Trump is not the first American leader to dream of northern expansion. History suggests these designs reveal simmering divisions inside the United States.
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Canadian leaders must situate Donald Trump’s dangerous rhetoric in the language of international law and state-to-state relations.
How precisely Donald Trump could make good on his threat to annex Canada can be found in the U.S. Constitution. There is both potential and precedent in American history.
The Settlers of Catan codified a certain kind of game play based on the history of settler colonialism.
The idea of Manifest Destiny inspired Americans to push west, leading to the creation of the first national parks. But those beliefs spelled removal for many Native American groups.
Social media posts since Gerald Stanley’s acquittal have been saturated with vitriolic rants and myths. If reconciliation is to be more than an aspiration, settlers must acknowledge our culpability.
Media pundits are promoting Canada as exceptional in its tolerance and diversity but the truth is, Canadians have a tendency not to be not less racist than Americans, but to be less loud about it.
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