Miscelleanous items

"Naming British Columbia." An essay published in February 2023 that explains the origins of the name "British Columbia" and celebrates an anniversary of The British Columbia Review.
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A blog post about the Terms of Union, when the colony of British Columbia became a province of Canada in 1871. This item was written 2021 for historic Point Ellice House, to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation in British Columbia.
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A post about the history of credit unions in British Columbia. It was published in May 2016 in a scholarly journal, BC Studies, and was part of a series entitled "Recurrent Voices."
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Another blog post - this time about Vancouver Island Separatism. It appeared in BC Studies in July 2016.
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An op-ed piece in the Victoria Times Colonist on the Fairbrige Farm School for British child emigrants on Vancouver Island.
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"A Nightmare Blob? Public art & Outrage in the 1950s." This Victoria Times Colonist article was inspired by a furore over a public art installation in Victoria in 2005.
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"Red lights in Victoria's history." A retrospective on the sex trade in Victoria, written for the Victoria Times Colonist and prompted by attempts to regulate disreputable activities in a so-called "red zone" in downtown Victoria in 2003.
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