Dominion of Race: Rethinking Canada's International History

How has race shaped Canada’s international encounters and its role in the world? In Dominion of Race, leading scholars demonstrate the necessity of placing race at the centre of the narratives of Canadian international history. Destabilizing conventional understandings of Canada in the world, they expose how race-thinking has informed priorities and policies, positioned Canada in the international community, and contributed to a global order rooted in racial beliefs. By demonstrating that race is a fundamental component of Canada and its international history, this book calls for reengagement with the histories of those marginalized in, or excluded from, the historical record.

Laura Madokoro is assistant professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University. Francine McKenzie is professor of history at the University of Western Ontario. David Meren is associate professor in the Département d'histoire at the Université de Montréal. Contributors: Dan Gorman, Paula Hastings, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Laura Madokoro, Francine McKenzie, David Meren, Sean Mills, John Price, Kevin A. Spooner, Ryan Touhey, David Webster, and Henry Yu