Lecture Outline: Fall 2011 Week 1 13 Sept - Introduction: Biography as an Historical Tool 15 Sept - Sir John A. Macdonald: The Father of Confederation Week 2 20 Sept - “The Black Donnellys”: Mayhem and Murder on the Roman Line 22 Sept - Louis “David” Riel: Hero and Villain? Week 3 27 Sept - Joseph Guibord: The Biography of a Burial 29 Sept - Competing Visions: Wilfrid Laurier and Henri Bourassa Week 4 4 Oct - The Mohawk Princess: Pauline Johnson 6 Oct - Nellie McClung: First-Wave Feminist and Temperance Crusader Week 5 11 Oct - Billy Bishop: Hero or Fraud? 13 Oct - Robert Laird Borden: Source of National Vision or Division? Week 6 18 Oct - Painting the Canadian Soul: Emily Carr 20 Oct - Midterm Examination / In class library workshop Week 7 25 Oct - Norman Bethune: The Most Famous Canadian? 27 Oct - The Dionne Quintuplets: Fortune… But Unfortunate Week 8 1 Nov– The Mad Trapper: Albert Johnson's Murderous Spree 3 Nov - William Lyon Mackenzie King’s “Very Double Life”? Week 9 8 Nov - William Lyon Mackenzie King’s “Very Double Life”? 10 Nov - Spies, Sex, and Scandal in Cold War Canada: Igor Gouzenko, Herbert Norman, and Gerda Munsinger Week 10 15 Nov -  A Soldier’s Life: Tommy Prince 17 Nov - Maurice “The Rocket” Richard and Canadian Identities Week 11 22 Nov - The Greatest Canadian: Tommy Douglas 24 Nov - The Champions: Trudeau and Levesque (Part I) Week 12 29 Nov - The Champions (Part II) 3 April – Terry Fox: Canadian Hero / Reflections and Summary