The British Army established Kingston in 1783 in the wake of defeat in the Revolutionary War. Before and since, this has been Indigenous space, named by the Hurons Ka'tarohkwi. Engaging literary, geographical, and historical perspectives, this course grapples with concepts of treaty, territory, memory, and place to unsettle colonial presumptions.
The British Army established Kingston in 1783 in the wake of defeat in the Revolutionary War. Before and since, this has been Indigenous space, named by the Hurons Ka'tarohkwi. Engaging literary, geographical, and historical perspectives, this course grapples with concepts of treaty, territory, memory, and place to unsettle colonial presumptions.