By Alan Sears Professor Emeritus John Geiger, the chief executive officer of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, says the coronation of King Charles is “a unique opportunity to enhance Canadians’ knowledge and understanding of the Crown in Canada and our system of parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy.” I agree, but it is also important to set that opportunity in the context of the central and contested role the monarchy has played in Canadian education. Imagining and building nations is central to school systems, and began in Canada shortly after Confederation in 1867. Before the Second World War in English Canada, this effort focused on creating “a homogeneous nation built on a common English language, a common culture, a common identification with the British Empire and an acceptance of British institutions

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