A collection of 188 posts
Even as other nations finally move to protect dysphoric youth from disfiguring treatments, Canadian politicians and educators continue to promote state-funded ‘gender journeys.’
For two four-year-old Ontario boys growing up in the 1950s, a backyard creek became the site of unforgettable adventures.
Terrible things happened at many of Canada’s Residential Schools. But describing these institutions as instruments of mass murder is inaccurate.
Two years after being falsely smeared as a white supremacist by a diversity trainer, a longtime school principal committed suicide
British Columbia’s nursing regulator paid consultants almost $100,000 to design a special complaints process for Indigenous patients.
Far from being an ‘architect of genocide,’ John A. Macdonald championed policies that were humane by 19th-century standards
Sensational 2021 claims that unmarked Indigenous child graves had been discovered in British Columbia now seem doubtful. But saying so may soon be a criminal offence
Following on an investigative report detailing McMaster University’s mishandling of false sex-ring accusations in 2020, here are four lessons to help prevent a recurrence
In the fourth instalment of an ongoing Quillette series, historian Greg Koabel describes how the quest for cod and a possible passage to China sparked England’s first transatlantic ventures
A survivor of Sri Lanka’s civil war who found safety and wealth on Canadian shores wonders why his well-to-do white neighbours seem so fixated on racism.
In the second instalment of an ongoing Quillette series, historian Greg Koabel describes how Leif Erikson ended up in Newfoundland
In a recorded DEI session on ‘Trans Inclusion,’ activist Adrienne Smith told the dissenting staff member, ‘I’m past the point of seeking a respectful debate.’
Canada’s assisted-death law seems connected to the atomization of our society—as much a symptom of inhumanity as a cause.
The project that (finally) got me hooked on Canadian history.
In a new Quillette series, historian and podcaster Greg Koabel traces the global origins of the land we now call Canada.