Canada A Very Short Introduction
Canada A Very Short Introduction by Donald A. Wright, published by Oxford University Press in 2020, is an illustrated edition comprising 136 pages. This book provides an overview of Canada as a nation characterized by its three distinct identities: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. It explores the complexities of Canadian society, highlighting the balance between national diversity and the historical challenges faced, particularly regarding Indigenous peoples and the ongoing journey of reconciliation.
Readers will find a comprehensive examination of Canada’s history, politics, and literature, beginning from the end of the last ice age and extending to contemporary issues such as climate change and political relationships with Great Britain and the United States. The text emphasizes the significance of bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism in shaping Canada’s identity. Through this exploration, Wright delves into the northern realities of Canada, offering insights into its diverse social fabric and political processes.
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Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism. Alongside this contemporary openness Canada also has its own history to contend with; with a legacy of broken treaties and residential schools for its Indigenous peoples, making reconciliation between Canada and First Nations an ongoing journey, not a destination.
Drawing on history, politics, and literature, this Very Short Introduction starts at the end of the last ice age, when the melting of the ice sheets opened the northern half of North America to Indigenous peoples, and covers up to today’s anthropogenic climate change, and Canada’s climate politics. Donald Wright emphasizes Canada’s complexity and diversity as well as its different identities and its commitment to rights, and explores its historical relationship to Great Britain, and its ongoing relationship with the United States. Finally, he examines Canada’s northern realities and its northern identities.
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