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SUMMARY:Hot Dogs & Hot Takes on History: So\, We’re Changing Names Now?
DESCRIPTION:Debunk myths. Debate opinions. Eat hot dogs. What happens when 
 a name no longer fits the story a community wants to tell? This May\, Dr. J
 oe Anderson explores the growing movement to rename places\, landmarks\, an
 d institutions\, asking us to consider if renaming a place is rewriting his
 tory or telling more of it. \n\nNames feel permanent — until they don’t
 . What happens when a community — an organization\, a government\, or any
 one else — decides a name no longer fits the story it wants to tell?\n\nT
 his month at Hot Dogs & Hot Takes on History\, Dr. Joe Anderson explores th
 e growing movement to rename places\, landmarks\, and institutions as part 
 of a broader reckoning with how we commemorate history.\n\nThrough case stu
 dies from across Canada and the United States\, Dr. Anderson examines why c
 ommunities are revisiting long-standing names — particularly those tied t
 o colonialism\, exclusion\, or figures whose legacies have become increasin
 gly contested. Is renaming a meaningful act of change\, or just symbolic? W
 ho gets to decide when a name has outlived its time?\n\nThe conversation th
 en turns close to home\, with a look at the 2024 transition from Fort Calga
 ry to The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland and what that shift reveals a
 bout how Calgary is rethinking its own past.\n\nCome for the hot dogs and r
 eflect on the question: when we rename a place\, are we rewriting history\,
  or are we telling more of it?\n\nhttps://www.visitcalgary.com/events/hot-d
 ogs-hot-takes-on-history-so-were-changing-names-now\n\nhttps://www.theconfl
 uence.ca/events/hdht-may2026
LOCATION:The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland\, 750 9 Avenue Southeast\,
  Calgary\, Ab\, T2G 5E1
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