Quebec

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/6/2020
  

  A Polarizing Documentary Spurs Debate Over a Violent Time in Quebec

  Canadians are debating whether a documentary released at the fiftieth anniversary of a campaign of political violence by Quebecois separatists valorizes terrorism and ignores peaceful progress toward a bicultural Canada; the filmmaker is the son of one of the convicted conspirators.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/25/2020
  

  The Myth of North America, in One Painting

  Explore an immersive, interactive page that shows how "The Death of General Wolfe" by Benjamin West created a heroic myth of the British defeat of the French near Quebec, which helped decide the Seven Years War.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-12-17
  

  Vast Indigenous Land Claims in Canada Encompass Parliament Hill

  Whenever Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or his cabinet ministers speak in certain parts of Ontario or Quebec, they begin by acknowledging they are on “unceded Algonquin territory.”

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• 8-13-17
  

  Why Was the Quebec Flag Flown at the Statehouse in Connecticut?

  by Patrick Lacroix

  It’s no riddle. The French in Canada migrated in huge numbers to New England and now Canada’s an economic powerhouse.

• SOURCE: Toronto Star
  6-30-13
  

  Mohawk history towers over New York

  MONTREAL—Generations of toil at dizzying heights have culminated in this towering achievement.Ironworkers from a Mohawk community were part of the team that installed the final section of spire at the top of the new One World Trade Center in New York last month.John McGowan was one of those involved as he and colleagues wrote a special page in a history filled with high-level triumph, and also with tragedy.“It was a clear nice day. It couldn’t have been a nicer day,” said the 48-year-old resident of Kahnawake, Que., near Montreal....