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Opinion: Fort Calgary rebrand ignores one part of history for another – Calgary Herald

by ahnationtalk on May 30, 202476 Views

May 30, 2024

What is a confluence? It’s “the place where two rivers flow together,” says the Cambridge Dictionary.

It happens all over the world. But those supposedly in the know in Calgary think it happens only where the Elbow River meets the Bow.

Such is the situation with the recent renaming — sorry, rebranding — of Fort Calgary Historic Site. Its new name is The Confluence Historic Site and Parkland.

The reasons for the rebrand are familiar when it comes to Canadian heritage nowadays: it’s to “broaden the narrative,” to “cultivate relationships,” to be “more truthful,” and it’s “about adding voices,” all said by Fort Calgary — sorry, Confluence — president Jen Thompson.

It’s certainly true that the inhabitants of this land for thousands of years were uprooted from their lives. Their communities were unbelievably changed through global migration, economic shifts and technological developments. We must know and understand all the stories of this land.

Read More: https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-fort-calgary-rebrand-ignores-one-part-of-history-for-another

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