Dominion of Race: Rethinking Canada’s International History

by Laura Madokoro (Editor)

How has race shaped Canada’s international encounters and its role in the world? In Dominion of Race, leading scholars demonstrate the necessity of placing race at the centre of the narratives of Canadian international history. Destabilizing conventional understandings of Canada in the world, they expose how race-thinking has informed priorities and policies, positioned Canada in the international community, and contributed to a global order rooted in racial beliefs. By demonstrating that race is a fundamental component of Canada and its international history, this book calls for reengagement with the histories of those marginalized in, or excluded from, the historical record.

332 pages, Hardcover

Published May 15, 2017

About the author

A specialist in the history of migration, humanitarianism and settler colonialism, Laura Madokoro is Associate Professor of History at Carelton University.