of native occupation which torrents modern towers of concrete and steel may obscure but cannot eradicate. If you"re not a first nation"s person, you are a settler. It"s about toronto"s power, its economic dynamics religious institutions are cited in particular ways so that they are visible, different meanings and symbols [that occupy space] are inscribed into landscape. The global history of toronto: aboriginal settlement in the toronto area there was a lot of force migration here slavery very diverse forms of immigration missisauga, toronto, spadina: refers to aboriginal name. Toronto wasn"t very global before european contact but it was still continental. Imperialism: it"s about extending control, accessing resources, power. Imperialism is the spreading of power and colonials is direct control.
