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A bi-weekly discussion that critically (and sometimes flippantly) engages with the literature, culture, and people that helped inform Canada's unique history. Hosted by two English Literature graduate students Patrick & Mackenzy. Sometimes features interviews with writers and academics in Canada. Named on Feedspot's "20 Best Canada History Podcasts" (#4), "20 Best Cultural History Podcasts" (#2), and "30 Best History Podcasts For Students" (#6). Named best podcast of all time by their mothers!
- 156 - 94 - Eugenics & Social Darwinism
In which our heroes talk about the shockingly pervasive ideas about eugenics in the early 20th century and how they still pop up today. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory) ---Sources/Further Reading:
Campbell, Maria. Halfbreed, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. Dodd, Dianne. "eugenics." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Ludolph, Rebekah. “Exposing the Eugenic Reader: Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed and Settler Self-Education,” Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 44, no. 2, 2019, pp. 101–120. McLaren, Angus. Our Own Master Race: Eugenics In Canada, 1885-1945, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. Stote, Karen. An Act of Genocide: Colonialism and the Sterilization of Aboriginal Women, Fernwood Publishing, 2015.Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 1h 07min - 155 - 93 - Canada VibingMon, 08 Apr 2024 - 1h 14min
- 154 - The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future
In which Patrick talks with wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory about the beautiful - and surprisingly controversial - wild horses of the Chilcotin region. In this compelling book, McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called qiyus in traditional Tŝilhqot’in culture, a resilient part of the area’s balanced prey-predator ecosystem. McCrory also chronicles the Chilcotin wild horses’ genetic history and significance to the Tŝilhqot’in, juxtaposing their efforts to protect qiyus against movements to cull them. Find the book here or at your local bookstore. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/)
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 48min - 153 - 92 - The Group of Seven: Theosophy and Landscapes
In which we discuss the paintings and philosophy of the most famous group of painters in Canada's history -- with a short story by Margaret Atwood for good measure. Patrick also rants in the wake of Brian Mulroney's death, be warned... --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory) --- Sources/Further Reading:
Atwood, Margaret. “Death by Landscape” Maccallum, Reid. “The Group Of Seven: A Retrospect.” Imitation & Design and Other Essays, edited by William Blisseti, University of Toronto Press, 1953, pp. 162–69. Murray, Joan. The best of the Group of Seven, Edmonton: Hurtig, 1984Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 58min - 152 - 91 - Mary Pickford: The Canadian Who Shaped Hollywood
In which Pat and Mack discuss who was once one of the most influential and powerful women in Hollywood history - an actress from Toronto! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources/Further Reading:
Brownlow, Kevin. Mary Pickford Rediscovered: Rare Pictures of a Hollywood Legend. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Whitfield, Eileen. Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 1h 09min - 151 - 90 - Frank Oliver Call: Bridging Victorian & Modernist Poetry
In which Patrick lectures by himself about a poet whose work, Acanthus & Wild Grape, actively tried to bring Canadian poetry into the realm of modern sensibilities. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources/Further Reading
Call, Frank Oliver. Acanthus & Wild Grape, McClelland & Stewart, 1920.
Trehearne, Brian (editor). Canadian Poetry, 1920 to 1960, McClelland & Stewart, 2010.
Beattie, Munro. “Poetry: 1920-1935.” Literary History of Canada: Canadian Literature in English (Second Edition) Volume II, edited by Alfred G. Bailey et al., University of Toronto Press, 1976, pp. 234–53.Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 34min - 150 - Patreon Preview: Brendan Fraser
In which Pop Canada returns to discuss Brendan Fraser, who has become one of the most acclaimed actors of the 21st century - and played in Encino Man, the greatest movie of all time.
Find the full episode (and more) on Patreon! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory).
Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 09min - 149 - 89 - Steveston: Pre-WW2 Japanese-Canadians
In which Patrick talks alone in a microphone as Mack faces a cyclone! The show is going solo this week to talk a little about Japanese-Canadians and how Daphne Marlatt's Steveston interprets their history. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources/Further Reading
Marlatt, Daphne. Steveston, Ronsdale Press, 2001 [1974]. Szabo-Jones, Lisa. “Matters of Poetics and Resiliency in Daphne Marlatt’s Steveston.” Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, vol. 25, no. 2, 2018, pp. 377–95 Thompson, Paul. “Community History.” Oral History, vol. 4, no. 2, 1976, pp. 98-101.Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - 32min - 148 - Beryl Potter: A Life of Disability Activism (w/ Dustin Galer)
In which Patrick sits down with historian Dustin Galer to discuss his new book, Beryl, which explores the life and times of the famous Canadian disability activist.
Find the book here or at your local bookstore. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory)Mon, 22 Jan 2024 - 48min - 147 - 88 - Scary Reds! Communists in Canada
In which we unleash our anti-capitalist sides (again) to discuss how Marxism/communism was brought over into Canada, what it did and how it failed, as well as some lefty writers that sometimes are great and sometimes aren't.
Read some commie poems here! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources/Further Reading
Doyle, James. Progressive Heritage: The Evolution of a Politically Radical Literary Tradition in Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002. Livesay, Dorothy. Day and Night, The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1944. McKay, Ian. Reasoning Otherwise: Leftists and the People's Enlightenment in Canada, 1890-1920, Between the Lines, 2008. Naylor, James. The Fate of Labour Socialism: The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Dream of a Working-Class Future, University of Toronto Press, 2016.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 1h 26min - 146 - On Writing Compassion & Illness; with Meg Braem
Patrick sits down with playwright Meg Braem to discuss her play Flight Risk, "an empathetic exploration of grief, friendship, and hope, [which] asks what we lose when we ignore the knowledge of our elderly, challenges the way that we think about aging and death, and inspires a brighter, more compassionate future." Meg Braem is an Alberta-based playwright and dramaturg. Her plays have been nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award and have won the Alberta Literary Award for Drama, and the Alberta Playwriting Competition. Find the book here or at your local bookstore. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory)
Mon, 25 Dec 2023 - 48min - 145 - 87 - In the Skin of a Lion: Labour Strikes & (Post) Modernism
In which we discuss the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike in relation to Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion (1987). We get unhinged as we discuss strike tactics, modernism/postmodernism, and Christmas. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources/Further Reading:
1919: 100 Years Later. CBC, 2019. Masters, Donald C. The Winnipeg General Strike, University of Toronto Press, 1950. Ondaatje, Michael. In the Skin of a Lion, Vintage, 1987. Spinks, Lee. “In the Skin of a Lion.” Michael Ondaatje, Manchester University Press, 2009, pp. 137–70.Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 1h 16min - 144 - Talking to katherena vermette About Métis History & Comics
In which Patrick talks to Governor General's Award winner katherena vermette to discuss how she brought Métis history to life through her comic series A Girl Called Echo.
Find the omnibus at your local bookstore or here. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory)
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 35min - 143 - 86 - "Unity (1918)": The Spanish Flu Epidemic
In which we bring back Covid-19 pandemic memories by discussing the Spanish Flu in Canada with the help of Kevin Kerr's excellent 2002 play Unity (1918). Sorry for having posted so little in November - it was pure and simple a scheduling mistake. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Further Reading:
Budgell, Anne. We All Expected to Die: Spanish Influenza in Labrador, 1918-1919, ISER, 2018. Darroch, Heidi Tiedemann. “The War at Home: Writing Influenza in Alice Munro’s “Carried Away” and Kevin Kerr’s Unity (1918),” Canadian Literature 245, 2021, pp. 90-104. Humphries, Mark Osborne. “Paths of Infection: The First World War and the Origins of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.” War in History, vol. 21, no. 1, 2014, pp. 55–81. Kerr, Kevin. Unity 1918, Talonbooks, 2002.Mon, 04 Dec 2023 - 1h 18min - 142 - 85 - Timothy Findley's The Wars
In which two tired & sick boys try to talk coherently about Timothy Findley's major literary achievement: a reckoning with the reality of World War One in his seminal 1977 work The Wars. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Further Reading
Brydon, Diana. “‘It could not be told’: making meaning in Timothy Findley’s The Wars,” Journal of Commonwealth Literature, vol. 21, no. 2, 1986. Findley, Timothy. The Wars, Penguin Modern Classics, 1977. McKay, Ian, and Jamie Swift. The Vimy Trap: Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War, 2016. Novak, Dagmar. Dubious Glory: The Two World Wars and the Canadian Novel, New York: P. Lang, 2000.Mon, 20 Nov 2023 - 1h 17min - 141 - An Unsung Klondike Stampeder - In Conversation w/ Phil Lind & Robert Brehl
There were some audio issues on Phil's end, but I think it's still listenable! Apologies. Patrick sits down with Phil Lind and Robert Brehl to discuss their new book Tales of an Unsung Sourdough: The Extraordinary Klondike Adventures of Johnny Lind.
Phil Lind is a recipient of the Order of Canada, and the vice-chair of Rogers Communications Inc. His co-author, Robert Brehl is an award-winning journalist and author of a previous collaboration with Lind, Right Hand Man.
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Mon, 30 Oct 2023 - 59min - 140 - 84 - Barometer Rising: WW1 At Home (and incest)
In which we discuss Hugh McLennan's pivotal 1941 book Barometer Rising and how it informs our understanding of World War 1 as it was experienced in Canada.--- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). ---Sources/Further Reading:
Mac Donald, Laura M. Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917, Walker & Company, 2005. MacLennan, Hugh. Barometer Rising. McClelland and Stewart, 1989. Morton, Desmond. “First World War.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Woodcock, George. Introducing Hugh Maclennan's Barometer Rising: A Reader's Guide. ECW Press, 1989.Mon, 23 Oct 2023 - 1h 07min - 139 - 83 - Robert L. Borden: The Good Nurse
In which we discuss and rank Canada's first wartime PM, Sir Robert Laird Borden!
Find our ranking so far here. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). ---Sources/Further Reading:
Bliss, Michael. Right Honourable Men: The Descent of Canadian Politics from Macdonald to Mulroney, Toronto: HarperCollins, 1994. Bowering, George. Egotists and Autocrats: The Prime Minister of Canada. Penguin, 1999. Cook, Tim. Warlords : Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars, Toronto: Allen Lane, 2012.Mon, 09 Oct 2023 - 1h 24min - 138 - Unsettled: Robert Lower on Lord Selkirk's Colony
Mack is away this week, so enjoy another interview! Patrick sits down with Winnipeg documentarian and writer, Robert Lower (After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies; Shameless Propaganda) to discuss his new book Unsettled: Lord Selkirk’s Scottish Colonists.
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Mon, 25 Sep 2023 - 1h 14min - 137 - Black Radicals in 1960s Montreal: David Austin on "Fear of a Black Nation"
In which Patrick has a long discussion with David Austin to discuss the re-release of Fear of a Black Nation. "Situating Canada within the Black radical tradition and its Caribbean radical counterpart, Fear of a Black Nation paints a history of Montreal and the Black activists who lived in, sojourned in, or visited the city and agitated for change. Drawing on Saidiya Hartman’s conception of slavery’s afterlife and what David Austin describes as biosexuality – a deeply embedded fear of Black self-organization and interracial solidarity – Fear of a Black Nation argues that the policing and surveillance of Black lives today is tied to the racial, including sexual, codes and practices and the discipline and punishment associated with slavery."
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Mon, 18 Sep 2023 - 2h 14min - 136 - 82 - Maria Chapdelaine: Romancing Rural Quebec
In which we turn to a cornerstone of Quebec literature and talk about the pastoral! Written during the 1st World War, Maria Chapdelaine has become a must-read for Quebec literature students... but perhaps for the wrong reasons... --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). ---Sources/Further Reading
Deschamps, Nicole. Le mythe de Maria Chapdelaine, Montréal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1980. [English] Hémon, Louis. Maria Chapdelaine, trans. by Thoreau MacDonald, Toronto: Macmillian, 1916 [1986]. Mezei, Kathy. “Quebec Fiction: In the Shadow of Maria Chapdelaine.” College English, vol. 50, no. 8, 1988, pp. 896–903.Mon, 11 Sep 2023 - 1h 18min - 135 - 81 - Woodsmen of the West: Realism in British Columbia
In which we discuss a milestone in Canadian realism, Woodsmen of the West (1908). What does it tell us about the early logging industry, workers' rights, and masculinity? A lot actually! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). ---Further reading:
Grainger, M. Allerdale, Woodsmen of the West, New Canadian Library, 1908 [1973].
Tippett, Maria. “Butchering the Garden of Eden: Martin Allerdale Grainger.” Made In British Columbia: Eight Ways Of Making Culture, Harbour Publishing, pp. 30-50.
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 - 1h 10min - 134 - 80 - Tom Longboat: A Legend in Himself
In which we discuss legendary long-distance Indigenous runner Tom Longboat and try to simultaneously imagine what kind of cultural items could be made about him and his life! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Further reading:
Forsyth, Janice Evelyn. Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport. University of Regina Press, 2020. Hatfield, Philip J. “Colonialism’s Gaze: Representing the First Peoples in Canada.” Canada in the Frame: Copyright, Collections and the Image of Canada, 1895-1924, UCL Press, 2018, pp. 77–105. Kidd, Bruce. “In Defence of Tom Longboat,” Sport History Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 34-63. Kidd, Bruce. Tom Longboat, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1980.Mon, 14 Aug 2023 - 1h 34min - 133 - Anti-Racist Action in Canada (w/ Kristin Schwartz)
In which Patrick sits down with Kristin Schwartz to discuss the new book she co-wrote: We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action. Kristin grew up with the Toronto chapter of ARA from 1992-2003, contributing to the long struggle against white supremacy. She went on to work in community radio and has produced several audio documentaries including Women: the Oppressed Majority (2016) The Ravaging of Africa (2007). Her writing has been published in Our Times, Canadian Dimension, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Monitor and Labour/Le Travail.
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Mon, 07 Aug 2023 - 1h 07min - 132 - 79 - 'Bloody Jack' Krafchenko: Manitoba's Billy the Kid
In which we talk about the idea of the Canadian "Wild West", a contender for the Billy the Kid title of Manitoba, and Dennis Cooley's Bloody Jack - all in one episode! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). ---
Sources/Further Reading:
Cooley, Dennis. Bloody Jack, University of Alberta Press, 2002 [1984]. Gray, James. H. “On the Trail of Jack Krafchenko,” A Boy From Winnipeg, Macmillan, 1970, pp 75-86. Stubbs, Andrew. “Accessing the Criminal Paradise in Dennis Cooley’s Bloody Jack and Other Outlaw Fictions,” Bolder Flights: Essays on the Canadian Long Poem, ed. by Angela Robbeson and Frank Tierney, University of Ottawa Press, 1999, pp. 173-187. Zeilig, Martin. “The Story of “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko,” Manitoba History 35, Spring 1998, pp. 15-20.Mon, 31 Jul 2023 - 1h 10min - 131 - 'The Tenant Class', with Ricardo Tranjan
In which Patrick sits down with Ricardo Tranjan to talk about his new book, The Tenant Class. Ricardo is a political economist and senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Previously, Tranjan managed Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy and his current research is on the political economy of social policy in Canada. Ricardo holds a PhD from the University of Waterloo, where he was a Vanier Scholar.
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Sun, 23 Jul 2023 - 1h 08min - 130 - 78 - 'A Discovery of Strangers': Encountering The North(west Passage)
WE'RE BACK! This time, our heroes talk about The Northwest Passage, another Rudy Wiebe novel (A Discovery of Strangers), and the meaning of the Canadian North. Your heroes haven't spoken face-to-face in a bit, so bear with the jokes please. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources/Further Reading:
Bottez, Monica. “Memory and Place in Rudy Wiebe’s A Discovery of Strangers,” Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives, Polska Akademia Umiejętności, pp. 49-58, 2005. Francis, Daniel. "Northwest Passage." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Wiebe, Rudy. A Discovery of Strangers, Quality Paperback Book Club, 1995.Sun, 16 Jul 2023 - 1h 36min - 129 - 'Heart Berry Bling': Jenny Kay Dupuis on Indigenous Bead Work
In which Patrick sits down with Jenny Kay Dupuis to talk about her new book, Heart Berry Bling. Jenny is an award-winning, best-selling author, educator, artist, and well-sought after public speaker who focuses on raising awareness about Indigenous realities through literature and art.
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Sun, 02 Jul 2023 - 51min - 128 - 'body works': A Talk With Dennis Cooley
In which Patrick sits down with acclaimed prairie poet Dennis Cooley to talk about his new work, body works.
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Sun, 18 Jun 2023 - 1h 16min - 127 - 77 - Wilfrid Laurier: Young Tomorrow
In which we discuss Canada's seventh prime minister and first French-Canadian PM! We look at some caricatures that were made of the man and some of the major decisions that came up during his career! ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Caricatures:
Manitoba Schools Question: One and Two Transcontinental Railway Creating new provinces Reciprocity Sources & Further Reading: Bélanger, Réal. “Laurier, Wilfrid.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Bliss, Michael. Right Honourable Men: The Descent of Canadian Politics from Macdonald to Mulroney, Toronto: HarperCollins, 1994. Bowering, George. Egotists and Autocrats: The Prime Minister of Canada. Penguin, 2000. Laurier, Wilfrid. “Speech on Political Liberalism,” June 26, 1877.Sun, 04 Jun 2023 - 1h 40min - 126 - Patreon Preview: Letterkenny
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Sun, 28 May 2023 - 10min - 125 - 76 - The Boer War: Literary ResponsesNote: Patrick had to record in his kitchen, so there's a slight echo, but everything is clear. In which we talk about how the average person in Canada would have seen the Boer War in South Africa (hint: big questions were asked about why). We talk about a Robert Service poem and Stephen Leacock's famous Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources/Further Reading: Berger, Carl. The Sense of Power, University of Toronto Press, 1970. Brown, Brigitte. “The South African War (1899-1902) and the Transperipheral Production of Canadian Literatures,” Carleton University, 2020. Leacock, Stephen. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Broadview Press, 1912 [2002]. Robinet, Alicia C., ““The seal set on our nationhood”: Canadian Literary Responses to the South African War (1899-1902)”, The University of Western Ontario, Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository, 2021. Service, Robert W. “The March of the Dead,” Songs of a Sourdough. William Briggs, 1907, pp. 62-65.Sun, 21 May 2023 - 1h 13min
- 124 - Contemporary Indigenous Leadership, Resilience & Resurgence (w/ Katherine Palmer Gordon)
In which Patrick talks to Katherine Palmer Gordon to discuss her new release This Place Is Who We Are. We discuss the central theme of the book, how Indigenous communities in BC are reconnecting to their lands and waters, what it means to write about Indigenous peoples as a settler scholar, and much more!
Katherine Palmer Gordon is the author of five books of non-fiction, including several BC Bestsellers: The Slocan: Portrait of a Valley, The Garden That You Are, and Made to Measure: A History of Land Surveying in British Columbia, for which she was awarded the 2007 BC Haig-Brown prize. She is also an award-winning freelance journalist and lives on Gabriola Island, BC. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory).
Sun, 14 May 2023 - 57min - 123 - 75 - The Temptations of Big Bear
In which our heroes discuss the famous Cree chief and Rudy Wiebe's 1973 novelization of his life. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources & Further Reading:
Grace, Sherrill E. “Western Myth And Northern History: The Plains Indians Of Berger And Wiebe.” Great Plains Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1983, pp. 146–56. Wiebe, Rudy. The Temptations of Big Bear, Knopf Canada, 2010 [1973]. van Toorn, Penny. “Dialogizing The Scriptures: A Bakhtinian Reading Of The Novels Of Rudy Wiebe.” Literature and Theology, vol. 9, no. 4, 1995, pp. 439–48.Sun, 07 May 2023 - 1h 15min - 122 - The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots (w/ Henry Tsang)
In which, in honour of May being Asian Heritage Month, Patrick talks to Vancouver-based artist Henry Tsang about the anti-Asian riots that took place in British Columbia in 1907. Find out about Henry's work, how he adapted the event into virtual art, and edited a book around the event: White Riot.
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Sun, 30 Apr 2023 - 1h 15min - 121 - 74 - Émile Nelligan: Early Queer Poet?
*SORRY FOR THE AUDIO, WE DID OUR BEST - IT WILL GET BETTER* In which Patrick presents the watershed Quebecois poet, Émile Nelligan, to his co-host who never even heard of him!
In other news, we were featured on a list! https://blog.feedspot.com/history_podcasts_for_students/
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Brissette, Pascal. Nelligan dans tous ses états: Un mythe national, Montréal: Fides, 1998. Dole, Robert. Émile Nelligan’s Homosexuality and Schizophrenia, Journal of Literature and Art Studies, April 2020, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 304-306. Hamish. “The First Poets, Part 1: “Gaydar Moments””, The Drummer’s Revenge, 2009. Nelligan, Émile. The complete poems of Emile Nelligan, Harvest House, 1983. Michon, Jacques. “Nelligan, Émile.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Oxford University Press, 1998.Sun, 23 Apr 2023 - 1h 01min - 120 - A Discussion with J. Edward Chamberlin on "Storylines"
In which Patrick sits down with acclaimed literary scholar J. Edward Chamberlin (Officer of the Order of Canada and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto) to talk about his new book Storylines: How Words Shape Our World.
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Sun, 09 Apr 2023 - 50min - 119 - 73 - Early Jewish Communities & Cultures
In which our heroes discuss Jewish communities in Canada, and how they impacted late 19th/early 20th century life! ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources & Further Reading:
Abella, Irving M. A Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Canada, Key Porter Books, 1990. Segal, Y.Y. “Late Autumn in Montreal.” (trans. Miriam Waddington) Canadian Literature 42, pp. 41, 1969. Smith, Goldwin. “The Jewish Question.” Essays on Questions of the Day. London: Macmillan & Co., 1881, pp. 221–260. Soprano Pauline DONALDA: Two Songs (1908) Tulchinsky, Gerald. Taking Root: The Origins of the Canadian Jewish Community, Lester Publishing, 1992.Sun, 26 Mar 2023 - 1h 20min - 118 - 72 - The Early Suffrage Movement (ft. Camille Houle-Eichel)
In which we are joined by long-time background guest and feminist extraordinaire, Camille Houle-Eichel, to talk about the early suffrage movements that emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries! We talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of those movements, stopping just short of the actual achievement of provincial or federal suffrage. ---Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) ---Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). ---Sources/Further Reading:
Cleverdon, Catherine. The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada, University of Toronto Press, 1950. Crawford, Isabella Valancy. “Malcolm’s Katie”. "Old Spookses' Pass," "Malcolm's Katie" and other Poems, Toronto: James Bain and Son, 1884. McClung, Nellie. “Speaking to Women”. Canadian Literature in English: Texts and Contexts. Vol 1. Ed. Cynthia Suggars and Laura Moss. Toronto: Pearson, 2009, pp. 533–39 Transcription here Dorland, Michael, and Maurice R. Charland, “’Impious Civility’: Woman’s Suffrage and the Refiguration of Civil Culture, 1885-1929,” Law, Rhetoric and Irony in the Formation of Canadian Civil Culture, 2002. Strong-Boag, Veronica. “Women's suffrage movement.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.Sun, 12 Mar 2023 - 1h 58min - 117 - Members Preview - Portia White
Patrick is at a conference this week, so no new episode, but enjoy this preview of the latest episode of Pop Canada we recorded last week on the once-superstar singer, Portia White. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode!
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Sun, 05 Mar 2023 - 11min - 116 - 71 - Angélique: The Slave Who Torched Montreal?
In which, using Lorena Gale's play Angélique, we talk about the life and times of Marie-Joseph Angélique - a New France slave who was accused of burning down almost 50 buildings in Montreal in 1734. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources/Further Reading:
Cooper, Afua. “Confessions of a woman who burnt down a town.” Utterances and Incantations: Women, Poetry, and Dub in the Black Diaspora, ed. Afua Cooper. SisterVision Press, 1999. Cooper, Afua. The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal, The University of Georgia Press, 2007. Gale, Lorena. Angélique, Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1998. https://archive.org/details/angelique0000gale/mode/2up (Can be borrowed with a free account) Torture and Truth: Angélique and the Burning of Montreal, Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History Project, 2006, https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/angelique/accueil/indexen.htmlSun, 19 Feb 2023 - 1h 15min - 115 - The 1894 Trial of Clara Ford (w/ Prof. Carolyn Whitzman)
In which, in honour of Black History Month, Patrick talks to writer and researcher, Professor Carolyn Whitzman about her new book Clara at the Door with a Revolver. A social history of a famous Toronto trial of Clara Ford, a Black cross-dressing woman, the book illuminates an underdiscussed aspect of Canada's working-class history!
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A sample of the latest episode of Pop Canada, in which the boys talk about Pop Punk in Canada, how it emerged in the wider post-9/11 cultural sphere, and Simple Plan.
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Sun, 29 Jan 2023 - 10min - 113 - 70 - The Seats of the Mighty: French-Canadian Nationalism Rises
In which our heroes talk about aspects of emerging French-Canadian nationalism in Canada in the late 19th century. We talk about the national anthem, Henri Bourassa, Gilbert Parker's novel The Seats of the Mighty, and more.
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Harris, Robert. Song of a Nation: The Untold Story of Canada’s National Anthem, McClelland & Stewart, 2019. Parker, Gilbert. The Seats of the Mighty, 1896. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6229/6229-h/6229-h.htm Rothenburger, Sunnie. “Terror, Love, and the National Voyeur: Gilbert Parker's The Seats of the Mighty.” English Studies in Canada, vol. 34, no. 2, 2008, pp. 91-112. Stockdale, John C. “The French Canadian According to Gilbert Parker.” Modern Language Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1973, pp. 97–105. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3194458. Waterston, Elizabeth. “The Politics of Conquest in Canadian Historical Fiction.” Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, vol. 3, no. 1, 1969, pp. 116–24. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24776196.Sun, 22 Jan 2023 - 1h 17min - 112 - 69 - 'The Western Avernus': British Columbia c. 1880s
Happy New Year!! We're back to talk about Confederation-era BC and a novel/travelogue called The Western Avernus, which likely influenced Conrad's Heart of Darkness! Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Further Reading/Sources:
Mouat, Jeremy. “Morley Roberts in the Western Avernus.” The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 93, no. 1, 2001, pp. 26–36. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40492820. Pratt, Mary Louise. Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation, London, 1992. Roberts, Morley. The Western Avernus, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1887. https://archive.org/details/westernavernus00robegoog/page/n66/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater Stanley, Timothy J. “The Chinese in Canada,” Canadian History: Post-Confederation, edited by John Douglas Belshaw, 2012. Treaty 8 map, https://canadianhistoryworkshop.wordpress.com/treaties/treaty-eight/Sun, 08 Jan 2023 - 1h 27min - 111 - Unlocked - Holiday Spectacular II
In which we give a peak behind the paywall curtain as we take a little break during the Holidays. This is the episode we recorded for last year's holiday season.
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Sun, 25 Dec 2022 - 1h 00min - 110 - Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960 (w/ Mary Graham)
In which Patrick sits with author Mary Graham about her new book, A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960!
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Sun, 11 Dec 2022 - 55min - 109 - 68 - 'The Marrow Thieves': Residential Schools & Their Legacy
In which we talk about The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (Métis) as a way to address the history and legacy of residential schools in Canada. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Further Reading/Sources:
Andersen, Chris, and Roger Maaka, eds. The Indigenous Experience: Global Perspectives, 2006. Dimaline, Cherie. The Marrow Thieves, Dancing Cat Books, 2017. Milloy, John S. A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986, University of Manitoba Press, 1999. Vowel, Chelsea. Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues in Canada, 2016Sun, 04 Dec 2022 - 1h 13min - 108 - 67 - The 'Confederation Poets'
In which we offer up a full-on literary episode to discuss the four poets collectively known as "The Confederation Poets". Why are they important? What does it tell us about the Canadian literary canon? What is the canon even? Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). Further Reading/Sources:
Bentley, D.M.R., The Confederation Group of Canadian Poets, 1880-1897, University of Toronto Press, 2004. Carman, Bliss. “Low Tide on Grand Pré,” Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of Lyrics, New York: C. L. Webster, 1893. Lampman, Archibald. “The City at the End of Things,” The Poems of Archibald Lampman (ed. Duncan Campbell Scott), George N. Morang, 1900. Pacey, Desmond. Creative Writing in Canada, The Ryerson Press, 1952. Roberts, Charles G.D. “The Tantramar Revisited,” (1883) Selected Poems of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Ryerson, 1936. Scott, Duncan Campbell. “The Onondaga Madonna,” Poems, McClelland and Stewart, 1926. Woodcock, George (editor). Colony and Confederation: Early Canadian Poets and Their Background, UBC Press, 1974.Sun, 20 Nov 2022 - 1h 23min - 107 - Richard Van Camp & 'A Blanket of Butterflies'
In which Patrick chats with Richard Van Camp about the re-release of his comic book: A Blanket of Butterflies!
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Sun, 13 Nov 2022 - 57min - 106 - 66 - The 4 P.M.s between Macdonald & Laurier
In which we discuss the tenures of John Abbott, John S.D. Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, and Charles Tupper as they try to keep the reigning Conservative Party afloat after Macdonald's death. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). Further Reading:
Bowering, George. Egotists & Autocrats: The Prime Ministers of Canada, Penguin, 2004. Grip, Toronto, [s.n., 1873-1894]. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_06509 Caricatures (in order of viewing): Abbott: - https://image-tor.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0hx15p7441b/full/max/0/default.jpg - https://image-tor.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0g15t93976r/full/max/0/default.jpg Thompson: - https://image-tor.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0ww76w1jv6m/full/max/0/default.jpg - https://image-tor.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc07w6757nq4d/full/max/0/default.jpg Bowell https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/new_article_images/MackenzieBowell/Bolt%20cartoon.jpg https://frenchcanadiansoutsideofquebec1.weebly.com/uploads/9/6/2/9/9629162/1880275.jpg?345 Tupper -https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/TupperCartoon.jpgSun, 06 Nov 2022 - 1h 16min - 105 - 65 - "The Stone Cross": A Story of Ukrainian Immigrants
In which the boys talk about the first wave of Ukrainian immigration to Canada and its influence, with the help of Vasyl Stefanyk's 1899 story, "The Stone Cross". Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). Further Reading:
Balan, Jars. "Ukrainian-Canadian literature." The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Oxford University Press, 1997. Hryniuk, S. & Luciuk, L., Canada's Ukrainians: Changing Perspectives, 1891-1991, University of Toronto Press, 1991. Petryshyn, Jaroslav. Peasants in the Promised Land : Canada and the Ukrainians, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 1985. Stefanyk, Vasyl. “The Stone Cross,” The Stone Cross, 1899. http://sites.utoronto.ca/elul/English/Bilenko/Stefanyk-Stone-Cross.pdf Swyripa, Frances. "Ukrainians." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.Sun, 23 Oct 2022 - 1h 13min - 104 - Derek Hayes' "Incredible Crossings": On BC Infrastructure
In which Patrick talks to geographer-historian Derek Hayes about his latest book about the fascinating history of infrastructure in British Columbia: Incredible Crossings.
Find more about the book here: http://www.derekhayes.ca/index.htm#incredible
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Sun, 09 Oct 2022 - 40min - 103 - Patreon Preview - James Cameron & His Films
In which we dive into the life and films of Ontario-born James Cameron!
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Sun, 02 Oct 2022 - 10min - 102 - 64 - The Trial of Louis Riel
In which we discuss the events, immediate impact and aftermath of one of the most famous trials in Canadian history.
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Archibald-Barber, Jesse. “A Poetics of Place and Apocalypse: Conflict and Contradiction in Poetry of the Red River and Northwest Resistances.” Indigenous Poetics in Canada. Ed. Neal Mcleod. Wilfred Laurier Press, 2013. Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/ “Final Statement of Louis Riel at his Trial in Regina”. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/riel/rieltrialstatement.html Machar, Agnes Maule. “Quebec to Ontario: A Plea for the Life of Riel, September, 1885.” Lays of the "True North": And Other Canadian Poems, 1902. https://archive.org/details/laystruenorthan01machgoog/page/n50/mode/2up?view=theater Macleod, R. C. “North-West Rebellion.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Riel, Louis. Poems Written in Prison. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems_written_in_jail Teillet, Jean. The North-West Is Our Mother, Patrick Crean Editions, 2019.Sun, 25 Sep 2022 - 1h 03min - 101 - 63 - The North-West Resistance
In which we overview the return of Louis Riel and the second - and ill-fated - attempted to secure Métis rights in Canada. We then look at how writers reacted to what is one of the most important Canadian events of 1885. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Further Reading:
Archibald-Barber, Jesse. “A Poetics of Place and Apocalypse: Conflict and Contradiction in Poetry of the Red River and Northwest Resistances.” Indigenous Poetics in Canada. Ed. Neal Mcleod. Wilfred Laurier Press, 2013. Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/ Johnson, E. Pauline. “A Cry From An Indian Wife," E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose. University of Toronto Press, 2002, pp. 15-17. Macleod, R. C. “North-West Rebellion.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Simpson Hayes, Kate. “Riel” (1895), Canadian Poetry: From the Beginnings through the First World War. Carole Gerson and Gwendolyn Davies, eds. McClelland & Stewart, 2008, pp. 312-13. https://ceww.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/hayes-riel.jpg Teillet, Jean. The North-West Is Our Mother, Patrick Crean Editions, 2019.Sun, 11 Sep 2022 - 1h 09min - 100 - An Interview with George Elliott Clarke (Part 2)
In which we present the second part of our talk with former Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke! Topics include Confederation-era African-Canadian lives, their poetry, and a bunch of tangents.
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In which (for reasons of storage space) we present the first part of our very interesting talk with former Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke! Topics include Confederation-era African-Canadian lives, their poetry, and a bunch of tangents. The next part is out next week!
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--- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory).Sun, 28 Aug 2022 - 58min - 98 - 62 - Towards the Last Spike: Discussing the Canadian Pacific Railway
In which we discuss the idea of the Canadian Pacific Railway - what it represents to Canada's myths, its symbolism, and its role in nation/state-building. We use works by E.J. Pratt, F.R. Scott, and G.M. Grant to help us think through this landmark moment in Canada's history. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT
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In which we address issues of linguistic and religious rights in Canada's Confederation-era education.
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Stanley, George F. G. "The Caraquet Riots of 1875." Acadiensis, volume 2, number 1, autumn 1972, p. 21–38. LeBlanc, Phyllis E. "New Brunswick schools question." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Little, John I. “New Brunswick Reaction to the Manitoba Schools’ Question.” Acadiensis, vol. 1, no. 2, 1972, pp. 43–58. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30302427 Perin, Roberto. "Manitoba schools question." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Robson, Karen L. Sociology of Education in Canada, 2019.Sun, 31 Jul 2022 - 1h 10min - 96 - 60 - James De Mille's Strange Postmodern Anti-Utopian Novel
In which, using James De Mille's A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888), we talk about utopianism and postmodernism as it relates to Canada and its culture, past and present! It's a wild episode that goes everywhere, but we love it.
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De Mille, James. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, Harper & Brothers, 1888. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ZG0mAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PP1.w.1.0.0&hl=en Parks, M. G. “Strange to Strangers Only,” Canadian Literature 70, 1976, pp. 61–78. https://canlit.ca/canlitmedia/canlit.ca/pdfs/articles/canlit70-Strange(Parks).pdf Woodcock, George. “An Absence of Utopias.” Editorial. Canadian Literature 42, 1969, pp. 3–5. https://canlit.ca/canlitmedia/canlit.ca/pdfs/articles/canlit42-Editorial(Woodcock).pdf Lamont-Stewart, Linda. “Rescued by Postmodernism: The Escalating Value of James De Mille’s A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder,” Canadian Literature 145, 1995, pp. 21–36. https://canlit.ca/canlitmedia/canlit.ca/pdfs/articles/canlit145-Rescued(Stewart).pdf Milnes, Stephen. “Colonialist Discourse, Lord Featherstone’s Yawn and the Significance of the Denouement in A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder,” Canadian Literature 145, 1995, pp. 86–104. https://canlit.ca/canlitmedia/canlit.ca/pdfs/articles/canlit145-Colonialist(Milnes).pdf Multineddu, Flavio. “A Tendentious Game with an Uncanny Riddle: A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder.” Canadian Literature 145, 1995, pp. 62–81. https://canlit.ca/canlitmedia/canlit.ca/pdfs/articles/canlit145-Tendentious(Multineddu).pdfSun, 17 Jul 2022 - 1h 19min - 95 - 'I'll Go the Length of Meself': Philip Earle on a Newfoundland Legend
In which we talk to Philip Earle about the book he wrote about his father, Guy Earle! Tune in to learn more about this fascinating mariner in Newfoundland's history and how he became an emblematic folk hero.
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Sat, 02 Jul 2022 - 1h 15min - 94 - Patreon Preview - Canada Day & St. Jean Baptiste Day
In which we dive into the history, cultural significance, and controversies surrounding Canada's (and Quebec's) National Holidays!
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Sat, 25 Jun 2022 - 10min - 93 - 59 - Policing the West: The Cypress Hills Massacre & NWMP
In which we use Guy Vanderhaeghe's novel 'The Englishman's Boy' to discuss the Cypress Hills Massacre (1873) and how, in its aftermath, Canada fast-tracked the creation of the North-West Mounted Police.
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Calder, Alison. "Unsettling the West: Nation and Genre in Guy Vanderhaeghe’s The Englishman’s Boy." Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, volume 25, number 2, fall 2000, p. 96–107. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/scl25_2art05 Dempsey, Hugh A. “Cypress Hills Massacre.” The Montana Magazine of History, vol. 3, no. 4, 1953, pp. 1–9. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4515883. Janes, Daniela. “Truth and History: Representing the Aura in The Englishman’s Boy.” Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, volume 27, number 1, spring 2002, p. 88–104. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/scl27_1art07 Macleod, R. C. “North-West Mounted Police.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Vanderhaeghe, Guy. The Englishman's Boy, London: Anchor, 1996. Wang, Mei-Chuen. “Wilderness, the West and the national imaginary in Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Englishman's Boy.” British Journal of Canadian Studies (2013), 26, (1), pp. 21–38. https://doi.org/10.3828/bjcs.2013.2 Zacharias, Robert. “A Desire for the Real: The Power of Film in The Englishman’s Boy.” Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 2, 2009, pp. 245–263. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/scl34_2art12Sat, 18 Jun 2022 - 1h 01min - 92 - UNLOCKED - Prof. Daniel O'Leary on Folk Music
In which we take a peak behind the paywall. We offer up an interview that Patrick conducted with a professor he and Mack had while at Concordia, Daniel O'Leary. Prof. O'Leary's research has focused on transnational and transatlantic Canadian genre and print culture studies, intellectual and academic culture in Canada, and the print culture of Canadian, especially Irish-Canadian, cultural communities.
We started off by talking about Don Messer's Singalong Jubilee and ended up talking about music in Canada in general. This was a really early episode that was recorded years ago on a phone, so please go easy on the sound quality and editing!
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Sat, 28 May 2022 - 38min - 91 - 58 - Hockey: Origins & National Metaphors
In which we talk about the early days of Canada's other, more famous, national sport, with discussions about its cultural and metaphorical importance.
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Holman, Andrew C., editor. Canada’s Game: Hockey and Identity. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2009. Howell, Colin. "hockey." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Jenish, D'Arcy. The Stanley Cup: A Hundred Years of Hockey at Its Best, McClelland & Stewart, 1992. Marche, Stephen. “The Meaning of Hockey,” The Walrus, December 2011, pp. 34-39. https://thewalrus.ca/the-meaning-of-hockey/. Robidoux, Michael A. “Imagining a Canadian Identity through Sport: A Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 115, no. 456, 2002, pp. 209–25, https://doi.org/10.2307/4129220.Sun, 15 May 2022 - 1h 13min - 90 - Patreon Preview - Poutine?!
In which we dive into the history, cultural significance, and controversies surrounding the famous Canadian (?) dish!
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Sat, 07 May 2022 - 06min - 89 - 57 - Lacrosse: From Indigenous Ceremony to National Sport
In which we talk about one of Canada's national sports - how it started, how it got so popular, and what it represents in the national myth of the country!
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Beers, William George. Lacrosse: The National Game of Canada, 1869. Fisher, Donald M., Lacrosse: A History of the Game, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Howell, Colin. "Aboriginal games." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. McCluney, Eugene B. “Lacrosse: The Combat of the Spirits.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1, 1974, pp. 34–42, https://doi.org/10.2307/1184199. Metcalfe, Alan. "lacrosse." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Robidoux, Michael A. “Imagining a Canadian Identity through Sport: A Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 115, no. 456, 2002, pp. 209–25, https://doi.org/10.2307/4129220.Sat, 30 Apr 2022 - 55min - 88 - 56 - The Stone Man: PM Alexander Mackenzie
In which we return to some caricatures to talk about Canada's second Prime Minister: Alexander Mackenzie, who served from 1873-1878. Find the caricatures in order in the sources below!
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Bengough, John Wilson. A Caricature History of Canadian Politics, Toronto: Grip Print. and Pub. Co., 1886. - Pacific Scandal:https://archive.org/details/caricaturehistor01beng/page/160/mode/2uphttps://archive.org/details/caricaturehistor01beng/page/164/mode/2up- Elections:https://archive.org/details/caricaturehistor01beng/page/176/mode/2uphttps://archive.org/details/cihm_00128/page/n113/mode/2up- Railway & Economic troubleshttps://archive.org/details/cihm_00128/page/n149/mode/2up- The idea of A. Mackenzie:https://archive.org/details/caricaturehistor01beng/page/190/mode/2up Bowering, George. Egotists & Autocrats: The Prime Ministers of Canada, Penguin Books, 2004. Bumsted, J. M. “Mackenzie, Alexander.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. English, John. "liberalism." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. McLachlan, Alexander. “Young Canada, or Jack's as Good as his Master.” Poems and Songs, Toronto: Hunter, Rose, 1874, pp. 119. https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/young-canada-or-jacks-good-his-masterSun, 17 Apr 2022 - 1h 19min - 87 - Patreon Preview - Ryan Reynolds is Handsome A.F.
In which we offer a glimpse of what we do on Patreon! This time, we discuss the sexiest Canadian - nay, person in the world!
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Fri, 08 Apr 2022 - 10min - 86 - Author Interview! Ryan Uytdewilligen & 'The History of Lethbridge'
In which Patrick sits down with Ryan Uytdewilligen to discuss one of his latest books: The History of Lethbridge! It's a great self-published book about a fascinating Alberta town that has much more to offer than meets the eye!
Find out about the book and the author: https://ryanuytdewilligenauthor.com/the-history-of-lethbridge/
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Sun, 03 Apr 2022 - 59min - 85 - 55 - The Indian Act (1876)
In which Mack gets mad as we go through the context and major parts of the infamous piece of Canadian legislation. Topics include the White Man's Burden, racism, racism, sexism, and racism.
Cover caricature by Dale Cummings.
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“History Of The Indian Act (Part One)”, Saskatchewan Indian, Vol. 8, No. 3, March 1978, pp. 4-5. Indian Act, 1876, https://nctr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1876_Indian_Act_Reduced_Size.pdf Kelm, Mary-Ellen, and Keith D. Smith. Talking Back to the Indian Act: Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories. University of Toronto Press, 2018. Titley, Brian. “Indian Act.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.Sun, 20 Mar 2022 - 1h 01min - 84 - Patreon Preview - Scattered Thoughts on Margaret Atwood & Controversies
In which we offer a glimpse of what we do on Patreon! We talk about Canada's most famous author! What do we think of her writing? Her politics? And especially, of the backlash she has gotten over the last few years?
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Sat, 12 Mar 2022 - 10min - 83 - 54 - Plains Natives: Outline, Cultural Survival & Representations
In which we discuss cultural practices that emerged in and about Plains Natives communities before, during, and after early colonization! Topics include powwows, the Ghost Dance, and Paul Kane.
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1894 Sioux Ghost Dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tMXbxVTby8 Axtmann, Ann. “Performative Power in Native America: Powwow Dancing.” Dance Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, Congress on Research in Dance, 2001, pp. 7–22, https://doi.org/10.2307/1478853. Corrigan, Samuel W. “The Plains Indian Powwow: Cultural Integration in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.” Anthropologica, vol. 12, no. 2, Canadian Anthropology Society, 1970, pp. 253–77, https://doi.org/10.2307/25604831. Ens, Gerhard J. "buffalo hunt." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Francis, Daniel. The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011. Milloy, John S. "Plains Aboriginals." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Paul Kane, Assiniboine Hunting Buffalo, https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/assiniboine-hunting-buffaloSun, 06 Mar 2022 - 1h 08min - 82 - 53 - Canada's First Music Superstar: Emma Albani
In which we discuss the changes happening in Canada's music scene at the end of the 19th century, before going over the country's first international sensation: Emma Albani! You know you've hit it big when Queen Vicky becomes your friend.
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Albani, Emma. “Angels ever bright and fair,” (comp. by G. F. Handel) London, England, Gramophone & Typewriter Company, Ltd., 29 Dec. 1903 https://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/16815.mp3 Chitty, Alexis, and Gilles Potvin. "Albani, Dame Emma." The Grove Book of Opera Singers, Oxford University Press, 2009. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195337655.001.0001/acref-9780195337655-e-21. 1892 photo of Emma Albani, https://jstor.org/stable/10.2307/community.18296334. Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Al100.1 M, Medium Box. Kallmann, Helmut. "Music History". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 4 March 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/music-history. Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle. Emma Albani: Victorian Diva, Dundurn Press, 2001. Vogan, Nancy F. “Music Publishing,” The History of the Book in Canada, edited by Yvan Lamonde, et al., University of Toronto Press, 2005, pp. 435-440.Sun, 20 Feb 2022 - 1h 09min - 81 - Patreon Preview - Pop Canada #17: Alex Trebek
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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 - 07min - 80 - Author Interview! Dominique Prinet: 'Flying to Extremes'
In which we put our chronology on hold as Patrick sits down with Dominique Prinet to discuss his new book 'Flying to Extremes'. Recounting his adventures as a bush pilot in the Northwest Territories, 'Flying to Extremes' is steeped in historical knowledge and first-hand experience of the Canadian Arctic, the Canadian aviation sector, and bush piloting in the rough and tumble late 1960s and early 1970s. You can find the book here: https://www.marinenavigationbooks.com/book-flying-to-extremes.php ---
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Sat, 05 Feb 2022 - 1h 07min - 79 - 52 - The Beothuk, Newfoundland & the Creation of a 'Native' Culture
In which we look at how the now-extinct Beothuk population helped the creation of a distinct Newfoundland identity that actively rejected Canada. Other topics include painting, poetry, and the attempted entry of Newfoundland into Confederation in 1869.
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Sources/Further Reading:
Fowke, Edith. "The Anti-Confederation Song". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 11 August 2014, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quotthe-anti-confederation-songquot-emc Goldie, Terry. Fear and Temptation: The Image of the Indigene in Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1989. ‘Mary March’ portrait of Demasduit by Lady Hamilton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demasduit#/media/File:Demasduit.jpg Hiller, James. “Confederation Defeated: The Newfoundland Election Of 1869.” Newfoundland In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries: Essays In Interpretation, Edited By James Hiller And Peter Neary, University Of Toronto Press, 1980, pp. 67–94, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt1vxmcpn.7. Leggo, Carl. “Who Speaks For Extinct Nations? The Beothuk and Narrative Voice”, Literator 16 (1), April 1995, pp. 31-49. https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/582/752 Lowell, Robert Trail Spence. The Poems of Robert Lowell, Boston, E.P. Dutton and Company, 1864. https://ia800208.us.archive.org/3/items/poemsofrobertlow00lowe/poemsofrobertlow00lowe.pdf Owen, Suzanne. “The Demise of the Beothuk as a Past Still Present”, Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, 2015, pp. 119-139. https://www.academia.edu/12175598/The_Demise_of_the_Beothuk_as_a_Past_Still_Present P. P. “The Boeothicks,” Newfoundland Patriot, page 1, April 19, 1836. https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/the_patriot/id/9569/rec/15 Santu Toney Beothuk Song, 1910, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvwmEguJp8YSun, 23 Jan 2022 - 1h 04min - 78 - Patreon Preview - The Video Game Industry
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Sun, 16 Jan 2022 - 09min - 77 - 51 - Free Speech & Censorship in Victorian Canada
In which we look at many forms of free speech (and how it was limited) in mid-19th century Canada! From newspapers to workers movements to the censoring of a literary association by the Church, this episode starts the new year off strong!
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Bourget, Ignace. Lettre pastorale de Mgr. l'évêque de Montréal : sur l'Institut canadien et contre les mauvais livres, Montréal, Diocèse de Montréal, 1858. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.29733/7?r=0&s=1 Camire, Alexandre. Confrontations et excommunication: L’impact de l’affaire Guibord, au Canada et ailleurs (Master’s thesis), Ottawa, University of Ottawa, 2011. https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/19888/1/Camire_Alexandre_2011_these.pdf Hudon, Théophile, L'Institut canadien de Montréal et l'affaire Guibord, Montréal, Librairie Beauchemin limitée, 1938. Levine, Allan. Scrum Wars: The Prime Ministers and the Media, Dundurn Press, 1996. https://www.deslibris.ca/ID/410534 Rioux, Jean-Roch, L'Institut canadien: les débuts de l'Institut canadien et du journal l'Avenir (1844-1849) (PhD dissertation), Québec, Université Laval, 1967. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/28670 Sotiron, Minko. "Newspapers." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.Sun, 09 Jan 2022 - 1h 05min - 76 - 50 - The Red River Resistance (Part 2)
In which we reach 50 episodes with a bang! Listen in to our last episode of the year as we talk about the second half of the Red River Resistance and the creation of Manitoba. Happy holidays all!
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Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/ Flanagan, Thomas. “Political Theory of the Red River Resistance: The Declaration of December 8, 1869.” Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue Canadienne de Science Politique, vol. 11, no. 1, 1978, pp. 153–64, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3230524. Manitoba Act, 1870. https://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/ma_1870.html Métis 1870 List of Rights http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/metis-list-of-rights.html Morton, W. L. “Two Young Men, 1869: Charles Mair and Louis Riel”, Manitoba Historical Society, Number 30, 1973-74. ‘Declaration of the People...’, http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/09/rupertslanddeclaration.shtml Teillet, Jean. The North-West Is Our Mother, Patrick Crean Editions, 2019.Sun, 12 Dec 2021 - 1h 10min - 75 - Patreon Preview - Christmas Spectacular 2!
In which we offer a glimpse of what we do on Patreon! In this Pop Canada holiday special, we talk about Christmas history in Canada and our own holiday traditions.
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Sat, 04 Dec 2021 - 11min - 74 - 49 - The Red River Resistance (Part 1)
In which we start talking about the 1869-70 Métis resistance that led to the creation of Manitoba and represented many of the issues that Canada still faces today.
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Sources & Further Reading
Bumsted, J.M. Reporting the Resistance: Alexander Begg and Joseph Hargrave on the Red River Resistance, University of Manitoba Press, 2003. Métis List of Rights https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr6/blms/6-1-2a.pdf Mair, Charles. “The Bison,” Canadian Poetry from the Beginning Through the First World War, 2010. Mair, Charles. Dreamland and Other Poems, Dawson Brothers, 1868. https://books.google.ca/books?id=H7BcAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Morton, W. L. “Two Young Men, 1869: Charles Mair and Louis Riel”, Manitoba Historical Society, Number 30, 1973-74. ‘Declaration of the People...’, http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/pageant/09/rupertslanddeclaration.shtml Teillet, Jean. The North-West Is Our Mother, Patrick Crean Editions, 2019.Sun, 28 Nov 2021 - 1h 10min - 73 - 48 - Industrialization & Common Folk, c. 1867
In which we each power through a concussion and antibiotics to discuss how mid-19th century modernization affected Canada and talk about folk tales once more! Topics include life in the country and the city, child labour, and of course Karl Marx.
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Further Reading & Sources:
Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Pre-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/preconfederation/ Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/ Marx, Karl. Capital, Volume One: A Critique of the Political Economy, Penguin Random House, 1992. Spray, Carole. Will O’ The Wisp: Folk Tales of New Brunswick, Brunswick Press, 1985. Trovato, Frank and Carl F. Grindstaff, editors. Perspectives on Canada's Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues, Oxford University Press, 1994. Woodcock, George. A Social History of Canada, Viking Books, 1988. The Wizard of the Miramichi. http://en.copian.ca/library/learning/miramichi/wizard/wizard.pdf Will O’ The Wisp. https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/2021/11/12/tale-of-the-will-o-the-wisp/Sun, 14 Nov 2021 - 1h 14min - 72 - UNLOCKED: Pop Canada #14: Nature & Environmentalism in Culture
In which we unlock our latest episode of Pop Canada to the public! Listen in as we discuss how nature appears in Canadian culture and then segue into a talk about the current climate crisis.
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Sources/Further Reading:
An Overview of Fairy Creek: https://ricochet.media/en/3727/fairy-creek-explained-whats-at-stake Dipesh Chakrabarty, The Climate of History in a Planetary Age. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo8642262.html Robert Hayman, Quodlibets, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ssd?id=umn.31951001645058j;seq=11 John Richardson's Wacousta and other books about nature, https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/Sun, 07 Nov 2021 - 51min - 71 - 47 - Sir John A. Macdonald (Part 2): The Ugly Side & More Caricatures
In which we talk about the dark side of Macdonald's legacy and the latter part of his life, again using caricatures (but ones that make us go "yikes...").
Caricatures: https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/2021/10/30/j-a-macdonald-caricatures-the-darker-side/
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Sources/Further Reading:
Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/ Bowering, George. Egotists and Autocrats, Penguin Books, 1999. Creighton, Donald. John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician/The Old Chieftain, University of Toronto Press, 2018. Gillespie, Alastair C.F. John A. MacDonald: The Indispensable Politician, Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy, 2017. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/MLIConfederationSeries_MacdonaldPaperF_Web.pdf Johnson, J. K.. "Sir John A. Macdonald". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 28 November 2017, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-john-alexander-macdonald.Sun, 31 Oct 2021 - 1h 21min - 70 - 46 - Sir John A. Macdonald (Part 1): The 'Bright Side' & Caricatures
In which we examine the legacy of Canada's first PM through caricatures! This episode focuses on his early life and what is considered to be J. A. Macdonald's more 'positive' legacy...and how that is certainly a double-edged sword.
Caricatures: https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/2021/10/17/some-caricatures-of-sir-john-a-macdonald/
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Further readings:
Bowering, George. Egotists and Autocrats, Penguin Books, 1999. Creighton, Donald. John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician/The Old Chieftain, University of Toronto Press, 2018. Gillespie, Alastair C.F. John A. MacDonald: The Indispensable Politician, Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy, 2017. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/MLIConfederationSeries_MacdonaldPaperF_Web.pdf Johnson, J. K.. "Sir John A. Macdonald". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 28 November 2017, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-john-alexander-macdonald. Levine, Allan. Scrum Wars: The Prime Ministers and the Media, Toronto, Dundurn Press, 1996.Sun, 17 Oct 2021 - 1h 10min - 69 - Patreon Preview - The Malazan Books & Fantasy
In which we talk about an acclaimed fantasy series - 'Malazan: Book of the Fallen' - written by two archeologists from Ontario and Manitoba. We also delve a bit into the genre as it developed in Canada!
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Sat, 09 Oct 2021 - 11min - 68 - 45 - Confederation (Part 2) - To 1867 & Beyond!
In which we we discuss the officialization of the British North America Act, its immediate impact, and much more as Canada takes on its first kind of independent form! We also discuss photographer William Notman as a case study for how culture is changing in the new country. It's an episode of debates, dirty tricks, exclusions, and parties!
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Further Reading:
The British North America Act, 1867, https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t13.html Hayday, Matthew. “British North America Act.” The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, Oxford University Press, 2008. Heidt, Daniel, editor. Reconsidering Canada: Canada’s Founding Debates, 1864-1999, University of Calgary Press, 2018. Martin, Ged. Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-1867, UBC Press, 1995. https://www.deslibris.ca/ID/404058 Silver, A. I. The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, 1864-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1997, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt1287sgt. Smith, Peter J. “The Ideological Origins of Canadian Confederation.” Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne De Science Politique, vol. 20, no. 1, 1987, pp. 3–29. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3228803. Triggs, Stanley G.. "William Notman". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 15 December 2015, Historica Canada. http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=1&tablename=artist&elementid=00480__trueSun, 03 Oct 2021 - 1h 15min - 67 - 44 - Confederation (Part 1) - The 1864 Conferences
In which we talk about the conferences in Charlottetown and Quebec that laid the groundwork for Canada and the British North America Act! We also end on by analyzing some artistic depictions of those moments.
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Beck, Murray. Joseph Howe: The Briton Becomes Canadian 1848-1873, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983. https://www.deslibris.ca/ID/400510 Bowering, George. Egotists & Autocrats, Penguin Books, 1999. Martin, Ged. Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-1867, UBC Press, 1995. https://www.deslibris.ca/ID/404058 Martin, Ged. “Launching Canadian Confederation: Means to Ends, 1836-1864.” The Historical Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, 1984, pp. 575–602. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2639270. Smith, Peter J. “The Ideological Origins of Canadian Confederation.” Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne De Science Politique, vol. 20, no. 1, 1987, pp. 3–29. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3228803. Charlottetown Conference plaque: https://www.hmdb.org/Photos5/522/Photo522076o.jpg Quebec Conference Painting: https://www.ourcommons.ca/About/HistoryArtsArchitecture/fine_arts/historical/609-e.htmSun, 19 Sep 2021 - 1h 25min - 66 - Patreon Preview: Total Drama & Cartoon Satire
In which, we discuss the early-2000s TV show Total Drama, its spin-offs, and the creators' other endeavours (like 6teen). We get to talking about Americanization, Canadian parodies, and have a general fun time!
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Sat, 11 Sep 2021 - 11min - 65 - 43 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee: Advocating a 'New Nationality'
In which we discuss a famous poet and politician that allows us to address the Fenians, the further establishment of Irish-Canadians, and who fully leads us into Confederation!!
NOTE: I forgot to mention that the person who was accused of shooting McGee was called Patrick J. Whelan. Thought it was important to include it.
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Ashe, Ian. “Thomas D’arcy Mcgee - Ireland's Lost Patriot And Canada’s Assassinated Hero.” History Ireland, vol. 28, no. 2, 2020, pp. 6–7. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26915165. Burns, Robin B. “D'Arcy McGee and the Fenians: A Study of the Interaction between Irish Nationalism and the American Environment.” University Review, vol. 4, no. 3, 1967, pp. 260–273. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25504793. D’Arcy McGee, Thomas. The poems of Thomas D’arcy McGee, D & J Sadlier, 1869. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.09480/15?r=0&s=1 Gillespie, A.C.F. Thomas D’Arcy McGee: The Idealist, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, 2017. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/MIConfederationSeriesMcGeeF_Web.pdf O'Leary, Daniel. “Irish-Canadian Identity, Imperial Nationalism: Irish Book History and Print Culture in Victorian Quebec.” The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, 2007, pp. 61–66. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25515661. Wilson, David A. “A Rooted Horror: Thomas D'Arcy McGee and Secret Societies, 1845-68.” The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2005, pp. 45–51. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25515558. Wilson, David A. “Thomas D'Arcy McGee's Wexford Speech of 1865: Reflections on Revolutionary Republicanism and the Irish in North America.” The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 26/27, 2000, pp. 9–24. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25515346.Sun, 05 Sep 2021 - 1h 18min - 64 - 42 - The Gold Rush That Created British Columbia
In which we talk about the 1858 Fraser River gold rush, its part in the creation of the colony of British Columbia, and a modern take on the event in Raymond Maher's 'The Deadly Five' novel. ---
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Boissery, Beverly. Beyond Hope: An Illustrated History of the Fraser and Cariboo Gold Rush, Dundurn Press, 2003. Geddes, Gary. "British Columbia, Writing in." The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Oxford University Press, 1997. Gough, Barry M. "Fraser, Simon." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Klan, Yvonne. The Old Red Shirt: Pioneer Poets of British Columbia, New Star Books, 2004. Loo, Tina. "New Caledonia." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Maher, Raymond. The Deadly Five, Friesen Press, 2020. https://raymondmaher.com McDonald, Robert A. J. "British Columbia." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.Sun, 22 Aug 2021 - 1h 11min - 63 - Patreon Preview - Depicting Canada in Pop Culture
In which we discuss the ways that the Great White North is shown in various media - from the Simpsons to Kevin Smith films! It's a veritable popluck of topics... I don't regret the joke. Here are the first 10 minutes of our talk!
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Sat, 07 Aug 2021 - 12min - 62 - 41 - Trickster: Chaos & Creation
In which we have Native American, Himanish Goel, join us to talk about the Trickster figure as a way to open on a central part of many Western Indigenous myths and British Columbia generally! We use Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster to help us with some of the themes. Somewhat relevant tangents include Loki and To Kill A Mockingbird.
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Further Reading:
Larouche, Jean-Marc, and Guy Ménard, ed. L’étude de la religion au Québec: Bilan et prospective, Les Presses de l’Université de Laval, 2001. Radin, Paul. Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology, New York, Schocken Books, 1956. Reder, Deanna and Linda M. Morra, ed. Troubling Tricksters: Revisioning Critical Conversations, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010. Robinson, Eden. Son of a Trickster, Knopf Canada, 2017. Squint, Kirstin L. “Gerald Vizenor's Trickster Hermeneutics.” Studies in American Humor, no. 25, 2012, pp. 107–123. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42573645. Vizenor, Gerald. “Trickster Discourse.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, 1990, pp. 277–287. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1185655.Sun, 01 Aug 2021 - 59min - 61 - 40 - Charles Sangster: Colonial Poet Laureate
In which Mack stays awake long enough to talk about Canada's "Colonial Poet Laureate" and rising English-Canadian nationalism. Topics include Gothic literature, the formation of Canada's military, and reciprocity treaties! ---
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Bentley, D. M. R. “Charles Sangster: The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay,” Mimic Fires: Accounts of Early Long Poems on Canada, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. Brown, E. K. On Canadian Poetry, Ryerson Press, 1943. “Charles Sangster.” The Public Health Journal, vol. 5, no. 9, 1914, pp. 589–593. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41997696. “Haunted by a Lack of Ghosts: Gothic Absence and Settler Melancholy.” Canadian Gothic: Literature, History, and the Spectre of Self-Invention, by Cynthia Sugars, 1st ed., University of Wales Press, 2014, pp. 49–74. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qhhzf.6. Kamboureli, Smaro. On the Edge of Genre: The Contemporary Canadian Long Poem, University of Toronto Press, 1991. Latham, David. “Sangster, Charles,” The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Oxford University Press, 1997. Masters, D.C.. "Reciprocity". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 12 November 2019, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/reciprocity. Sangster, Charles. The St. Lawrence & the Saguenay and Other Poems, 1856. http://canadianpoetry.org/library/early-writing-in-canada/early-canadian-long-poems/sangster/Sun, 18 Jul 2021 - 1h 00min - 60 - Patreon Preview - Degrassi!
In which we give a taste of what goes on over on our Patreon sister show: Pop Canada! Here are the first 10 minutes of our talk on the many Degrassi shows before having an extensive talk about their legacy!
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Sat, 10 Jul 2021 - 11min - 59 - 39 - Octave Crémazie: French-Canada's National Bard
In which, on our road to Confederation, we discuss he who was once known as 'French-Canada's National Bard'! Topics also include the situation in 1850s Canada, reflections on Confederation, and the Annexation Manifesto!
Patrick translated some of the French poems here: https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/2021/06/28/translation-of-selected-octave-cremazie-poems/
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Condemine, Odette. Octave Crémazie, 1827-1879, National Library of Canada, 1979. http://parkscanadahistory.com/publications/cremazie-nelligan.pdf Crémazie, Octave. “Le vieux soldat canadien” (1855), Oeuvres complètes, Beauchemin & Valois, 1882, pp. 110-111. https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Œuvres_complètes_(Crémazie)/Le_vieux_soldat_canadien Crémazie, Octave. “Le drapeau de Carillon” (1858), Oeuvres complètes, Beauchemin & Valois, 1882, pp. 128-137. https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Œuvres_complètes_(Crémazie)/Le_drapeau_de_Carillon Fess, Gilbert M. “Octave Crémazie, a Late Defender of Romanticism.” The Sewanee Review, vol. 33, no. 1, 1925, pp. 73–80. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27533833. Hayne, David M. “Le Mouvement littéraire de Québec,” The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Oxford University Press, 1997. McNairn, Jeffrey L. “Annexation Manifesto.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Scholl, Dorothee. “French-Canadian Colonial Literature under the Union Jack.” History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian, edited by Reingard M. Nischik, Boydell & Brewer, Rochester, New York, 2008, pp. 88–110.Sun, 04 Jul 2021 - 1h 07min - 58 - 38 - Alias Grace: Sensationalism, Crime & Madness (ft. Just Watch Me)
In which we are joined by the great Liv and Kate ('Just Watch Me' podcast) to talk about Margaret Atwood's 1996 historical fiction novel, Alias Grace. We discuss Atwood's use of fiction and history, the novel's purpose, Victorian perceptions of women and crime, and much more! Patrick's opinion is majorly pushed back against and the episode is worth it just for that!
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Atwood, Margaret. Alias Grace, McClelland & Stewart, 1996. Atwood, Margaret. “In Search of Alias Grace: On Writing Canadian Historical Fiction.” The American Historical Review, vol. 103, no. 5, 1998, pp. 1503–1516. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2649966. Goldblatt, Patricia F. “Reconstructing Margaret Atwood's Protagonists.” World Literature Today, vol. 73, no. 2, 1999, pp. 275–282. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40154691. Hulan, Renee. “Margaret Atwood’s Historical Lives in Context: Notes on a Postcolonial Pedagogy for Historical Fiction.” Home-Work: Postcolonialism, Pedagogy, and Canadian Literature, ed. by Cynthia Sugars, University of Ottawa Press, 2004, pp. 441–460. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1ckpc18.28. Peters, Joan Douglas. “Feminist Narratology Revisited: Dialogizing Gendered Rhetorics in Alias Grace.” Style, vol. 49, no. 3, 2015, pp. 299–320. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/style.49.3.0299. Stanley, Sandra Kumamoto. “The Eroticism of Class and the Enigma of Margaret Atwood's ‘Alias Grace.’” Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 22, no. 2, 2003, pp. 371–386. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20059158.Sun, 20 Jun 2021 - 1h 10min - 57 - Patreon Preview! - Comedy & Lorne Michaels
In which we give a taste of what goes on over on our Patreon sister show: Pop Canada! Here are the first 10 minutes of our talk on comedy: a staple of Canadian pop culture. We address the history of the genre, important figures, and why it developed in this country!
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