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Did you learn about the state’s sterilization of women for not passing an IQ test in your high school Canadian history classes?

Have you seen the pride with which some French Canadian men dodged military service by running off into the woods reflected on in a Canadian Heritage Moment?

No, of course not. These are not the kinds of moments that the state includes in its selection of facts when they produce Canadian History. But, as I’m sure many of you recognize, this territory has many other moments to be remembered, recounted and represented.

This wiki is a space for such moments -- for other stories and selections of facts. The original concept of this wiki is to represent times of dissent and oppression; however, you are welcome and encouraged to add representations of the past important to you.

This wiki is also an experiment in representing the past through an open collaborative authoring system. While we recognize that there are many strengths to this system, please also be aware of our Disclaimer.

People add more richness to life so please get involved if you are interested. Read more About Us or look at the FAQ section. Get started by learning How to Post a moment, read the Call-Out to see other ways you can get involved or Contact us with other questions.

There are other stories to be told... tell them,

The Alternative Heritage Moments Project
heriatgemoment@gmail.com
heritagemoments.ca

"The long memory is the most radical idea around." - Utah Phillips

The Next Zine

We are currently looking for volunteer contributors and members of the editing collective for our second publication.

Some Guide lines -Moments to focus on dissent and oppression in 'Canadian Society' -All work to be public domain (Creative Commons) -500 words or less -Sources revealed. Use work from last semester's papers or your grandparent's stories; write about what's important to you.

Deadline for Submissions Submit Spring 2007 to heritagemoments@gmail.com.

Editing Collective Rather than have control in the hands of a single editor, we are forming a group to edit based on a consensus decision making. Contact heritagemoments@gmail.com if you are interested.

Techincal info

This wiki uses PmWiki's open-source software.

The basic editing page describes how to create pages in PmWiki and you can practice editing in the wiki sandbox. See PMwiki for more info.

“Historians are dangerous people. They are capable of upsetting everything.” -Nikita Khrushchev

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