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DESCRIPTION: \n\nVimy is more than a battle from the First World War. It is
  common to hear that Vimy marks the “birth of a nation\,” a claim repeated
  in school textbooks\, by politicians\, and in the news.  Yet what is mean
 t by this phrase? Do Canadians actually believe that Canada was born at Vi
 my\, 50 years after Confederation? How did the four-day battle of Vimy in 
 April 1917 transform into an origin story?  This was no militarist plot.  
 While not all Canadians believed in Vimy’s importance\, enough did\, and t
 he idea of Vimy was invigorated with the building of Walter Allward’s monu
 ment on the ridge.  The monument’s unveiling in 1936 by King Edward VIII w
 as attended by more than 6\,000 Canadian veterans who crossed the Atlantic
 .  Since then\, Vimy has been incorporated into Canadian history\, althoug
 h its meaning has changed with each generation.  In this year\, the 100th 
 anniversary of the battle\, Dr. Tim Cook will explore the emergence of the
  Vimy idea\, its changing meaning\, and its endurance as a symbol of Canad
 ian service and sacrifice. \n\nFree lecture open to the public.\n\nRSVP re
 quired. To RSVP click here or call 398-5711.\n\nBook sale and signing from
  6:30-7:00pm.\n\nPresented by: McGill Library\, McGill Rare Books & Specia
 l Collections\, Osler\, Art\, and Archives (ROAAr)\, McGill Institute for 
 the Study of Canada\, Faculty of Arts\, Department of History and Classica
 l Studies\, and the Arts Undergraduate Society.\n\nWith special thanks to 
 The Canadian Grenadier Guards\n\n \n\nDr. Tim Cook is a historian at the C
 anadian War Museum. He was the curator for the museum’s First World War pe
 rmanent gallery\, and he has curated numerous temporary\, travelling and d
 igital exhibitions. He has also authored ten books\, most of which have be
 en longlisted\, shortlisted or awarded prizes\, including the C.P. Stacey 
 Prize for Military History (twice)\, the Ottawa Book Award (twice)\, the R
 BC Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction\, the BC National Book Award\, th
 e J.W. Dafoe Book Prize\, the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award 
 and the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. His newest book is 
 Vimy: Battle and Legend (2017).  In 2012\, Dr. Cook was awarded the Queen’
 s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to Canadian history and in 2
 013 he received the Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media: Th
 e Pierre Berton Award. Dr. Cook is a Member of the Order of Canada.\n\nRel
 ated exhibit | Remembering: Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of
  the battle of Vimy Ridge\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Moyse Hall\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 ru
 e Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Lecture: Birth of a Notion: The Vimy Idea\, 1917-2017 
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/event/lecture-birth-notion-vimy-idea-191
 7-2017-267248
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