"What's the Use of History? Citizenship and History in
Canada's Past and Present"
October 16, 2012, 6:30-8:00 pm, at Palmerston Branch, Toronto Public Library. Inspired by the newly published People's Citizenship
Guide (Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2011, noted here), this roundtable of historians will
discuss how concepts of citizenship have changed over the past century, and how
history has been mobilized to create particular understandings of citizenship. Panelists include: Heidi Bohaker, Sean Mills, Sean Kheraj, Steven
Maynard, and Pam Sugiman.
"1812: the big picture 200 years on" with Carl Benn
Wednesday, 26 September at 6:30 at Ryerson University, George Vari Engineering and Computer
Centre (245 Church Street near Gould).