In pursuit of a Canadian identity : the creation of national colonial narratives through national historic sites in Nova Scotia, Canada

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dc.contributor.advisor Kehoe, Karly
dc.contributor.advisor Green, Heather (Environmental historian)
dc.coverage.spatial Nova Scotia
dc.creator Blacker, Elise
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T15:33:16Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T15:33:16Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/30383
dc.description 1 online resource (iv, 128 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), map (colour)
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-128).
dc.description.abstract Within Canada, a variety of national colonial narratives are present which represent it as a welcoming, multicultural, and just country. These narratives do not include the histories of a variety of minority or marginalized nations, notably those of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit. Canada’s national colonial narratives have been constructed mainly through avenues such as National Historic Sites (NHS). This thesis argues that Canada’s national colonial narratives are reliant on a version of Canadian history, which centres, sanitizes, and romanticizes the history of French and British colonisation in Canada while sidelining or ignoring Indigenous and other marginalized histories. Recognition of these realities would destabilize the legitimacy of the Canadian state and require the settler Canadian population to confront a variety of uncomfortable realities. This argument is forwarded through an analysis of two NHS in Nova Scotia, Canada, (the Fortress of Louisbourg NHS, and the Halifax Citadel NHS). The versions of history presented at these NHS create Canadian national colonial narratives and have real world impacts, particularly on Indigenous peoples. en_CA
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dc.language.iso en en_CA
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcsh Canada -- History -- Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcsh Halifax Citadel (Halifax, N.S.) -- History -- Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcsh Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site (N.S.) -- History -- Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcsh Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History
dc.subject.lcsh First Nations -- Canada -- History
dc.subject.lcsh Métis -- Canada -- History
dc.subject.lcsh Inuit -- Canada -- History
dc.title In pursuit of a Canadian identity : the creation of national colonial narratives through national historic sites in Nova Scotia, Canada en_CA
dc.type Text en_CA
thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in History
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline History
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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