There are several tales from Canada that I am not qualified to tell.
And rather than tell them myself, I'm asking you to go and listen to some other people.
There's no adverts on this video, there's no comments, because
I would like to give some time to other people to speak.
So you could start by looking into the residential schools,
a whole generation ripped from their families,
and a part of Canada's history that very few outside the country know about.
That is still in living memory,
I have met folks in this country while I've been travelling around
who've just casually mentioned in conversation that they were taken to one of the schools.
Or you could look more into the history of Giant Mine, and how the prospectors just saw empty land
and ignored the people who already lived there.
I really wanted to talk to the local First Nations folks in Yellowknife about that,
but the timing didn't work out.
One of the disadvantages of travelling fast is that sometimes I have to miss things.
There are a couple of technical stories here in Vancouver
that haven't worked out for that reason, too.
Despite what some terrible high school teachers might think,
history is not a dry collection of facts.
Historians have to interpret, they have to analyse,
and they inevitably bring their own biases and perspectives into it.
And I am not a historian.
So take a moment, look at the links on screen,
or if you prefer to research by reading, pull down the description.
It is time for me to let some other people have a say.