Jennifer Podemski calls the arrival of Europeans "the inciting incident in the creation of Canada and the story we're living tod
ay." An inciting incident is sometimes described as the moment the problem begins and in other times as the event that begins the plot. Which definition, do you think, she means to use here? Explain your reasoning.
The modern nation of Canada is essentially an European nation with some cultural aspects of Native Americans (First Nations), Africa and Asia (because of Immigration).
This means that the modern story of Canada (the plot) starts with the arrival of Europeans, which is likely the definition of the world "inciting incident" that Jennifer Podemski is using here.
