Bulletin n. 1/2013 | ||
June 2013 | ||
Buckner Phil |
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Defining Identities in Canada: Regional, Imperial, National | ||
in Canadian Historical Review (The) , Volume 94, Number 2, June , 2013 , 289-311 | ||
Growing up in Toronto, Phillip Buckner was a British-Canadian cultural hybrid but with a strong sense of Canadian nationalism that led to his interest in Canadian history. In high school and at the University of Toronto he absorbed a vision of Canadian history that was Ontario-centric and emphasized Canada's British roots but his experience as a graduate student in Britain and as a lecturer at the University of New Brunswick challenged his youthful assumptions. As the founding editor of Acadiensis he sought to promote a more inclusive vision of Canadian history and when he returned to the study of Canada's connection with the British Empire he sought to promote a more balanced understanding of Canada's place within a wider British World. What he did retain was the view that Canadian history matters. | ||