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This conference explores the role of history in Canadians' lives and its variations based on socio-demographic characteristics. It also examines the importance of various pasts and engagement in past-related activities. Additionally, it presents insights on Canadians' connection between individual and collective remembering.
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LE PASSÉ ET NOUS De la conscience historique au XXIe siècle THE PAST AROUND US Historical Consciousness in the XXIst Century Quebec City September 29 – October 1, 2011
THE PAST AS PART OF THE EVERYDAY PRESENT: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CANADIANS AND THEIR PASTS SURVEY David Northrup Institute for Social Research, York University Toronto, Ontario September 30, 2011
Four Questions 1 What role does history play in Canadians’ lives? 2 Does the role history plays vary by socio-demographic characteristics such as income, education, gender and age? 3 How much does where you live, be it a big city or a rural area, Quebec or the West, matter in how you engage the past in your everyday life? 4 To what extent do our findings support or differ from the results of similar work in the United States and Australia?
Interest in Various Pasts/Histories Figures, this and remaining slides are for national sample (3,119 observations), weighted data * The ‘not interested’ percent includes ‘not very interested,’ ‘not at all interested’ and those who did not answer the question
Importance of Various Pasts * The ‘not important’ percent includes ‘not very important,’ ‘not at all important’ and those who did not answer the question
“A Moment of Heritage” Well, you’re right there, that is where it happened. There’s an aura about that . . . I think a good example is in St. John’s, Newfoundland. They say at this point, the first explorers landed here, and it didn’t mean 100 yards down, it meant right there, right there, that is where the trail was. And I thought, “that’s something!” … That stuff just puts hackles up my back. . . . I’m not sure if everybody feels that, but I did.
Engagement & Education: I * significant in regression model
Engagement & Education: II * significant in regression model
Past of Province & Canada Rated ‘Very Important’ for Stayers
Past of Province & Canada Rated ‘Very Important’ for Leavers
WHAT CANADIANS SAY ABOUT THEIR RELATION WITH THE PAST Gerald Friesen University of Manitoba, Winnipeg September 30, 2011
Connections between individual and collective remembering: I
Connections between individual and collective remembering: II
Connections between individual and collective remembering: III
To see the slides: canadiansandtheirpasts.ca/ www.isr.yorku.ca/projects/pasts/index.html For questions: northrup@yorku.ca frieseng@cc.umanitoba.ca