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The history of physical education (PE) in Canada and sport generally has undergone many incarnations and been subject to innumerable social mores. More specifically, PE development in Canada was linked to longer-term and international developments, especially in Britain and the United States. To the chagrin of many peaceable Canadian educators and citizens, much of the older literature on the subject stressed the importance of military training in PE development. Canada's official historian of the. Canadian army in the Second World War succinctly expressed why so many Canadians might eschew the influence of the military on our public life, stating, "Canada is an unmilitary community. Warlike her people have often been forced to be; military they have never been" (Stacey, 3). While many deride the suggestion that PE be linked to military service, the Canadian militia and army provided essential and indispensible catalysts to the acceptance, growth and institutionalization of PE and sport in Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
