The Transformation of Britishness in Canadian Society

这项研究考察了帝国存在在加拿大社会中的相关性及其从19世纪末到70年代初的变化，以帝国日为线索：用什么样的修辞来解释加拿大与大英帝国的关系，以及随着时间的推移，帝国日庆祝活动中帝国存在的变化。这项研究主要分析了1899年首次庆祝帝国日的安大略省教育部出版的帝国日小册子，阐明了以下几点。在20世纪上半叶，帝国的贡献对加拿大的自治很重要，强调了作为有用的过去的保皇派传统。即使在第二次世界大战后，大英帝国巧妙地控制着各种种族和宗教群体的言论也被强调，加拿大被视为帝国的一个缩影，这表明对帝国的归属感对于加拿大与绝大多数非英国移民的国家统一仍然很重要。20世纪加拿大的传统观点：从大英帝国到美国，并不一定符合加拿大人的心态。直到20世纪60年代初，加拿大的帝国关系仍然存在。此外，这项研究表明，一种在最近的加拿大史学中不受欢迎的帝国方法可以用于加拿大多元文化主义的历史分析。

This research examines the relevance of imperial presence in Canadian society and its transformation from the late 19th century to the early 1970s, taking Empire Day as a clue: what kind of rhetoric was used to explain Canadian ties with the British Empire and how it changes in Empire Day celebrations over time. Analyzing mainly Empire Day booklets published by the Ministry of Education of the Province of Ontario where Empire Day originated and was first observed in 1899, the research elucidates the following points.1. During the first half of the 20th century, imperial contribution was important for Canadian autonomy and the Loyalist tradition as a usable past was emphasized.2. Even after the World War Two, the rhetoric that the British Empire skillfully controlled the various ethnic and religious groups was emphasized and Canada was regarded as a microcosm of the Empire, which suggested that a sense of belong to the Empire was still important for national unity of Canada with overwhelming non-British immigrants.3. The conventional perspective of the 20th Canada: 'from the British Empire to the United States' doesn't necessarily hold true of the mentalities among Canadians. As late as the early 1960s, Canadian imperial ties were still relevant.Furthermore, this research suggests that an imperial approach which is unpopular in recent Canadian historiography can be useful to the historical analysis of multiculturalism in Canada.