Magazine Explores Hard Conversations

Hard Conversations takes center stage in the summer edition of British Columbia History magazine. Guided by guest editors Aimee Greenaway and K. Jane Watt, this thought‑provoking issue explores how historians across BC are confronting difficult pasts that continue to shape our present. The feature article highlights the voices of public historians navigating these complex stories with care, insight, and accountability. Returning favourites round out the issue, with Mark Forsythe and Dalys Barney back with their popular columns, Front Words and Refracting History. This compelling summer edition invites readers to reflect, question, and engage with history in meaningful new ways. Stories include:

• First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) Supports Repatriation by Gretchen Fox with Aimee Greenaway
• “It Has Nothing to Do with the Band”: Treasures, tyranny, and the Maiyoo Keyoh by Jim Munroe
• Hard Conversations: Our community reflects on its work by Gwyneth Evans, Ramona Mar, Susanna Ng, Brandon Carkner, Kiera Westby, Mélanie Morin, Rizwaan Abbas, Maurice Guibord, Thamilini Jothilingam, and Raaynaa Madaan
• From “Herring Capital” to Seven Potatoes by Masako Fukawa, Tami Hirasawa, Brian Sugiyama, and Christine Condo in conversation with Aimee Greenaway
• BC Archaeological Repository Roundtable: Advocating for care of archaeological materials by Aimee Greenaway based on the work of the BC Archaeological Repository Roundtable
• An Excerpt from Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross
• Rhodes Scholars from BC Make Their Mark by Vern Giesbrecht

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