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This essay explores monuments, including the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, and gravestones in Jewish cemeteries in Montreal and Vancouver. Alongside these sites it considers how Canadian Jewish literature presents possibilities for Jewish history and language to mark the Canadian landscape though a consideration of Leonard Cohen and Eli Mandel. A discussion of Canadian monuments is relevant in light of recent demonstrations focused on removing statues and monuments from parks and government buildings. The essay contrasts community-inspired projects like Vancouver's Holocaust memorial with Ottawa's "National" monument, whose unveiling prompted a discussion about appropriate ways to represent history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the literary depictions of urban life and community interaction in a defined social space, particularly in the mountains of Montreal, Quebec. The metaphorical paradigm put forth by writer Michel de Certeau in his book "The Practice of Everyday Life," describing urban space as an "invisible text," is applied to several other examples of Canadian fiction.