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Canada: colonial amnesia and the legacy of empire Guest editors David Austin, Sean Mills and Scott Rutherford Editorial SCOTT RUTHERFORD, SEAN MILLS and DAVID AUSTIN 1 Colonialism and the Indigenous present: an interview with Bonita Lawrence SCOTT RUTHERFORD 9 Narratives of power: historical mythologies in contemporary Québec and Canada DAVID AUSTIN 19 Imperial designs: the Royal Bank of Canada in the Caribbean PETER JAMES HUDSON 33 Without surrender: an interview with Kari Levitt SEAN MILLS 49 ‘Do not disturb/please clean room’: hotel housekeepers in Greater Toronto SIRENA LILADRIE 57 Transient servitude: migrant labour in Canada and the apartheid of citizenship HARSHA WALIA 71 ‘Reasonable accommodation’ in Québec: the limits of participation and dialogue GADA MAHROUSE 85 Commentary 97

What’s Left? Canada’s ‘global justice’ movement and colonial amnesia AZIZ CHOUDRY  97 Black learners in Canada ROSALIND HAMPTON  103