History 380:
History of the Canadian North
Winter 2012

Lecture Schedule

 

4 January - The Challenges of Northern History; Defining the North

11 January - Aboriginal Peoples and the North

18 January - Early Relationships and the Fur Trade

25 January - The Quest for the Northwest Passage (part 1)

1 February - The Quest for the Northwest Passage (part 2)

Essay proposal and annotated bibliography due.

8 February - The Klondike Gold Rush

15 February - Whalers; N.W.M.P. and Missionaries

20-24 February 2012: Reading Week

29 February - Northern Development, 1900-1940

“Great Canadian Mysteries” assignment due in Professor Lackenbauer’s essay drop box on the main floor (2nd floor just before the library) at St. Jerome’s before the start of class.

7 March - Militarizing the Canadian North: WW2 and the Cold War

14 March - “A New Northern Vision”? Administrative and Social Change to the late 1960s

21 March - Northern Development and Aboriginal Land Claims: From Berger to Nunavut

Final papers due.

28 March - Contemporary Issues: Climate Change, Sovereignty, and Politics

Summary and Exam Preparation