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 (
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UNLOCKED Pop Canada #41 - On Tariffs & Booing Anthems
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we slowly unravel (you have been forewarned) as we talk about the absurdities of our contemporary relations to America... Check out our Patreon page for more episodes (that are slightly less stupid).
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107 - Quebec's Catholic Nationalism: Maurice Duplessis & Félix-Antoine Savard
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we talk about Quebec's 'grande noirceur' period (1939-1959) through its figurehead, Maurice Duplessis, and classic author Félix-Antoine Savard. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Sources/Further Reading Jones, Richard. Duplessis and the union nationale administration, 1983. Savard, Félix-Antoine. Menaud, maître draveur, 1937.
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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.