Reconciliation

As both Canadians and Germans will acknowledge, reconciliation has come to mean a variety of things, considering the tragic histories of both countries. In this commentary, author Waubgeshig Rice reflects on Canada's more recent actions towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and on his time in Germany.

Reconciliation describes a complex concept of dealing constructively with conflicts and traumatic experiences. Comic narratives, as many authors in the history of the art form have demonstrated, can contribute to this way of grappling with the past.

Canada is a linguistically divided country where the term “two solitudes” perfectly applies to graphic novels. Author Michel Viau attempts a historical classification of a lively art market.