by Kyle Pritchard | Oct 31, 2020 | Centre Blogs, First World War, Spiritualism |
by Kyle Falcon Every October ghost tours spring up around various historical sites. Sometimes these are harmless ways for heritage sites to share local history, but other times, they exploit the past for commercial gain. The ugly side of our fascination with dark...
by Kyle Pritchard | Apr 1, 2020 | Centre Blogs, International Conflict, Nuclear Weapons |
by Paul Esau Earlier this year I wrote an essay on how the rise of cyber warfare should change NATO’s nuclear deterrence policies. I was supposed to describe practical and easy steps the alliance could take to advance nuclear disarmament, but instead I got seduced by...
by Kyle Pritchard | Feb 10, 2020 | Centre Blogs, First World War, Veterans |
by Kyle Pritchard Alongside reuniting with their families and receiving medical treatment, employment was pivotal to First World War veterans’ return to normalcy and financial stability after the traumas of the trenches. With about half of Canadian soldiers engaged in...
by Kyle Pritchard | Jan 13, 2020 | Centre Blogs, First World War, Spiritualism, Veterans |
by Kyle Falcon Serviceman James Doody was stationed at the Shorncliffe Army Camp in June of 1915 when he began reading the popular spiritualist journal, The Two Worlds. In those pages he would have read about angelic intervention during the British retreat from Mons...
by Kyle Pritchard | Dec 5, 2019 | Centre Blogs, Second World War |
by Eric Brown This is the third and final article in a three-part series on the life of Second World War veteran Peter Biddlecombe. Was Peter now a better pilot? Reading the comments of his trainers at the various schools he attended...
by Kyle Pritchard | Nov 11, 2019 | Centre Blogs, First World War, Veterans |
by Georgia Gingrich During the First World War, Canadians were divided over the consumption of alcohol, with prohibition efforts succeeding in many provinces between 1916 and 1918. I was introduced to this tension while meticulously combing through the mortality...
