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2 - The Rise of British Toronto
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In this episode, we discuss how the initial establishment of Toronto (at the time, York) was part of a British imperial project. We also look into how decision-makers inscribed Britishness on Toronto's landscape through naming practices. We also address how this dynamic continued (but in some ways changed) over time, and how it compares to elsewhere in Canada.
Some additional resources related to today’s topics:
- Eric Arthur, Toronto, No Mean City, 3rd ed., rev. by Stephen A. Otto, repr. with new essays by Christopher Hume, Catherine Nasmith, Susan Crean, and Mark Kingwell (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003)
- E. A. Cruikshank, The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe, with Allied Documents Relating to His Administration of the Government of Upper Canada, 5 vols. (Toronto: Ontario Historical Society, 1923–31); digital copies are available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001445013
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