It turns out that the line between what we think of as “history” and what we consider “current events” is roughly twenty years in the past. The Meech Lake Accord, for example, is firmly in the realm of history. The 9/11 attacks, by contrast, still retain some of the immediacy of current events. That means we are now entering the age when — in order to preserve the historical record — …
Lisa Betel
Lisa Betel holds a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Toronto.