Why read Aqueduct?

Book cover of Aqueduct: Colonialism, Resources, and the Histories We Remember

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1919 is often recalled as the year of the Winnipeg General Strike, but it was also the year that water from Shoal Lake first flowed in Winnipeg taps. For the Anishinaabe community of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, construction of the aqueduct led to a chain of difficult circumstances that…

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1 author picked Aqueduct as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Valentina Capurri

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I really love this study because it provides a crystal-clear example of how colonialism and dispossession have worked in Canada from the legal, cultural, political, and social angles. It also delves into the topic of the histories we, as a country, choose to remember and those we choose to forget, as well as the issue of who is forgotten in the process.

From Valentina's list on belonging and exclusion in Canada.