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Journalism professor Randy Boswell has edited another collection of essays for Canadian Issues\/Th\u00e8mes Canadiens<\/em>, the history-themed flagship publication of the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies.<\/p>\n

The latest issue of CI\/TC<\/em>, titled \u201cThe Uneasy State of Canada-U.S. Relations,\u201d features essays on the hot topic from a host of distinguished contributors, including University of Waterloo historian John English, McGill University political scientist Debra Thompson and Canada-U.S. relations specialist Colin Robertson, a former high-ranking Canadian diplomat.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the collection is a satirical essay by Carleton adjunct journalism professor Andrew Cohen, author of several books about Canadian and American political history. The former Washington correspondent for the Globe and Mail<\/em> advances a modest proposal in the article titled \u201cAn Appeal to Donald Trump: Join Canada!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The other contributors are University of Toronto international affairs expert Janice Stein, who shared her thoughts on the crisis in Canada-U.S. relations in an interview with Boswell; Edward Greenspon, co-chair of Deloitte\u2019s Future of Canada Centre, former president of the Public Policy Forum and former editor-in-chief of the Globe and Mail<\/em>; Association for Canadian Studies and Metropolis Institute president Jack Jedwab; and former U.S. diplomat David Rovinsky, secretary of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States.<\/p>\n

In his introductory essay, \u201cTrying to Make Sense of a Disorienting Moment in the History of Canada-U.S. Relations,\u201d Boswell reflected on the stark contrast between the current state of tension along the border and the memorable \u201cshoulder to shoulder\u201d posture struck by the two countries in the wake of the 9\/11 terror attacks of 2001.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, here in early 2025, a dark cloud of animosity hangs over the 49th parallel. Hockey metaphors abound \u2013 \u201cwe won\u2019t back down from a fight\u201d \u2013 American-made produce is shunned at grocery stores and snowbirds in record numbers didn\u2019t flock to Florida, while others flew home early,\u201d Boswell writes. \u201cThere is widespread agreement, despite the bump in national pride, that this is not good. And there is widespread dismay that the U.S president could so quickly transform Canada\u2019s longstanding friendship with the U.S. (despite occasional differences) into a state of suspicion and even fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Randy Boswell<\/p><\/div>\n

Boswell, who developed a unique \u201chistory-news\u201d beat as a senior national reporter with Postmedia News before joining Carleton\u2019s journalism faculty full-time in 2012, has edited more than a dozen other Canadian Issues<\/em> essay collections since then. The publications have included deep dives by high-profile contributors on topics such as Canada\u2019s immigration history, the challenge of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and competing approaches to the remembrance of war.<\/p>\n

The latest edition of Canadian Issues<\/em> was formally launched July 3 with an online panel discussion moderated by Boswell and featuring contributors Stein, Greenspon and Jedwab, as well as Carlo Dade, director of International Policy in the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Journalism professor Randy Boswell has edited another collection of essays for Canadian Issues\/Th\u00e8mes Canadiens, the history-themed flagship publication of the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies. 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