September 17, 2019

What do activist gender scholars get wrong when they talk about the social construction of sex and gender? I offer a critique of my own first book to explain...

July 04, 2019

Universities are becoming ideological monocultures. That's not a good thing for anyone. In this National Post oped I show the problem and spell out some solutions.

October 01, 2018

A longform essay in the Literary Review of Canada on why the concept of identity has overtaken both the Left and the Right.

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June 30, 2017

​Here's my oped version - and one historian's answer - to the question: what does Canada have to celebrate after 150 years? 

April 21, 2017

​In this year of Canada 150, it’s not uncommon on university campuses to hear a lot of scepticism about “celebrations” of confederation. I suggest historians should be a little more open-minded...

October 28, 2015

Why did a group of activists force Wilfrid Laurier University to stop erecting statues of Canadian prime ministers on campus?

September 01, 2015

My review of the new biography of esteemed but controversial Canadian historian Donald Creighton.

January 15, 2014

What is at stake in commemorating the First World War? My oped on the issue in the Ottawa Citizen

January 08, 2020

University enrolment is sliding and yet popular engagement with history is better than ever. I discuss this quandary with Steve Paikin and two other historians on The Agenda.

July 01, 2019

Right at the end of this episode of Ontario Morning you'll find me telling some fun stories from Canadian history.

June 18, 2018

A longform interview on Radio Canada International about the John A Macdonald controversy.

May 03, 2018

The Globe & Mail  susses out the five books shortlisted for the best book on Canadian politics

May 30, 2018

My thoughts in this CP story on removing John A Macdonald's name from the CHA book prize

September 08, 2017

Transcript of my appearance on The Agenda with Steve Paikin about whether to remove John A Macdonald's name from schools

January 09, 2014

On TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin we discuss whether people are becoming more ignorant of history.