Media resources for Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day was created to commemorate members of the armed forces who have
died in the line of duty and those who continue to serve Canada in times of war and peace.
The date, Nov. 11, also marks the time when fighting stopped in the First World War.
As Remembrance Day approaches, media are invited to speak with several University of
Lethbridge professors who have studied wartime and its effects on those who fought and
those who stayed at home.

Dr. Kristine Alexander, a history professor, has studied young people’s experience on the
home front during the First World War. The war changed what children learned in the
classroom as Departments of Education and teachers developed war-related assignments.
Canadian children also played with war-related toys like board games, toy soldiers and toy
guns. Alexander has also studied correspondence between soldiers and their families to
understand how the war affected wives and children. She can be reached by email at
kristine.alexander@uleth.ca.

Jason Breen, an instructor in the Department of Philosophy, has taught classes about the
philosophy of war. This includes the morality of war, particularly how just-war theory serves
as a middle ground between the Hawks, who believe that might makes right and that there
are no moral restrictions on war, and the Doves, who argue that war is never morally
justifiable. He can also discuss ethical considerations during the three phases of war:
entering, prosecuting, and ending armed conflicts, as well as the moral responsibilities of
those involved in war toward their opponents, their troops and civilians on both sides.
Contact caroline.zentner@uleth.ca to arrange an interview.

Dr. Amy Shaw is a history professor who has taught about and researched Canada in
wartime, especially the First and Second World Wars. Her focus is often on gender and
citizenship. She has written books about conscientious objection in the First World War
and about the experiences and activities of women and girls of Canada and Newfoundland
during both world wars. She has also published on the War in South Africa, Canada’s first
overseas military action. Shaw can be reached at amy.shaw@uleth.ca.

View the news release online.

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Contact:
Caroline Zentner, public affairs advisor
University of Lethbridge
403-394-3975 or 403-795-5403 (cell)
caroline.zentner@uleth.ca

Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. The University is
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their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Indigenous Peoples
who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our University community.