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Troops of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade head to shore in Bernières-sur-Mer, Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. Gilbert Alexander Milne, Department of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada, PA-122765

June 5, 2022

D-Day: The politics involved in how war should be memorialized and remembered

Geoffrey Bird, Royal Roads University

Remembrance for post-veteran generations involves learning about history, trying to comprehend the what, how and why and its relevance today.

A woman takes a selfie with three others while attending the Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey, B.C., on April 22, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

December 3, 2019

Punjabi ideas of honour can lead to girl-shaming and prenatal sex selection

Sumeet Sekhon, University of British Columbia and Navjotpal Kaur, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Studies suggest a significant proportion of Indian-origin families in Canada are practising female feticide. It is crucial to understand how gender inequality may lead to sex selection.

A display of acrobatics by German internees at the prisoner of war camp at Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire in October 1914. Imperial War Museum/Wikimedia

November 8, 2018

A glimmer of light amidst the darkness: honour in the First World War

Jasper Heinzen, Institut d'études avancées de Paris (IEA) – RFIEA

During First World War, the rhetoric of chivalry counteracted the inhumanity of the conflict in sometimes surprising ways.

An Afghanistan national police officer helps a U.S. Army lieutenant, June 14, 2007. Can honour be restored in today’s international conflicts? Michael Bracken/US Army/Flickr

January 25, 2018

A question of honour: how the 19th century can teach us to civilise today’s international conflicts

Jasper Heinzen, Institut d'études avancées de Paris (IEA) – RFIEA

Nothing displays the ethical superiority of one’s values better than to treat a foe with the respect due another human being.

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