Yearly Archives: 2022

Small blessings: Military marks National Indigenous Peoples Day in Ottawa

An item from the Legion Magazine.


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Small blessings: Military marks Indigenous Peoples Day in Ottawa

 Stephen J. Thorne/Legion Magazine

Small blessings: Military marks National Indigenous Peoples Day in Ottawa

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

For years after he joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 2004, Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Stevens, an Anishinaabe from Nipissing First Nation in northeastern Ontario, hid his Indigenous roots.

The military was a lumbering organization, far from progressive and slow to change. Being anything other than white was perceived as a potential impediment to progress in the Canadian Forces—and worse.

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The unfortunate fate of convoy HX-49

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The unfortunate fate of convoy HX-49

There is safety in numbers, so the saying goes. That was the thinking that led to the merging of two Second World War convoys headed for Great Britain in June 1940.

The first convoy of 26 ships from Canada and the United States had left Halifax on June 9, accompanied by an armed merchant cruiser and two Royal Canadian Navy destroyers. On June 13, it was joined at sea by a group of 24 vessels from the Caribbean and South America, with two escorts.

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Bonne Saint-Jean à nos amis du Québec! ⚜️

An item from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.


Bonne Saint-Jean à tous!
Bonne Fête nationale à tous nos amis québécois et québécoises de la part du Programme d’études canadiennes de l’université de Californie Berkeley!
Celebrated on June 24, the Fête nationale, or La Saint-Jean, is the national holiday of Québec. The festival dates to 1834, when Québec patriotes, inspired by Irish-Canadian St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, chose the Feast of St. John the Baptist as a day to celebrate the unique culture and heritage of the people of Québec. The tradition continues 188 years later, inviting Quebeckers of all backgrounds to celebrate their love of their home province.
This term, Canadian Studies is sponsoring several graduate students doing exciting research in Québec, including Joshua Zimmt, who is studying fossils on Anticosti Island, and Jennifer Kaplan, investigating the development of gender-neutral French in Montréal. We also recently added Professor William Burton, an expert in French and Québécois literature, as a faculty affiliate.
Click here for information about this year’s festivities (in French). Bonne Fête à tous!
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Maple Leaf Route Webinar – The Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War

These online events, the first of which is in about a week, from a partner of Dominion Command may be of interest to some of our members.


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MIKE BECHTHOLD


PER ARDUA AD ASTRA: THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

29 June @ 7:30 pm ET

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In a few short years, the Royal Canadian Air Force expanded from a small domestic force of 8 squadrons and 4,000 personnel to a globe-spanning air force with 80 operational squadrons and 250,000 personnel (including 17,000 women). The RCAF defended London, led the Normandy invasion, protected convoys in the North Atlantic, and took the fight to Hamburg and Berlin. RCAF pilots served in North Africa, Italy, Burma, and the Aleutians. And, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was one of Canada’s most important wartime activities. This talk will explore the RCAF’s many contributions to victory in the Second World War.
Upcoming Webinars
R. SCOTT SHEFFIELD

Fighting a White Man’s War: Canada’s First Nations Peoples and the Second World War

20 July @ 7:30 pm EDT

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MARIE EVE VAILLANCOURT


Dieppe 80 Years After: The Juno Beach Centre’s Exhibition From Dieppe to Juno


10 August @ 7:30 pm EDT

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STACEY BARKER


To Help Win the Fight: Canadian Servicewomen of the Second World War


31 August @ 7:30 pm EDT

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JEFF NOAKES

Canada and the Second World War at Sea

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