Red, White Indifferent
Negotiating Remembrance in Canada
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Websites and Learning Commons
The website features a six week recorded discussion between journalists and the public; the first week focuses on a post-Afghanistan Military.
This website hosts the results of a variety of polls which have been a part of the negotiation of Remembrance since 1997.
2007 Remembrance Survey (Dominion Institute)
Focusing on the attitudes of young adults (18-24), this survey and the resulting report outlines many of the factors affecting remembrance practices, how Canadians feel about them, and what actions Canadians are and aren't taking in their processes of negotiating remembrance.
Run by the Canadian Government, the website contains online resources including archives and library resources, pod casts, documentaries and more, many of which address remembrance and collective memory.
Influential Thinkers
Johnathan Vance
Geoffrey Hayes
(2008) War and historical memory. Acadiensis, XXXVII, 2 (Summer/Autumn)
Mick Smith, Joyce Davidson, Laura Cameron & Liz Bondi
(2009) Emotion, Place and Culture. Burlington, ON: Ashgate Publishing.
Noor Iqbal
(2010) Enacting Remembrance Day in the Public Sphere. Constellations 2(1), Fall.
Brian Tennyson
(2013) The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs. Toronto, ON: Scarecrow Press.
Cynthia Cockburn
Tara Brookfield
Tools for Educators
The Royal Canadian Legion Teaching Guide
Canadian War Museum's Remembrance Tool Kit
Fabric of Survival Educational Guide and Student Questions
Conscience Canada: Peace Education Tool Kit
Remembrance Day (Online Learning Centre)
Mennonite Remembrance Day Peace Packet
Vetrans Affairs Canada Educator and Student Facts
CBC Documentary: We Will Remember Them
War Amps Military Heritage Documentaries
Remembrance is an on-going negotiation; whether conscious or unconscious, you'll be negotiating for the rest of your life in some way. On the left you'll find academic readings, websites with learning materials for educators, and all the tools you need to be a successful negotiator. On the right, you'll find services currently available for Veterans' and their families in Canada.
Vetrans Affairs Canada
The home of many providers of services for Veterans and education for the general public. It also includes access to their Veteran Crisis Line which can be reached at 1-800-268-7708.
Further Reading and Veterans' Resources
Vetrans Transition Network
The organization offers a one-of-a-kind program using specially trained psychologists and other veterans and boasts that 90% of the 400 program graduates are now on fulfilling career or education paths.
True Patriot Love
This organization is determined to making a difference in the lives of Canadian soldiers in the realms of family health and support, physical health and rehab, and mental health and well-being.
Soldier On
Empowers retired and currently serving member of the Canadian Forced who have a visible or non-visible illness or injury to accept their realities and participate in active lifestyles including recreational or sports activities.
Canadian Heroes Foundation
Works to create awareness and support for front line responders, fallen soldiers, and families. The foundation is well known for its memorial vehicles which travel throughout North America attending functions, events, fairs and more in an effort to keep the public talking about their role in remembrance year round.
Royal Canadian Legion
The Legion works at the local, provincial and national level to provide a wide array of services not limited to the distribution of poppies. The Legion aids veterans and their families with programs such as legal services, helping restore monuments, and a sports mentorship program for children who have lost a parent to war.
Canadian Veterans Advocacy Network
Actively advocates for Veterans issues and provides networking for Veterans in need, including resources relation to the financial, legal, and medical wellbeing of soldiers.
Outward Bound
Provides “weeklong adventure-based resiliency training for veterans in the Canadian Rockies.”
Canadian Hero Fund
This grassroots agency run by young Canadians fundraises to provide educational opportunities in the form of scholarships to the children and spouses of fallen Canadian soldiers. Their goal is to raise $2 million over the course of 4 years.