Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli: Perhaps most important for me is how history allows me to better understand the people with whom I share this world. As Benjamin Disraeli once intimated, history is principally biography -- it is the stories of people. Related Items Articles Indigenous requirement touted at U of W Student association proposes mandatory indigenous course at U of W Columns An opportunity to practise empathy , according to Winnipeg Free Press. We may hide from this phenomenon. We may even resent it. But this is the society in which we co-exist. A significant part of Canadian society is our First Nations, M tis and Inuit peoples. History is important. Not just for the sake of filling some time in school. Not just for giving historians something to do. It important for us all in our shared journey of discovering moral truth in our world. Knowing events of the past can guide, inspire, and give us pause to consider and reconsider how we think, feel and act. Canada is, broadly speaking, a transcultural society. The merging and melding of histories, traditions and worldviews of people from around the world are lending to the development of a Canada that is, essentially, transcultural. Some communities may believe they are culturally homogenous, but immigration, foreign workers, social media and other factors have brought the presence of other people ethno-cultural backgrounds into our lives in a multitude of ways. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.