52 - The Beothuk, Newfoundland & the Creation of a 'Native' Culture
Release Date: 01/23/2022
112 - Reading & Discussing Clarke's "Whylah Falls"
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick reads from and raves about George Elliott Clarke's Whylah Falls while Mack is away. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings Clarke, George Elliott. Whylah Falls, Polestar Press, 1990.
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111 - Howard O'Hagan's Tay John
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we discuss a largely forgotten early example of the Canadian modern/postmodern in Howard O'Hagan's 1939 novel, Tay John. Sorry for the delayed episode release, we all got caught up in other things.... --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings
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Eve Lazarus on the Sinking of the Empress of Ireland
A Cultural History of Canada
A discussion with Eve Lazarus about her new book, Beneath Dark Waters! or at . --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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110 - Something Fascist This Way Comes
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we discuss how fascism has generally played out in Canada and why right wing movements today are different, all while Mack battles sleep live on the pod. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings Allan, Ted. This Time A Better Earth, Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press, 2015 [1939].
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Tim Falconer on Viola MacMillan & the Windfall Scandal
A Cultural History of Canada
An interview with Tim Falconer about his new book, Windfall! or at . --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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109 - Hector de Saint-Denys-Garneau
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we talk about one of the most influential poets in modern Quebec - who only published one collection in his lifetime! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings
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On Women's Legal Struggles in Canadian History (w/ Karin Wells)
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick talks to Karin Wells about her new book Women Who Woke Up the Law. You can or at ! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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On Vancouver's First Lifeguard, Serafim 'Joe' Fortes (w/ Ruby Smith Díaz)
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick talks to about her new book Searching for Seraphim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim 'Joe' Fortes. You can or at ! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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108 - Africville
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we overview the story of the Black Nova Scotia once known as Africville, as well as briefly discussing Jeffrey Colvin's novel Africaville, which was inspired by the events. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings Colvin, Jeffrey. Africaville: A Novel, HarperCollins, 2019.
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Invested in Crisis: A Conversation w/ Tom Fraser
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick talks to about his new book Invested in Crisis: Public Sector Pensions Against the Future. You can or at ! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
info_outlineIn 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=WvwmEguJp8Y