“An Exemplary, Fine Gentleman” Defying the Odds: Arthur Roy Baxter, Veteran of World War I Part III: Injury and Life After the War by Michael Saad This is the conclusion in a series of posts exploring the life of Great War veteran, Arthur Roy Baxter. See also Part I and Part II. The Canadian […]
Read more »Music on Canada’s Home Front, 1914-1918 by Sara Karn “[T]he history of Canadian music can help to deepen our understanding of Canada itself.” – Governor General Vincent Massey, Music in Canada (1955)[1] For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed playing and listening to music. However, I had never considered music as a […]
Read more »“An Exemplary, Fine Gentleman” Defying the Odds: Arthur Roy Baxter, Veteran of World War I Part II: Sanctuary Wood and Vimy Ridge By Michael Saad This is the second article in a series of posts exploring the life of Great War veteran, Arthur Roy Baxter. Click here for part I. Brought in as reinforcements to […]
Read more »“An Exemplary, Fine Gentleman” Defying the Odds: Arthur Roy Baxter, Veteran of World War I Part I: Enlistment and Early Struggles By Michael Saad Lying in the infirmary of New End Hospital in Hampstead, England on August 17th, 1917, Private Arthur Baxter of the Nova Scotia Rifles was faced with the harrowing reality—not uncommon […]
Read more »Confronting the Holocaust in Poland by Erica Parnis This spring Laurier undergraduate students enjoyed a unique opportunity. Ten of us travelled in Poland for two weeks as part of a full-credit History course called “Into That Darkness: Poland, World War Two, and the Holocaust.” We were joined by ten students from Nipissing University in North […]
Read more »Thoughts on Public History and Confederate Monuments by Kesia Kvill and Sandy Barron “The shaping of a past worthy of public commemoration in the present is contested and involves a struggle for supremacy between advocates of various political ideas and sentiments.” ~John Bodnar, Remaking America: Public Memory, Commemoration and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century. […]
Read more »War, Discrimination and Political Apologies by Kandace Bogaert Recently, the Canadian news media has called attention to Justin Trudeau’s plan to apologize to former members of the Canadian Armed Forces who were discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender identity between the 1950’s and 1990’s. However, Trudeau’s starting date of 1950 […]
Read more »Dyer’s Battalion: the Untold Story of the Russian Revolution (Part I) by Trevor Ford The mutineers came at night, silent and with determination. They had fixed their bayonets and had even brought forward a light machine gun. In silence they gathered near the officers’ quarters where their British officers were fast asleep. Suddenly a shout […]
Read more »Jeffrey Storey: A Personal Military History, Pt. 5 This is the fifth and final post in a miniseries that explores the personal military history of Jeffrey Storey, decedent of the conflict-laden regions of Auronzo di Cadore on the Austrian border in the Italian Alps. Please click here to read previous entries. The next chapter in the military history […]
Read more »Commemorating Vimy on the Ridge by Katrina Pasierbek During the first week of April, every time I turned a corner in northern France I was met with the familiar site of the Canadian flag. In the nearby towns of Givenchy, Neuville-Saint-Vaast, and Vimy, the red maple leaf was prominently displayed along roads, in local […]
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