Category Archives: Documentaries

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee

Posted on 2022/02/08 by J.W.J. Bowden

  The sixth of February 2022 marked the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty’s accession to the throne and thus the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen of Canada. Elizabeth II has become the first Sovereign to attain this milestone, and we … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on National Parks in Canada and the United States

Posted on 2017/03/13 by J.W.J. Bowden

I just overdosed on pseudo-profound American exceptionalism and Tocqueville-inspired democracy babble in this preview for Ken Burns’s PBS documentary on America’s national parks. I thoroughly enjoyed Burns’s documentaries on the US Civil War, Prohibition, and the Roosevelts, but based on … Continue reading →

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