Lecture Outline: Fall 2009 Week 1 15 Sept. - Introduction: Biography as an Historical Tool 17 Sept. - Sir John A. Macdonald: The Father of Confederation Week 2 22 Sept. - George Brown of the Globe and Confederation 24 Sept. - Louis "David" Riel: Hero and Villain? Week 3 29 Sept. - "The Black Donnellys": Mayhem and Murder on the Roman Line 1 Oct. - Competing Visions: Wilfrid Laurier and Henri Bourassa Week 4 6 Oct. - The Mohawk Princess: Pauline Johnson 8 Oct. - Nellie McClung: First-Wave Feminist and Temperance Crusader Week 5 13 Oct. - Billy Bishop: Hero or Fraud? 15 Oct. - Robert Laird Borden: Source of National Vision or Division? Week 6 20 Oct. - Painting the Canadian Soul: Emily Carr 22 Oct. - Midterm Examination / In-class library workshop Week 7 27 Oct. - Norman Bethune: The Most Famous Canadian? 29 Oct. - The Dionne Quintuplets: Fortune . . . but Unfortunate Week 8 3 Nov. - The Mad Trapper: Albert Johnson's Murderous Spree 5 Nov. - William Lyon Mackenzie King's "Very Double Life"? Week 9 10 Nov. - William Lyon Mackenzie King's "Very Double Life"? (part II) 12 Nov. - Spies, Sex, and Scandal in Cold War Canada: Igor Gouzenko, Herbert Norman, and Gerda Munsinger Week 10 17 Nov.-  A Soldier's Life: Tommy Prince 19 Nov. - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard and Canadian Identities Week 11 24 Nov. - The Greatest Canadian: Tommy Douglas 26 Nov. - The Champions: Trudeau and Levesque (Part I) Week 12 1 Dec. - The Champions (Part II) 3 Dec. - Terry Fox: Canadian Hero and Reflections and Summary