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24 - Early Medical History (Part 2) - Grosse Île

A Cultural History of Canada

Release Date: 11/15/2020

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A Cultural History of Canada

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A Cultural History of Canada

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A Cultural History of Canada

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A Cultural History of Canada

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A Cultural History of Canada

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119 - Joy Kogawa's Obasan & Japanese Internment Camps show art 119 - Joy Kogawa's Obasan & Japanese Internment Camps

A Cultural History of Canada

In which, after a hiatus, your heroes return to discuss how the Canadian government locked up its own citizens (again) under the War Measures Act.

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A Cultural History of Canada

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117 - Antisemitism and Earth & High Heaven show art 117 - Antisemitism and Earth & High Heaven

A Cultural History of Canada

In which we talk about antisemitism in Canada, with a brief segue into Gwethalyn Graham's novel Earth & High Heaven (1944). --- Sources/Further Reading Abella, Irving. None is Too Many, 1970. Graham, Gwethalyn. Earth and High Heaven, 1944. Moss, John. A Reader's Guide to the Canadian Novel, McClelland and Stewart, 1981 --- Support: Patreon ( Paypal ( recommended reading (

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In which we power through some internet troubles to talk about Grosse Île Quarantine Station! We use poems by Margaret Atwood and Al Purdy to discuss more of the psychological effects of being in isolation in the 19th century than scientific medical practices. Still great fun though!

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Sources & Further Reading: 

  • Atwood, Margaret. “Disembarking at Quebec” & “Further Arrivals,” The Journals of Susanna Moodie, OUP, 1970. 
  • Charbonneau, André and André Sévigny. '1847, Grosse Île: A Record of Daily Events', Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine Canadien, 1997. 
  • Duffin, Jacalyn. "cholera." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. 
  • Holmgren, Michele. “‘Stranger No Longer’: Recuperating Memories of Place from Present Amnesia in Al Purdy's ‘Grosse Isle.’” The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2015, pp. 142–161. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24635404. 
  • Houston, Cecil J. "Grosse Île." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. 
  • Purdy, Al. “Grosse Île, ” Beyond Remembering: the Poems of Al Purdy, Harbour Publishing, 2000. 
  • Quigley, Michael. “Grosse Ile: Canada's Island Famine Memorial.” History Ireland, vol. 5, no. 2, 1997, pp. 22–26. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27724456 

Find the transcribed poems and extras mentioned in the episode right here

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Check out this great independent poetry anthology, 'Isolated Together', right here

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