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Activists are taking a creative approach to complex debates despite intransigence from Westminster.
As the government cracks down on the right to protest, we should remind ourselves of similarities between new legislation and older legacies of imperialism.
Contending with Canada’s history means acknowledging different versions of the truth. Toppling statues won’t resolve the wrongs of the past — education is an important part of democracy and inclusion.
The proposal that monuments must be preserved at any cost hinders rather than helps institutions handle the decolonisation of their collections.
Contemplating the future of the business school means we must decide what kind of society we want our students to create and what reforms are needed to enable them to do so.
Both the COVID-19 pandemic and urgent debates around public heritage and monuments shape how Nuit Blanche Toronto is seeking to engage artists and viewers in remapping cities.
Today’s urgent inequality and environmental crises mean that more, not fewer, students should be studying history.
Demands to remove, or preserve, the statues polarize communities, rather than building a shared future.
The political metamorphosis of Louis Riel illustrates one of the most paradoxical aspects of nationalism: how former enemies can be transformed into compatriots.
As anti-racism protests take aim at statues of slave owners and racist figures, Canada needs to reassess how it remembers its past.
Monuments are testaments to how a society wants to remember. Now is the time to ask which monuments can withstand introspection. Artists are opening those conversations – sometimes hilariously.
Statues and monuments have been used to present a revisionist history in which empire was great while omitting the violence they subvertly celebrate.
The vandalism of colonial statues is an expression of political protest against the celebration of settler colonialism in Canada.
We might think of sporting statues commemorating great players. But three new statues are showing us they can commemorate great cultural moments, too.
Where do old Confederate statues go when they die? The former Soviet bloc countries could teach the US something about dealing with monuments from a painful past.
Colossal public monuments to Hinduism are going up across India, sending an ominous message to the country’s 260 million religious minorities.
Statues to divisive figures are increasingly becoming the target of protest and vandalism.
Standing 240m tall, the Statue of Unity celebrates India’s development. But jarringly, it towers over a divisive and environmentally damaging dam project.
Removing statues of historical figures may be important symbolic statements when it comes to reconciliation, but action on important Indigenous issues like land claims and education are needed more.
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, Centre of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University
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Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, Adelaide University
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PhD Student, University of Victoria
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Professor, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, Tufts University
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Visiting Fellow in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of History, The University of Melbourne
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Lecturer Department of African Studies and Linguistics, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Geography, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor, Media, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in History, specialising in built heritage and material culture, University of the Sunshine Coast