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Dr. Anne Tr\u00e9panier<\/a> (School of Canadian Studies; Department of French) sits down for a video interview about her award-winning book De l\u2019hydre au castor, which explores how Canada\u2019s Confederation was imagined in 19th-century newspapers and satirical illustrations. Drawing from archival materials across British North America, her work reveals the hopes, fears, and contradictions shaping early visions of Canada.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Anne Tr\u00e9panier (School of Canadian Studies; Department of French) sits down for a video interview about her award-winning book De l\u2019hydre au castor, which explores how Canada\u2019s Confederation was imagined in 19th-century newspapers and satirical illustrations. 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