10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada
Author:   Aaron W. Hughes (Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Rochester)
Publisher:   University of Alberta Press
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Pages:   280
Publication Date:   15 August 2022
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Author:   Aaron W. Hughes (Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Rochester)
Publisher:   University of Alberta Press
Imprint:   University of Alberta Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781772126327


ISBN 10:   1772126322
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   15 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 | October 13, 1970 “Just Watch Me” 2 | September 28, 1972 Team Canada’s Most Famous Goal 3 | April 17, 1982 Patriation of the Constitution 4 | July 21, 1988 Multiculturalism Act 5 | December 6, 1989 École Polytechnique Massacre 6 | May 25, 1995 Egan v. Canada 7 | October 30, 1995 Quebec Referendum 8 | June 2, 2015 Release of the Executive Summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 9 | August 20, 2016 The Tragically Hip’s Final Concert 10 | March 8, 2018 A New Ten-Dollar Bill Acknowledgements Notes Index

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Ten days that prove there's nothing boring about Canada's modern-day history. It's all here from hockey to rock, from murder to reconciliation, from patriation to referendum. Yes, we're a complicated country but Aaron Hughes cuts through the confusion with clarity. Peter Mansbridge 10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada seizes on granular details in order to grasp grounded truths about the universal from the standpoint of the humble and particular. Aaron Hughes invites readers to think about the forces that made the Canada that we live in. Anne Trepanier, Associate Professor, Carleton University


Ten days that prove there's nothing boring about Canada's modern-day history. It's all here from hockey to rock, from murder to reconciliation, from patriation to referendum. Yes, we're a complicated country but Aaron Hughes cuts through the confusion with clarity. Peter Mansbridge


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Aaron W. Hughes is a Canadian scholar of Religion at the University of Rochester where he is the Dean’s Professor of the Humanities, in addition to being the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Religious Studies.

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