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The countries sitting above the 49th parallel and why it matters now

The 49th parallel, best known as the line that forms most of the border between the United States and Canada, cuts across ...
CounterPunch

The 49th Parallel: A New Rubicon for Democracy

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” so taught civil rights campaigner and feminist Rita Mae Brown. There is no more fitting maxim for the broken ...
The Conversation

Endangered by the 49th Parallel: How political boundaries inhibit effective conservation

Greg Garrard's research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, grant no. 435-2020-1220. Sarah Raymond's research visit to UBC Okanagan was funded by UKRI-MITACS ...
The Hamilton Spectator

‘The border crossed us’: Parallax(e) exhibit unveils the human cost of colonial boundary-making

A new exhibition at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford, B.C. is confronting one of the enduring legacies of colonial mapping in Canada: The drawing of the 49th parallel and its impact on First ...