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He Couldn't Leave His
Volume 25 Number 9 www.hastingshistory.ca Issue 347 November 2020 He Couldn’t Leave His Men and was posted to the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Three years later, he found himself aboard a landing By Orland French craft heading for the German machine guns protect- ing the beach at Dieppe. For eight hours, as German You’ll not often hear of a chaplain being awarded the bullets strafed the beach, he walked around collect- Victoria Cross for bravery, but here’s the story of one ing the wounded and carrying them to safety. He who was. Captain John Weir Foote was the only Ca- saved many lives and inspired others to help. nadian chaplain to receive the VC in the Second And then, just as he was about to climb into a land- World War. And he did so by showing remarkable ing craft to be taken to safety, he did a most extraor- bravery at that killing field we know as Dieppe. dinary thing. He deliberately walked into the German What we know about Dieppe is that it was either a position and surrendered. He wanted to continue to brave attack on the German-held French port to test serve the men who had been captured. He remained a the enemy’s defences, or it was a politically inspired prisoner until May 5, 1945. foolish raid to show that the Allied forces were still Here’s how the VC citation from the Department of in the war. Either way, Canadians were chosen to National Defence described his actions: lead the way, and it was known from the get-go that it would likely be a blood bath. -
National Historic Sites of Canada System Plan Will Provide Even Greater Opportunities for Canadians to Understand and Celebrate Our National Heritage
PROUDLY BRINGING YOU CANADA AT ITS BEST National Historic Sites of Canada S YSTEM P LAN Parks Parcs Canada Canada 2 6 5 Identification of images on the front cover photo montage: 1 1. Lower Fort Garry 4 2. Inuksuk 3. Portia White 3 4. John McCrae 5. Jeanne Mance 6. Old Town Lunenburg © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, (2000) ISBN: 0-662-29189-1 Cat: R64-234/2000E Cette publication est aussi disponible en français www.parkscanada.pch.gc.ca National Historic Sites of Canada S YSTEM P LAN Foreword Canadians take great pride in the people, places and events that shape our history and identify our country. We are inspired by the bravery of our soldiers at Normandy and moved by the words of John McCrae’s "In Flanders Fields." We are amazed at the vision of Louis-Joseph Papineau and Sir Wilfrid Laurier. We are enchanted by the paintings of Emily Carr and the writings of Lucy Maud Montgomery. We look back in awe at the wisdom of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier. We are moved to tears of joy by the humour of Stephen Leacock and tears of gratitude for the courage of Tecumseh. We hold in high regard the determination of Emily Murphy and Rev. Josiah Henson to overcome obstacles which stood in the way of their dreams. We give thanks for the work of the Victorian Order of Nurses and those who organ- ized the Underground Railroad. We think of those who suffered and died at Grosse Île in the dream of reaching a new home. -
Arts in the City: Visions of James Street North, 2005-2011
PhD Thesis – V. E. Sage McMaster University – Dept. of Anthropology VISIONS OF JAMES STREET NORTH PhD Thesis – V. E. Sage McMaster University – Dept. of Anthropology Title Page ARTS IN THE CITY: VISIONS OF JAMES STREET NORTH, 2005-2011 By VANESSSA E. SAGE, B.A., M.A. A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy McMaster University © Copyright by Vanessa E. Sage, September 2013 PhD Thesis – V. E. Sage McMaster University – Dept. of Anthropology Descriptive Note McMaster University DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (2011) Hamilton, Ontario (Anthropology) TITLE: Arts in the City: Visions of James Street North, 2005-2011 AUTHOR: Vanessa E. Sage, B.A. (Waterloo University), B.A. (Cape Breton University), M.A. (Memorial University of Newfoundland) SUPERVISOR: Dr. Ellen Badone NUMBER OF PAGES: xii, 231 ii PhD Thesis – V. E. Sage McMaster University – Dept. of Anthropology Abstract I argue in this dissertation that aestheticizing urban landscapes represents an effort to create humane public environments in disenfranchised inner-city spaces, and turns these environments into culturally valued sites of pilgrimage. Specifically, I focus on James Street North, a neighbourhood undergoing artistic renewal in the post-industrial city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in the arts scene on James Street North, my thesis claims that artistic activities serve as an ordinary, everyday material response to the perceived and real challenges of poverty, crime and decay in downtown Hamilton. Aesthetic elaboration is a generative and tangible expression by arts stakeholders of their intangible hopes, desires, and dreams for the city. -
2020-2030 Strategic Plan for Commemoration the Future of Remembrance and Recognition in Canada * Consultation Draft *
2020-2030 Strategic Plan for Commemoration The future of remembrance and recognition in Canada * Consultation draft * Note to reader: This draft strategic plan was prepared well before the emergence of the COVID-19 global pandemic. At the time of approval of the consultation draft, the situation continues to evolve. The trajectory of the pandemic and countries’ responses inevitably affects the ways in which communities will come together to remember. The possibility of not holding traditional events opens up opportunities for the use of technology or other creative approaches to build connections between Canadians and Veterans and our nation’s military efforts. As Canadians’ behaviours and communities’ responses evolve over the coming months, so too will the strategic plan. Draft for consultation 1 Table of Contents Minister’s message, 2 Laying the groundwork, 2 Commemorative mandate, 3 Changing landscape, 4 Our partners in commemoration, 6 We are learning, 6 The bottom line, 8 Our commemorative vision and how to get there, 8 A regional approach to commemoration, 9 Pillars and guiding principles, 12 Goal 1. Help Canadians understand how those who served our country have helped advance peace and security around the world, 13 Goal 2. Inspire Canadians to actively recognize the service and sacrifices of all who have served our country in uniform, 16 Goal 3. Preserve and maintain Government of Canada memorials, including the Books of Remembrance and Veteran grave markers in a sustainable and dignified way, 19 Goal 4. Align Departmental resources -
MEDALS and MEMORIES the Victoria Cross, Part II: Ontario in the Spotlight
MEDALS AND MEMORIES The Victoria Cross, Part II: Ontario in the Spotlight Character Education • Discuss the role of pride takes in character development. What would make you be proud to be from a particular place? • Consider what traits, other than valour, are necessary to be a hero • Explore the “flight or fight” concept and that of a “personal safety plan”. What role should each play in the devel- opment of your character? Facts as they were either born there, studied there, lived there or • The British Victoria Cross was the highest military are buried there. With good research, Ontario students award granted in Canada until Canada instituted its today might claim more Ontario connections for Canada’s own award 94 Victoria Cross recipients. Based on the bravery of the recipients featured, it would be a proud claim to make. • Filip Konowal’s Victoria Cross was stolen from the Royal Canadian Regiment, London, ON, in 1973 and Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn not recovered until 2004; the medals are worth thou- earned Ontario’s first Victoria Cross sands of dollars at auction for his actions in the Boer War. • Hancocks Jewellers of London has made every British Suddenly on Nov. 7, 1900, at the POTLIGHT Victoria Cross from the gunmetal of cannons used in Battle of Liliefontein at the Komati S Sebastopol, during the Crimean war River in South Africa, Cockburn’s group, a rearguard for a column of NTARIO IN THE Before the Reading troops, was attacked by an over- Maj. Hampden Zane II: O • Pool all the knowledge you have about the Crimean Churchill Cockburn whelming number of Boers trying to ART War and the Boer War. -
Canada's Victoria Cross
Canada’s Victoria Cross Governor General Gouverneur général of Canada du Canada Pro Valore: Canada’s Victoria Cross 1 For more information, contact: The Chancellery of Honours Office of the Secretary to the Governor General Rideau Hall 1 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0A1 www.gg.ca 1-800-465-6890 Directorate of Honours and Recognition National Defence Headquarters 101 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2 www.forces.gc.ca 1-877-741-8332 Art Direction ADM(PA) DPAPS CS08-0032 Introduction At first glance, the Victoria Cross does not appear to be an impressive decoration. Uniformly dark brown in colour, matte in finish, with a plain crimson ribbon, it pales in comparison to more colourful honours or awards in the British or Canadian Honours Systems. Yet, to reach such a conclusion would be unfortunate. Part of the esteem—even reverence—with which the Victoria Cross is held is due to its simplicity and the idea that a supreme, often fatal, act of gallantry does not require a complicated or flamboyant insignia. A simple, strong and understated design pays greater tribute. More than 1 300 Victoria Crosses have been awarded to the sailors, soldiers and airmen of British Imperial and, later, Commonwealth nations, contributing significantly to the military heritage of these countries. In truth, the impact of the award has an even greater reach given that some of the recipients were sons of other nations who enlisted with a country in the British Empire or Commonwealth and performed an act of conspicuous Pro Valore: Canada’s Victoria Cross 5 bravery. -
Dawe, Bertram
Sapper Bertram Dawe (also found as Daw), (Number 757514), of the Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, is buried in Hamilton Cemetery: Grave reference, Grave 32, Section S, Lot 116. (continued) 1 His occupation prior to military service recorded as that of sub-station operator, Bertram Dawe has left little history behind him of his early days spent in the area of Burnt Head, District of Port de Grave, Newfoundland, where he grew up, He may well, however, have been the young man, the B. Dawe, whose name appears on a passenger list of the SS Ivermore, a ship which at the time plied the Cabot Strait between Port aux Basques, Dominion of Newfoundland, and the port and mining town of North Sydney in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The crossing was that of May 9, 1913, and the young man was on his way to Hamilton, Ontario, where – if he were indeed the Bertram Dawe, the subject of this short biography - his mother’s sister, Julia Ann*, was living with her husband by that time - to seek employment as a labourer. The 1911 Census does not record him living with his aunt’s family in the home at 493, King Street, West Hamilton; all that can be said with any certainty is that he was still resident in Hamilton in 1916 – at 68, Crooks Street – for that was where and when Bertram Dawe was to enlist. *On several of Sapper Dawe’s papers she is recorded as having been his sister: she was in fact his aunt. Younger than Bertram Dawe’s mother, her sister, by seven years, Julia Ann married William Daw of Cupids on December 21, 1896, the couple then to parent two children, Stanley-William, the elder, and Frances (Fanny). -
2016 Patrician The
1 THE PATRICIAN 2016 2 2 THE PATRICIAN THE PATRICIAN 2016 2016 3 4 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry salutes the following for their support in the production of The Patrician Charlene King (Royal LePage) Guthrie Woods Products Ltd Realtors Association of Edmonton Rosslyn Inn & Suites St. Albert Royal Canadian Legion Supply Sergeant The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires The Flag Shop Valerie Moroz (Royal LePage) 5 THE PATRICIAN VOLUME LXVIII Allied with The Rifles and The Royal Australian Regiment Colonel-in-Chief The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD Founder and the First Colonel of the Regiment Brigadier-General A. Hamilton Gault, OBE, DSO, ED, CD Colonel of the Regiment Major-General W.B. Vernon, CD (retired) 6 The Patrician is the Regimental Journal of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, published under the authority of the Regimental Executive Committee Editor Major Q.M. Innis, CD Regimental Major Assistant Editor Captain D.B. Boyes Regimental Adjutant Business Development Warrant Officer S.A. Peterson, CD Layout Editor Master Corporal S.E. Cherney, CD To order a copy of The Patrician 2016 edition, contact: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regimental Headquarters PO Box 10500 Station Forces Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4J5 www.ppcli.com 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Colonel-in-Chief-------------------------------------------------- PPCLI Association Colonel of the Regiment-------------------------------------------- Victoria Branch----------------------------------------------------- Regimental -
COMMEMORATION in the 21St CENTURY Report of the Standing
COMMEMORATION IN THE 21st CENTURY Report of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Greg Kerr, M.P. Chair DECEMBER 2011 41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees, in whole or in part and in any medium, is hereby permitted provided that the reproduction is accurate and is not presented as official. This permission does not extend to reproduction, distribution or use for commercial purpose of financial gain. Reproduction or use outside this permission or without authorization may be treated as copyright infringement in accordance with the Copyright Act. Authorization may be obtained on written application to the Office of the Speaker of the House of Commons. Reproduction in accordance with this permission does not constitute publication under the authority of the House of Commons. The absolute privilege that applies to the proceedings of the House of Commons does not extend to these permitted reproductions. Where a reproduction includes briefs to a Standing Committee of the House of Commons, authorization for reproduction may be required from the authors in accordance with the Copyright Act. Nothing in this permission abrogates or derogates from the privileges, powers, immunities and rights of the House of Commons and its Committees. For greater certainty, this permission does not affect the prohibition against impeaching or questioning the proceedings of the House of Commons in courts or otherwise. The House of Commons retains the right and privilege to find users in contempt of Parliament if a reproduction or use is not in accordance with this permission. -
Chronicles of Courage –
Chronicles of Courage Canada’s Victoria Cross Winners Compiled by Michael Braham Capt (N) (Ret’d) Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Origin of the Victoria Cross .......................................................................................................................... 6 Victoria Cross Facts ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Unusual Victoria Crosses ............................................................................................................................. 13 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Lieutenant Wallace Lloyd Algie, VC ......................................................................................................... 16 Major William George Barker, VC, MC**, DSO* ................................................................................ 18 Corporal Colin Fraser Barron, VC ............................................................................................................. 24 Lieutenant Edward Donald Bellew, VC .................................................................................................. -
The Unknown Soldier in the 21St Century: War Commemoration in Contemporary Canadian Cultural Production
Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 7-17-2017 12:00 AM The Unknown Soldier in the 21st Century: War Commemoration in Contemporary Canadian Cultural Production Andrew Edward Lubowitz The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Manina Jones The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in English A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Doctor of Philosophy © Andrew Edward Lubowitz 2017 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Literature in English, North America Commons Recommended Citation Lubowitz, Andrew Edward, "The Unknown Soldier in the 21st Century: War Commemoration in Contemporary Canadian Cultural Production" (2017). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 4875. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/4875 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Abstract Over the past two decades, expressions of Canadian national identity in cultural production have become increasingly militarized. This is particularly noticeable since the late 1990s in the commemorative works that have been created, renovated, or re-inscribed in Canada or in important Canadian international sites such as the Vimy Memorial in France. An integral component to this militarization is the paradoxical figure of the Unknown Soldier, both a man and a symbol, known and unknown, individualized and universal. Despite its origins in Europe after the First World War, the Unknown Soldier Memorial tradition has been reinvigorated in a Canadian context in the twenty-first century resulting in an elevation of white masculine heroism while curtailing criticism of military praxis. -
THE BATTLEGROUND of REMEMBRANCE Struggles at the Intersection of Canadian War History and Public Memory
FALL 2015 THE BATTLEGROUND OF REMEMBRANCE Struggles at the Intersection of Canadian War History and Public Memory RANDY BOSWELL JACK JEDWAB SERGE BERNIER JEREMY DIAMOND JOHN ENGLISH TERRY COPP JONATHAN F. VANCE LAURA BRANDON JAMIE SWIFT TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 INTRODUCTION THE BATTLEGROUND OF REMEMBRANCE: STRUGGLES AT THE INTERSECTION OF CANADIAN WAR HISTORY AND PUBLIC MEMORY Randy Boswell 7 VIMY RIDGE MONUMENT: PART OF CANADIAN IDENTITY AND CULTURE Jeremy Diamond 10 MEANING CONVEYED THROUGH “EMOTIONAL POWER”, NOT SCALE Jonathan F. Vance 13 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WAR IS A MUST — BUT WHAT WE MUST KNOW IS LESS CERTAIN Jack Jedwab 20 HOW OUR IMPULSE TO RECALL WAR HAS EBBED AND FLOWED OVER TIME John English 24 THE WAR MEMORIALS — EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT — OF A. Y. JACKSON Laura Brandon 28 COMMEMORATIONS AND MILITARY HISTORY IN CANADA Serge Bernier 32 CANADA’S OWN D-DAY: A CASE STUDY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY Terry Copp 36 HOW THE YEARNING FOR PEACE AFTER A TRENCH WAR’S HORROR GAVE WAY TO VAPID “VIMYISM” Jamie Swift CANADIAN THEME IS PUBLISHED BY ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS Canadian Issues / Thèmes canadiens is a quarterly publication of the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS). AYMAN AL-ASSINI It is distributed free of charge to individual and institutional Montreal, Quebec, Chairperson of the Board of Directors members of the ACS. Canadian Issues is a bilingual publica- MADINE VANDERPLAAT tion. All material prepared by the ACS is published in both Professor, Sociology Department, Saint Mary’s University, French and English. All other articles are published in the Halifax, Nova Scotia language in which they are written.