The Carbon Tax Question, with Thomas F. Pedersen
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick talks to Thomas F. Pedersen (professor emeritus at the University of Victoria) about .--- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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Carolyn Roberts on 'Re-Storying Education'
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick sits down with Carolyn Roberts to discuss her new book on decolonial education practices and what exactly it means to 're-story' education. or at your local bookstore! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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106 - The Jade Peony: Post-Exclusion Act Chinese-Canadians
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick talks about Wayson Choy's beautiful novel The Jade Peony and how it portrays the lives of Chinese Canadians of the 1930s. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading ( --- Sources/Further Reading Deer, Glenn. An Interview with Wayson Choy. Canadian Literature 163, 1999, pp. 34–44.
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105 - The Persons Case
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we discuss the time the Canadian government asked itself: 'wait... are [white] women people?' For real though... We compare that event to two P.K. Page poems. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading ( --- Sources/Further Reading Brandt, Gail, et al. Canadian Women: A History, 2011. Hamilton, Sheryl. Impersonations: Troubling the Person in Law and Culture, 2013. Irvine, Dean J. Editing Modernity: Women and Little-Magazine Cultures in Canada, 1916–1956, 2008. Killian,...
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Vantage Points: On Media As Trans Memoir (with Chase Joynt)
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick talks to filmmaker and writer Chase Joynt (Framing Agnes) about his new book, Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir, which or at your local bookstore. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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104 - R.B. Bennett: Another Mama’s Boy
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we discuss the Prime Minister during the opening years of the Depression, and how he mostly struggled to keep things running... --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading ( --- Sources/Further Reading Bowering, George. Egotists & Autocrats: The Prime Ministers of Canada, Penguin, 2000. -- -- MacLean, Andrew D. R.B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada. Excelsior Publishing, 1935 Ondaatje, Christopher. The Prime Ministers of Canada, 1867-1967. Canyon Press, 1967....
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103 - "The Regina Manifesto": Labour Unrest in the Depression
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we discuss some of anti-capitalist responses to the Depression, like the creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the On-To-Ottawa Trek. Discussed caricatures/images: ; --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: [email protected]; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory) --- Further Reading: Baird, Irene. Waste Heritage, 1939. The Regina Manifesto, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...
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102 - Ten Lost Years: The Great Depression
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we channel our inner feelings and talk about The Great Depression, with the help of Jack Winter's play Ten Lost Years (1974). --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: [email protected]; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory) --- Further Reading Winter, Jack. Ten Lost Years, Talonbooks, 2013.
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When the Pine Needs Fall: Indigenous Resistance (with Ellen Gabriel & Sean Carleton)
A Cultural History of Canada
Patrick sits down with activist Ellen Gabriel (Kanien’kehá:ka, Wakeniáhton) and historian Sean Carleton (University of Manitoba) to discuss their excellent new book When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance (released on Sept. 24). --- Find the book 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: & Facebook ()
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101 - The Mad Trapper of Rat River
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we talk about a Looney Toons episode happening in the Arctic - and a bit on another Rudy Wiebe novel! *Sorry about Patrick's mic quality - he didn't notice it was recording on a different device* --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: [email protected]; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory) --- Further Reading
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Sources/Further Reading
- Bowering, George. Egotists & Autocrats: The Prime Ministers of Canada, Penguin, 2000.
- Caricature #1 -- Caricature #2 -- Caricature #3
- MacLean, Andrew D. R.B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada. Excelsior Publishing, 1935
- Ondaatje, Christopher. The Prime Ministers of Canada, 1867-1967. Canyon Press, 1967.
- Werthman, William C., ed. Canada in Cartoon: A Pictorial History of the Confederation Years 1867-1967. Brunswick Press, 1967.
