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INDEX
Aboriginal peoples
Canada’s impact on, 46, 48–49, 57, 59, 160, 164
in Canadian national myth, 13, 23, 148, 162
GMG encounters with, 38–41, 43, 47–50, 53, 56, 57, 159
residential schools, 50
and Riel, 44, 59, 163
treaty relationship with, 17
See also Metis
abortion, 151
Allen, Sheila (wife of GPG), 137, 150–51
Andrew, Geoffrey, 119
Berlin, Isaiah, 4, 149
Bermondsey, 125–32, 134, 136, 144
Bickersteth, Burgon, 128, 137
Boer War, 21, 65–70, 77–78
Borden, Robert, 84, 92
Bourassa, Henri, 69
Britain and British Empire, 26–27, 102, 150
after World War II, 140
and the Boer War, 67–70, 77–78
Canada as dependent upon, 21, 147–48
and World War I, 88
British Columbia, 19, 36, 53–54, 57, 76, 164
British Commonwealth, 101, 133
British Military Intelligence (MI5), 135
Buchenwald, 135
buffalo, 46, 59, 160
Callaghan, Morley, 132
Canada Pension Plan (CPP), 148
Canadian Association of Adult Education, 132
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 25, 132
Canadian constitution, 148
Canadian flag, 149
Canadian identity
and belief in Britain, 80, 93, 133, 138
as a conservative nation, 133
and globalization, 172, 174
independence, 68, 101–2
myths of origin, 11, 13, 23, 112, 148, 162
railway in, 62, 167–68
reinventing, 148–49, 170, 173, 176
as a small-town nation, 165–66
and U.S., 11–13, 84, 142
effect of WWI, 93, 102, 111, 112
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), 45, 57, 62, 161
Canadian Shield, 37, 42, 159
Catholicism (Roman), 34, 140, 160, 165
Manitoba education, 44, 60–61
Champlain, Samuel de, 75
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 148–49
Chinese Canadians, 53–54
Christian missionaries, 44, 48–49
citizenship
and bilingualism, 61
and cosmopolitanism, 6–7
dual, 13–14
east–west linkages of, 166–67
as service and sacrifice, 88
of successful societies, 175
and trust, 5
Cold War, 134, 149
Colonial Institute (London), 63
Confederation of Canada, 35–36
conscription (WWI), 92
Conservatives, 84, 142–43
Continental Divide, 52, 164
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), 120
Craigellachie, 56, 59, 111, 165
Cree peoples, 43, 46, 47, 48–49, 57, 59, 160, 162, 163
Curtis, Lionel, 77–78
Dalhousie University (Halifax), 137, 140
Davies, Robertson, 107
Dawson Road, 38, 41, 158
Depression, the, 110
Diefenbaker, John, 141, 142
Dumont, Gabriel, 162–63
Edmonton, 50–51, 163
education
as bilingual, 61
break from British traditions, 103
Manitoba schools crisis (1890), 60–61
Ontario examination system, 105
of working class, 77
English in Canadian national myth, 13, 23
Expo 67, 148
Fraser Valley, 51, 52, 164, 165
free trade, 21, 149, 167
trade reciprocity (1911), 84
French Canadians
in Manitoba school system, 60–61
in national myth, 13, 148
of the Prairie, 44–45, 59, 60, 162, 163
Riel’s demands, 44
See also Québécois
Frontier College, 77, 105
globalization, 64, 149, 172, 174
Globe (Toronto), 60
Goring-on-Thames, 78, 80–81, 85–87, 90, 93, 99
Grant, Alison. See Ignatieff, Jessie Alison Grant (mother)
Grant, Charity, 86, 99, 119
Grant, George Monro (great-grandfather), 20, 23, 29–30, 35–36
and the Boer War, 65–70
death of, 70, 73
early life of, 33–38
on empire, 26, 62–63, 67–70
on federal government, 61
retracing journey of, 157–65
a nationalist imperialist, 21
a Presbyterian minister, 34–37
as progressive and modern thinker, 138, 144
second trip to the west, 57–58
tour of British Empire, 62–67
trip to South Africa, 65–66
See also Ocean to Ocean (GMG); transcontinental crossing
Grant, George Parkin (uncle), 22–23, 25
on abortion, 151
on American imperialism, 133, 134, 137, 139, 143, 146, 150
birth of, 107–8
Canada as lost in the past, 26
on Canadian identity, 138
a Christian conservative philosopher, 22, 137–46
death of, 153
death of mother, 141
decision to enlist, 130–31
on empire, 130
fatalism of, 145–47
on liberalism and the Liberals, 120–21, 139–40, 141–44
marriage of, 137
on nuclear weapons, 133–34
pacifism and World War II, 121–22, 125–34, 133–34, 137, 138
relationship with Alison, 122–23, 136, 152
relationship with father, 110–11, 119, 120–21
relationship with Ignatieffs, 25, 151–53
relationship with mother, 119–20, 136, 153
religious faith of, 132, 136–37, 144–45
on Soviet Union, 133,
134
unfit for service, 131
The Empire, Yes or No, 133
“Have We a Canadian Nation?”, 132–33
See also Lament for a Nation (GPG)
Grant, James and Mary Monro, 33
Grant, Jessie Lawson (great-grandmother), 35, 67, 69, 73
birth of son, 55
Grant, Margaret (aunt), 24, 86, 99, 119
Grant, Maude Parkin (grandmother), 74, 81–84, 84–85, 121, 132
after William’s death, 119
birth of Jessie Alison, 91
death of, 141
Ignatieff’s memories of, 152–53
marriage, 85, 86
during World War I, 90
Grant, William Lawson (grandfather), 20–21, 82, 83, 99
academic achievements of, 76–77
on belief in God, 85
birth of, 55
birth of Jessie Alison, 91
death of, 110
on empire, 27, 77–79, 80, 88, 93
father’s death, 73–75
in France, 75
on gender equality, 91
marriage, 82–83, 85
on patriotism, 109
principal at UCC, 102–7, 106–7, 110
war, 88, 92, 94–99, 99–101
war, army life, 90–92
war, haunted by, 104–5, 110–11
war, reflections on, 108–9, 112–13, 121
wounded, 98–99
History of Canada, 75–76, 105–6
Our Just Cause, 89
Principal Grant, 74
Greey, Elizabeth, 128
Greey, Mary, 128
Hart House (University of Toronto), 128, 137
Heinemann Publishers, 89, 99
Howe, C.D., 141
Howe, Joseph, 35, 86
Hudson’s Bay Company, 38, 41, 45, 46, 157
hydroelectric power, 169
Ignatieff, George, 123, 134, 143
Ignatieff, Jessie Alison Grant (mother), 24, 99, 119
Alzheimer’s disease, 141, 152
birth of, 91, 93
effect of the war, 140
marriage, 20, 143
relationship with brother, 122–23, 136, 152
during the war, 128, 129, 132, 135
Ignatieff, Michael
motivation for political life, 28–29
relationship with GPG, 25, 150–53
Russian political refugees, 18–20
at Vimy monument, 113–15
The Russian Album, 19
Ignatieff, Nicholas, 106, 123, 137
imagination
Canada as invented, 11, 13, 14, 26, 177
love of country as act of, 1–5
and unity, 15–18
immigrants, 33, 55, 61, 161
in Canadian identity, 6–7, 149, 166
as citizens, 13–14
and role of government, 174–75
at UCC, 106–7
Imperial Federation League, 79–80
Imperial War Conference (1917), 101
Intercolonial Railway, 35–36
Iroquois guides, 38–41, 56
Jasper and railway spike, 51–52, 163–64
Kamloops, 53, 164
Kicking Horse River valley, 57–58
King, Mackenzie, 120
Lament for a Nation (GPG), 22–23, 25, 27–28, 134, 142–50, 165
as a break from family values, 144–45
reception of, 143–44
wrongness of, 147–50
language
bilingualism, 40, 44, 61, 148
Canada and United States, 12
and citizenship, 3
in defining a country, 11
diversity of, 15, 16
French methods of teaching, 103
in identity, 12
Iroquois, 39
Laurier, Wilfrid, 20, 59, 69, 84, 92, 170
League of Nations, 22, 109
Letendre, Xavier (Batoche), 163
Liberal Party
and Canadian identity, 148–49
on conscription (World War I), 92
defeat Diefenbaker, 141
on trade reciprocity (1911), 84
Macdonald, John A., 20, 36, 59, 73, 163, 166, 168
Macdonnell, Jim, 96, 122, 128
MacMillan, Ernest, 106
Manitoba, 43, 44, 159, 160, 162
schools crisis (1890), 60–61
See also Winnipeg
Massey, Lionel, 130
Massey, Vincent, 75, 100, 102, 120, 122, 123, 137, 140
marriage, 94
Mazzoleni, Ettore, 106
McMaster University, 140
medicare, 13, 147, 148
Metis, 44, 59, 148, 162, 163, 176
on transcontinental expedition, 38–41, 46–47, 50, 51, 56, 57, 111
See also Aboriginal peoples
Milner, Lord Alfred, 77–78, 79
Moberly, Walter, 51–52
Moore, Kay, 132, 135
multiculturalism, 6–7, 166
national anthem, 3, 149
French and English versions of, 16–17
parodies of patriotism and, 8–9
sense of citizenship, 4
at Vimy monument, 115
national energy strategy, 168
national heritage sites, 157–58, 159, 160
New Brunswick, 76
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 134
Northwest Passage, 170
Nova Scotia, 33, 35–36
nuclear weapons, 133, 141
Ocean to Ocean (GMG), 21, 25, 36–37, 111
national vision of, 170, 171
publication of, 55–56
Riel’s absence from, 44
oil, 168
Ojibwa peoples, 39–41, 43, 47, 159
Orangemen, 44, 59, 93
Ottawa, 28, 86, 143
Otter Lake, 24, 108
Oxford, 22, 76, 77, 78, 121, 136
Oxford and Bermondsey Club, 125, 126
Oxford English Dictionary, 63–64
Parkin, Alice (Massey) (Aunt Lal), 80, 94, 122, 127–28, 129
Parkin, George R. (great-grandfather), 74, 87, 99, 121
death of, 108
on imperialism, 78–80
visit to South Africa, 24, 80, 152
Parkin, Marjorie (Macdonnell), 80, 96
Parkin, Raleigh, 80, 90, 94
Parkin and Grant family heritage, 138
patriotism
contested emotion, 5
of family tradition, 14, 18, 122, 139, 142
nationalism as false, 109
parodies of, 8–9
of successful societies, 176
truth in morality of, 10
of war, 88
peace, order and good government, 55, 174
Pearson, Lester “Mike,” 123, 128, 129, 134, 140, 141, 142, 143
Pickersgill, Frank, 135–36
prairie churches, 160–61
prairie grass museum, 159
Presbyterianism, 20, 34, 45, 48, 56, 66, 139
Prince Arthur Avenue, 24, 132, 152
Protestantism, 44, 59–60, 60–61, 64, 110, 140, 165
provincial parks, 158
provincial relations, 167
Quebec
and Boer War, 69–70
hydroelectric power of, 169
identity, 148
on the railway, 60
Riel, 59
on trade reciprocity (1911), 84
vision of Canada, 112
Québécois, 15–16, 92–93
See also French Canadians
Queen’s University (Kingston), 20, 23, 56–57, 73, 82, 85–86, 119
Quiet Revolution, 148, 169
railway, transcontinental, 111, 138, 170
building of, 20, 56–58
east–west linkages of, 62, 167–68
effect of, 59–60, 161–62
last spike, 56, 58–59, 165
See also transcontinental crossing
Red River carts, 41, 45,
159
Rhodes, Cecil and scholarship, 67, 74, 76, 78–79, 80
George Ignatieff, 123, 143
Riel, Louis, 43–44, 59, 163
right to bear arms, 12, 147
Ritchie, Charles, 123, 140
Roe v. Wade, 151
Rogers Pass and A.B. Rogers, 57–58
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 120–21, 124
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 151
Royal Colonial Institute, 86, 88–89
Royal Society of Canada, 151
St. Andrew’s College (near Toronto), 74, 75, 92
St. Boniface, 43–44, 61
St. Laurent, Louis, 141
Saskatchewan, 48, 159–62, 162–63
Sioux peoples, 40, 47–48
smallpox, 48, 53
Smith, Donald Alexander (Lord Strathcona), 45, 58–59, 68–69, 166
South Africa, 65–70, 78, 79
Statute of Westminster (1931), 102
Taché, Alexandre-Antonin (Archbishop of St. Boniface), 44–45
technology, 26, 64, 175
nuclear weapons, 133
resistance to, 27, 138, 142, 144, 146
Thunder Bay (Port Arthur), 38
Trans-Canada Highway, 42, 159, 167
transcontinental crossing, 20, 37–55
effect on Aboriginals, 40–41, 46, 48–50, 53
expedition members, 38–39
Fleming’s idea, 36
Ignatieff retraces, 157–65
route of, 37–38, 50, 54–55
See also Ocean to Ocean (GMG)
Turner, R.E.W., 102
United Nations, 134
United States
Canada compared to, 11–13, 55
Canada’s influence on, 124
Canada’s relationship with, 21, 147–48, 168–70, 172
Grant-Parkin opinions of, 144–45
imperialism of, 133
influence on Canada, 141
trade with Canada, 21, 84, 149, 167
as victor of WWII, 140
University of Toronto, 146
Upper Canada College (Toronto), 23–24, 119
George Parkin, 74, 108
Vancouver, 54
Victoria, 55
Weil, Simone, 139
Weizmann, Chaim, 81
West Edmonton Mall, 163
Willison, John, 108
Winnipeg, 159, 162
Fort Garry, 42, 43, 44, 47
Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), 77, 105
World War I, 22, 27, 87–88, 90–99, 94–99
and British Empire, 90, 101–2
conscription, 92
Somme, 22, 94, 122, 171
Vimy, 101, 103–4, 106, 115, 171
Vimy monument, 112–15
World War II, 22
bombing of London, 125–27, 128–29, 134