Defining Identities in Canada: Regional, Imperial, National.

CANADIAN national character; IDENTITY (Psychology); NATIONALISM; CANADIAN history; BRITISH history; BRITISH national character; HISTORY education

Growing up in Toronto, Phillip Buckner was a British-Canadian cultural hybrid but with a strong sense of Canadian nationalism that led to his interest in Canadian history. In high school and at the University of Toronto he absorbed a vision of Canadian history that was Ontario-centric and emphasized Canada's British roots but his experience as a graduate student in Britain and as a lecturer at the University of New Brunswick challenged his youthful assumptions. As the founding editor of Acadiensis he sought to promote a more inclusive vision of Canadian history and when he returned to the study of Canada's connection with the British Empire he sought to promote a more balanced understanding of Canada's place within a wider British World. What he did retain was the view that Canadian history matters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]