Open research questions in Canadian Identity and History
128 gap statements mined from Canadian Identity and History papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 1,605 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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What the literature leaves open
The gap in the literature is the focus on the Canadian state's efforts to muzzle criticism, while this article examines private prosecutions. The lack of examination of private prosecutions for criminal libel is a gap in the research.
Roads Not Taken: D. Algar Bailey’s Private Prosecutions for Political Libel during World War One · 2026 · DOIIt begins from the contention that while the racialised dimensions of the post 9/11 Canadian security state have been well analysed elsewhere, the gendered dimensions have not been fully explored.
GenderMuch of the past decade's rethinking of labour history has concerned gender, as feminist historians have moved from reminding readers that women were part of the working class and that reproduction needs to be examined as much as production, to more radical considerations of the ways in which social constructions of gender affect class formation and class conflict.
Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity & Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900-1939 // Review · 1995It is necessary to stress, however, that British fascism, in the shape of the BUF, was by no means a simplistic or opportunistic phenomenon, and that much work remains to be done on the ideas that motivated Britain’s premier fascist movement.
The study had very small sample sizes for several of the class categories, most particularly the capitalists. The lack of information on the size of firm made it impossible to distinguish small employers. The data did not allow for the generation of a class structure based on Wright's new conception.
The study highlights the need for further research on the effects of economic decline on political attitudes in Canada.
The need to balance the interests of different regions in Canada. The challenge of making the central institutions more representative and responsive.
The study highlights the need to examine the impact of press coverage on marginalized communities.
Future research can build on the paper's findings to further explore Cavell's work on film criticism. The study's insights into Cavell's philosophical approach can be applied to other areas of film criticism.
The study highlights the need for further analysis of Cavell's philosophical approach to film.
The lack of understanding of the impact of debates and question period on the political system.
DEBATES AND QUESTION PERIOD IN THE CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS: WHAT PURPOSE DO THEY SERVE? · 1985 · DOIFuture research could explore the impact of the imperial dream on French-Canadian nationalism. The study suggests that further analysis of the migration of French Canadians and its impact on their culture in North America is needed.
THE FRANCOPHONE “CONQUEST” OF NEW ENGLAND: GEOPOLITICAL CONCEPTIONS AND IMPERIAL AMBITION OF FRENCH-CANADIAN NATIONALISTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY · 1985 · DOIThe study highlights the need to analyze the geopolitical conceptions and imperial ambition of French-Canadian nationalists.
THE FRANCOPHONE “CONQUEST” OF NEW ENGLAND: GEOPOLITICAL CONCEPTIONS AND IMPERIAL AMBITION OF FRENCH-CANADIAN NATIONALISTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY · 1985 · DOIThe differences between Canadian and American Jewry are not well understood. The sociodemographic make-up and sociopolitical contexts of the two communities are not well compared.
Future research could further examine the role of Great Britain in the controversy. The study's findings could be used to inform future research on international relations.
ON THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MAY BE MORE TO IT THAN THAT: PROFESSOR HAGLUND, THE DOCUMENTS ON AMERICAN EXTERNAL RELATIONS SERIES AND THE CANADIAN-AMERICAN CONTROVERSY OVER GREENLAND IN 1940 · 1982 · DOIThe study highlights the need for a more detailed examination of the role of Great Britain.
ON THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MAY BE MORE TO IT THAN THAT: PROFESSOR HAGLUND, THE DOCUMENTS ON AMERICAN EXTERNAL RELATIONS SERIES AND THE CANADIAN-AMERICAN CONTROVERSY OVER GREENLAND IN 1940 · 1982 · DOIThe decline of the Parti Québécois's popularity by 1983 is a key area of study.
The author argues that Kealey's remarks are partial and ahistorical.
A Comment on Gregory Kealey’s “Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson: Canadian Revolutionary Intellectual” · 1983 · DOIThe issue of dialogue with people of living faiths and ideologies may be neglected. The relation between Christians and people of other faiths and convictions will be one of the most important problems of the time to come.
Further study of the role of committees and private members in the reform of the parliament. Examination of the impact of reform on the effectiveness of governance.
The need for understanding between Native and non-Native groups in potential alliances - The difference in goals between the Native struggle and the civil rights movement…
Future research could examine the development of social history in other countries, - It could explore the implications of the paper's findings for the study of social history, - It could investigate the role of nationalism in shaping Canadian social…
The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of Canadian social history, - It highlights the need to examine the distinctiveness of Canadian social…
The paper identifies a gap in the documentation of Chicherin's involvement with the British Left. The study aims to fill this gap using newly discovered papers.
There is a need to reinterpret French-Canadian history in the light of a changing society - The traditional approach to Quebec historiography has been…
Most-cited papers in Canadian Identity and History
- The birth of a nation: Accounting and Canada’s first nations, 1860–1900 · Accounting Organizations and Society · 2005 · 116 citations
- Predictable and Unpredictable Policy Windows: Institutional and Exogenous Correlates of Canadian Federal Agenda-Setting · Canadian Journal of Political Science · 1998 · 99 citations
- Indigenous languages and the racial hierarchisation of language policy in Canada · Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development · 2014 · 87 citations
- Corporatism and structural change in the British accountancy profession, 1930–1957 · Accounting Organizations and Society · 1995 · 87 citations
- Styles of the times: liberal and neo-conservative landscapes in inner Vancouver, 1968–1986 · Journal of Historical Geography · 1987 · 83 citations
- The Contemporary Reality of Canadian Imperialism: Settler Colonialism and the Hybrid Colonial State · The American Indian Quarterly · 2009 · 82 citations
- Reforming Social Justice in Neoliberal Times · Studies in Social Justice · 2007 · 67 citations
- Representations in Crisis: The Roots of Canada's Permeable Fordism · Canadian Journal of Political Science · 1990 · 63 citations
- The Politics of Claude Lefort's Political: Between Liberalism and Radical Democracy · Thesis Eleven · 2006 · 54 citations
- Ethnic Pluralism under Siege: Popular and Partisan Opposition to Multiculturalism · Canadian Public Policy · 1992 · 52 citations
Most recent work
- SIGINT below zero: the indications and warning role of Canadian Forces Station Alert, 1958–1975 · Intelligence & National Security · 2026
- RCC Perspectives, Vol. 2 (2012): On Water: Perceptions, Politics, Perils · Universitätsbibliothek der LMU · 2026
- Roads Not Taken: D. Algar Bailey’s Private Prosecutions for Political Libel during World War One · Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société · 2026
- Deux regards sur l’institutionnalisation de l’économie sociale et solidaire au Québec et en France · Interventions économiques · 2026
- Stéphanie Gaudet et Caroline Caron, Faire l'expérience de la démoratie : les tiers-lieux de l'éducation à la citoyenneté des jeunes au Québec · Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation · 2026
- DUBOIS, SOPHIE, and SUELA SEFA, eds. Le Québec, connais-tu? Son histoire, sa langue, sa culture, ses régions · Quebec Studies · 2026
- Repenser les normes : l’histoire et l’avenir des médecins ayant un handicap au Canada · Canadian Medical Association Journal · 2026
- Big skies, white hoods: the 1920s Klan and a history of hate in Montana · Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2026
- Skills to build the nation: immigrant labour market and Canadian nationalism · Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2026
- Laying Waste: Pre‐Emption, Dispossession, and Deputization in Colonial British Columbia · Antipode · 2026
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