Faculty Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Cory Wright-Maley

In this talk Dr. Wright-Maley will discuss how Canadian identity is ever difficult to pin down and even more difficult to teach. One thing most Canadians know for
certain is that we’re not American. Such an assertion has implications for what and how we teach about our country as we seek to differentiate ourselves from
our southern neighbour. This talk pulls together the multidirectional strands that threaten and strengthen Canadian “common knowledge” about themselves in
relation to the United States: the erasure and reclamation of inconvenient national histories, U.S. sovereignty threats, and the contested embrace and
rejection of toxic populism. Each reveals a dimension of Canadian identity and presents both opportunities and ongoing challenges for teachers trying to
articulate what it means to be Canadian.