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A response from a collective of feminist scholars: http://www.themarknews.com/articles/7198-an-open-letter-to-margaret-wente Much credit needs to go to Minelle Mahtani for coordinating/leading the response effort. David Roberts, PhD (ABD) Department of Geography University of Toronto [log in to unmask] Affiliated Research Associate Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity University of KwaZulu-Natal Joćo Havelange Scholar Quoting Andrew Baldwin <[log in to unmask]>: > Coverage of the issue in The Mark News > > http://www.themarknews.com/articles/7190-race-canoes-and-astonishing-ignorance > > From: Andrew Baldwin > Sent: 23 October 2011 00:07 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Globe and Mail columnist attacks Canadian academic geography > > Here's the article. This kind of polemical garbage is Wente's bread > and butter, but this represents a new low... > > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/they-hijacked-the-humanities-then-my-canoe/article2209828/ > > you can download the chapter in question from the UBC website here: > http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173304 > > the original Wente column we cite is here: > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-i-became-a-real-canadian/article1199231/ > > Incidentally, Pierre Berton never said 'A Canadian is someone who > knows how to have sex in a canoe.' It's 'common knowledge' that this > quote belongs to Berton but he's on record as saying that he never > actually did. > > > Andrew Baldwin > Lecturer in Human Geography > Department of Geography > Durham University > Sciences Site > South Road > Durham DH1 3LE > United Kingdom > Tel.: +44 (0) 191 334 1985 > Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.