http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/reconquering-canada-a-new-project-for-the-quebec-nation/ Where the world comes together Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:19:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/reconquering-canada-a-new-project-for-the-quebec-nation/#comment-926 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:53:13 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/11/reconquering-canada-a-new-project-for-the-quebec-nation/#comment-926 A complementary book is Jocelyn Létourneau's recent: <em><a href="http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=1710" rel="nofollow">A History for the Future, Rewriting Memory and Identity in Quebec A personal debate on the future of history and memory in Quebec</a></em>. In A History for the Future, Jocelyn Létourneau, a leader of the new wave of Quebec intellectuals, examines the hotly debated topics of history and memory in Quebec and Canada. Rather than focus on the past itself, he considers the challenge of turning the past into a narrative that contributes to building a better society, thereby establishing a liberating legacy for that society's heirs. His December 6 thoughtful <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/passages/index.html" rel="nofollow">interview </a>on CBC Radio's <em>Ideas</em> is a 'must listen'. A complementary book is Jocelyn Létourneau’s recent: A History for the Future, Rewriting Memory and Identity in Quebec A personal debate on the future of history and memory in Quebec.
In A History for the Future, Jocelyn Létourneau, a leader of the new wave of Quebec intellectuals, examines the hotly debated topics of history and memory in Quebec and Canada. Rather than focus on the past itself, he considers the challenge of turning the past into a narrative that contributes to building a better society, thereby establishing a liberating legacy for that society’s heirs.
His December 6 thoughtful interview on CBC Radio’s Ideas is a ‘must listen’.

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