CFUW Scarborough — Reconciling with Sir John A MacDonald
Mon, Nov 16
|Knox United Church
Time & Location
Nov 16, 2026, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST
Knox United Church, 2569 Midland Ave, Scarborough, ON M1S 1R3, Canada
About the event
Join us as we welcome Dr. Patrice Dutil who is an author, historian, commentator, podcaster and professor of politics and public administration at Toronto Metropolitan University.
He has written extensively on Sir John A. MacDonald and his three most recent books on the subject are Ballots and Brawls: The 1867 Canadian General Election, Sir John A. Macdonald and the Apocalyptic Year of 1885 and Prime Ministers and Other "Big Men": The Recollections of John Lambert Payne.
Could Sir John A. MacDonald have been that bad? Why have nine of eleven monuments to him been taken down? With a fresh new look at the evidence, Patrice Dutil will make the case that Macdonald was worthy of admiration in his day and that it is necessary to reconcile with him and his legacy.
PUBLIC WELCOME
WHEN: Nov. 16th, 7:30 p.m.