{"id":8594,"date":"2022-10-07T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2022-10-13T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T19:47:38","slug":"events-for-10-days-that-shaped-modern-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/2022\/10\/07\/events-for-10-days-that-shaped-modern-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Events for 10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People living in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal have the opportunity to come out and experience a vibrant and lively evening talking about Canada&#8217;s recent history with Aaron W. Hughes, author of <em>10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edmonton (<strong>October <\/strong>14) with Senator Paula Simons, Edmonton Public Library. Part of LitFest with Glass Bookshop.<\/strong><br>Registration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/416702908617\">10DaysEdmonton.eventbrite.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Calgary (<strong>October <\/strong>17) with Judy Aldous, Memorial Park Library. With Shelf Life Books.<\/strong><br>Registration:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/10-days-that-shaped-modern-canada-with-aaron-hughes-judy-aldous-tickets-431293920727\" target=\"_blank\">10DaysCalgary.eventbrite.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Toronto (October 19) with Vinita Srivastava. With Flying Books.\u00a0<\/strong><br>Registration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/10-days-that-shaped-modern-canada-with-aaron-hughes-vinita-srivastava-tickets-431908639367\">10DaysToronto.eventbrite.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Montreal (November 3) with Ian McGillis. With Librairie Saint-Henri Books.<\/strong><br>Registration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/10-days-that-shaped-modern-canada-with-aaron-hughes-ian-mcgillis-tickets-431299808337\">10DaysMontreal.eventbrite.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ottawa (<strong>November <\/strong>7) with Isabel Metcalfe. With Perfect Books.<\/strong><br>Registration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/10-days-that-shaped-modern-canada-with-aaron-hughes-isabel-metcalfe-tickets-439879039047\">10DaysOttawa.eventbrite.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Book<\/strong><br>Revisiting ten notable days from recent history, Aaron W. Hughes invites readers to think about the tensions, events, and personalities that make Canada distinct. These indelible dates interweave to offer an account of the political, social, cultural, and demographic forces that have shaped the modern nation. Each day represents a window on contemporary Canada, jumpstarting reflection and conversation about who we are as a nation and how we got here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/10\/Banner_10Days-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8595\" width=\"284\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/10\/Banner_10Days-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/10\/Banner_10Days-338x450.jpg 338w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/10\/Banner_10Days-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/10\/Banner_10Days-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/10\/Banner_10Days-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/10\/Banner_10Days-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People living in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal have the opportunity to come out and experience a vibrant and lively evening talking about Canada&#8217;s recent history with Aaron W. Hughes, author of 10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada. Edmonton (October 14) with Senator Paula Simons, Edmonton Public Library. Part of LitFest with Glass Bookshop.Registration:\u00a010DaysEdmonton.eventbrite.ca [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,110,12,128,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-books","category-events","category-messages","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8594"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8600,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8594\/revisions\/8600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ualbertapressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}