http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/7801/0 en http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/historical-amnesia-and-war-1812/14982 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Constructing Canadian Identity </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/war_of_1812_resized.jpg" alt="" title="Canadian War Museum Photo: Andy Crosby" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">Two hundred years ago, the War of 1812 erupted between the United States and Great Britain in what is today southern Ontario. The notion of a shared interest and bravery among Indigenous, Black, English and French populations in the face of an aggressive invader is popular in the Canadian imaginary; at least, that&rsquo;s what the Canadian government wants you to believe.</p> <p><a href="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/historical-amnesia-and-war-1812/14982" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/historical-amnesia-and-war-1812/14982#comments Andy Crosby Education Indigenous Labour Peace/War Alan Taylor Anthony Hall Bicentennial Education Campaign Canadian Heritage Canadian identity Canal Workers Commemorative Group class Colonel By Coloured Corps ethnicity Heritage Minute Historica-Dominion Institute Indian Act Lachine Riot military history nationalism patriotism propaganda Race residential schools Richard Pierpoint Rideau Canal slavery Stoufville Tecumseh Treaty of Ghent War of 1812 Dominion Stories Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:54:40 +0000 The Leveller 14982 at http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca