ECAMP Podcast

The stories of the People, Places, Things and Moments that make the City of Edmonton what it is. Presented by Edmonton Heritage Council.

S02E13 | Without Discrimination: The Delwin Vriend Case 12/10/2021

S02E13 | Without Discrimination: The Delwin Vriend Case This ECAMP Podcast bonus episode, hosted by Murray Billett and produced by the Alberta Labour History Institute, takes us on a journey through a history-making decision that impacts Alberta’s Human Rights law to this day. Featured voices include Vriend, former City Councillor Michael Phair, and four people who participated as lawyers in the case: Sheila Greckol (now a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Alberta); Douglas Stollery, CM, QC; Julie Lloyd, QC (now a Provincial Court Judge); and Lyle Kanee, QC. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/21437225

TEASER for Episode 13 (Bonus) 08/28/2021

TEASER for Episode 13 (Bonus) /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/20277530

S02E12 | Bringing it Together: Immigration History through food & Edmonton’s Annexations 08/21/2021

S02E12 | Bringing it Together: Immigration History through food & Edmonton’s Annexations In this final episode of Season 2, revisit perspectives on Edmonton’s immigration history through the lens of food. Then, we consider annexation as a relationship between people, communities and the land with Peter Ohm, Edmonton’s Historian Laureate Amber Paquette & Mackenzie Ground. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/20164130

S2E11 | The Edmonton 2Spirit Society, Lebanese Peddlers & Burger Baron 08/14/2021

S2E11 | The Edmonton 2Spirit Society, Lebanese Peddlers & Burger Baron In this episode, Elder Richard Jenkins & Cheyenne Mihko Kihêw discuss the formation of the Edmonton 2Spirit Society, its history & hiccups experienced along the way. Then, Omar Mollaleum takes to the streets to explore the history of Lebanese peddlers in Alberta & their connection to a beloved Alberta fast food restaurant. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/20126969

S02E10 | Do It Together: DIY Art and Music Organizing in Edmonton 08/07/2021

S02E10 | Do It Together: DIY Art and Music Organizing in Edmonton In this episode, discover the Edmonton Women's Music Collective, Women Unlimited, Not Enough Fest, and Brown, Black & Fierce- four different projects across four decades that created Queer arts spaces in Edmonton. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/20052443

S02E09 | The Points System, Caribbean Immigration & Neighbourhoods as Corporate Artifacts 07/31/2021

S02E09 | The Points System, Caribbean Immigration & Neighbourhoods as Corporate Artifacts Donna Coombs-Montrose shares her experience of immigrating to Canada and speaks about her involvement in the Cariwest Festival. Then, Erik Backstrom & Doug Kelly consider The Grange and the historical role of corporations in neighbourhood development. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19938062

S02E08 | Local Drag Kings, Part 2 & Impressions of Edmonton Post-Immigration 07/24/2021

S02E08 | Local Drag Kings, Part 2 & Impressions of Edmonton Post-Immigration In this episode, Alex Felicitas (AKA Bushwackin’ Al) speaks about their experience in the Queer Royale Drag Troupe. Then, former City Councillor and Member of Parliament Amarjeet Sohi shares his story of immigrating to Edmonton from India in the 1980s. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19903013

S02E07 | Remembrance as an Active Process: Formal & Informal Ethnic Enclaves 07/17/2021

S02E07 | Remembrance as an Active Process: Formal & Informal Ethnic Enclaves In this episode, explore two formalized ethnic enclaves in the Boyle Street and McCauley neighbourhoods. Lan Chan-Marples shares the history of Edmonton’s Chinatown & Adriana A Davies speaks about Little Italy. Then, Poushali Mitra considers the growing South Asian community in Mill Woods and recounts an effort to have a Little India arch erected in the early 2000s. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19827323

S02E06 | Examining a pan-Latinx identity & Indigenous burials in Blackmud Creek Ravine 07/10/2021

S02E06 | Examining a pan-Latinx identity & Indigenous burials in Blackmud Creek Ravine Luciana Erregue shares her story of immigrating to Edmonton from Argentina and considers the notions of race & a shared Latinx identity. Then, Dr. Kisha Supernant discusses her work with the Papaschase Nation in the Kaskitayo neighbourhood. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19763474

S02E5 | We’re in Oil Country: Local Drag Kings & Venezuelan Immigration 07/03/2021

S02E5 | We’re in Oil Country: Local Drag Kings & Venezuelan Immigration In this episode, hear from Melisa Brittain & Deb Farstad of the Alberta Beef drag troupe about the character of Drag Kinging in our province. Then, Miguel Priolo Marin speaks about a cerebral exodus from Venezuela in the 1990s and why many immigrants came to Alberta. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19638227

S02E04 | Reclaiming the Erased: Métis Histories & Sexual Preference Activism in the 1970s 06/26/2021

S02E04 | Reclaiming the Erased: Métis Histories & Sexual Preference Activism in the 1970s In this Episode, discover two very different histories that have been erased. Matt Hiltermann explores how the frontier myth erases history & Karin Kratz shares her story of lobbying to have an anti-homophobia clause added to the Canada Post collective agreement. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19573574

S02E03 | Kinokamau Plains & Immigration Hall 06/19/2021

S02E03 | Kinokamau Plains & Immigration Hall In this episode, discover a lost Métis settlement in a north-west industrial area with Dylan Reade, and learn about some sites essential to early 20th century immigration with Adriana A. Davies. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19477448

S02E02 | Bellamy Hill in the 1990s, an Indigenous Drag House & Early Edmonton as a Cosmopolitan Centre 06/12/2021

S02E02 | Bellamy Hill in the 1990s, an Indigenous Drag House & Early Edmonton as a Cosmopolitan Centre Rob Gurney (Ladonna Cree) shares the experience working Bellamy Hill in the 1990s, the art of drag, & the Indi-Queenz of Beaver Hills Haus. Then, Lan Chan-Marples & Debbie Beaver share perspectives on early Chinese & African-American histories. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19421273

S02E01 | Heritage Trees & Gay Cruising in the 1980s 06/05/2021

S02E01 | Heritage Trees & Gay Cruising in the 1980s In this episode, discover what trees can tell us about Edmonton’s history with Dustin Bajer, take a walk through Spruce Avenue with Wesley Andreas, and learn about a site significant to our city’s 2SLBGTQIA+ community in the 1980s with Darrin Hagen. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19349645

S02E00 | The ECAMP Podcast Returns (Trailer) 06/02/2021

S02E00 | The ECAMP Podcast Returns (Trailer) /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/19333205

S01E16 | City Hall & the Friendship Tower 12/22/2016

S01E16 | City Hall & the Friendship Tower The story behind City Hall's remarkable bell tower, a gift from broadcast pioneer Dick Rice that regularly sends gleeful tunes out into Churchill Square. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4933318

S01E15 | From Barber to Farmer 12/08/2016

S01E15 | From Barber to Farmer Toyomatsu Kimura was no farmer! But after discrimination made it hard to run his business in 1920’s Edmonton, that’s what he did—along with other Japanese families. Hear how, from a farming community resident, Chizuko Kimura and researcher Aya Fujiwara. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4878266

S01E14 | Library & City Market 11/24/2016

S01E14 | Library & City Market Historian Kathryn Chase Merritt tells of the colourful history and pungent aroma of the City Market. Imagine open stalls of produce, fresh meat, and everything farmer’s could bring to the centre of town. First located on the south end of today’s Winston Churchill Square, the Edmonton Public library eventually took over the spot in 1967, but the memories remain... /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4859447

S01E13 | Station of Reconciliation 11/10/2016

S01E13 | Station of Reconciliation A mural in the Grandin LRT Station was meant to tell the story of a man but it inadvertently acted as a reminder of the oppression of an entire group of people. We find out the history of the mural, the pain it caused and the healing that came from it. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4805758

S01E12 | Edmonton Theatre 10/20/2016

S01E12 | Edmonton Theatre Professional theatre in Edmonton? Many thought it impossible. And a Fringe Festival in the early 1980s? Brian Paisley tells the story how he lucked out with government money and chutzpah. He's joined by playwright Ken Brown and writer Colin MacLean. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4760138

S01E11 Special Edition | Reconciliation & Camsell 10/14/2016

S01E11 Special Edition | Reconciliation & Camsell Listen to the conversations forming around the Edmonton Heritage Council’s Charles Camsell Hospital Project. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4744815

S01E10 | Perfecting The Wave 10/06/2016

S01E10 | Perfecting The Wave Find out how Edmonton helped to create the crowd maneuver, The Wave, loved and loathed across the sports world. We'll hear from writer and the inventor himself, . /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4715790

S01E09 | The Hotbox 09/22/2016

S01E09 | The Hotbox Restauranteur Sid Estrin prided himself in coupling remarkable music with amazing food at The Hotbox. And downstairs from Sid's eatery on Jasper Avenue, a legendary gay nightclub that former city councillor Michael Phair remembers as the Studio 54 of the Prairies. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4686002

S01E08 | Edmonton at the Bottom of a Lake 09/08/2016

S01E08 | Edmonton at the Bottom of a Lake Alberta's capital city was once completely under water. We find out why 11,500 years ago Edmonton was at the bottom of a lake, and what became of all that water. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4651257

S01E07 | Yardbird Suite 08/25/2016

S01E07 | Yardbird Suite Jazz and bop and the birth of cool. The Yardbird Suite was the hippest juke joint you could imagine in 1960s Edmonton. Don Hill connects with music legends Tommy and Ida Banks and entertainment writer Colin Maclean over their memories of the club. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4613196

S01E06 | The Harbin Gate 08/11/2016

S01E06 | The Harbin Gate One of Edmonton's Chinatown Gates may seem a little out of place. Find out why, back in 1987, it made sense for the Harbin Gate to be constructed where it stands now and how it inadvertently tells the story of Edmonton’s ever-moving Chinatown. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4573153

S01E05 | The CKUA Piano Cover 07/28/2016

S01E05 | The CKUA Piano Cover The story of CKUA Radio's baby grand piano—an aged, unexceptional instrument whose cover is adorned with signatures of generations of legendary musicians. Don Hill examines some notables—and the memories surrounding them—with the help of CKUA staff. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4524944

S01E04 | The Bird Dance 07/15/2016

S01E04 | The Bird Dance The legendary earworm-of-a-song, The Bird Dance has a big Edmonton connection. Find out how the Edmonton band, The Emeralds, made the song their own and made it a certified hit, from founding member Allan Broder. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4516717

S01E03 | Pilot - Al Rashid Mosque 06/23/2016

S01E03 | Pilot - Al Rashid Mosque Writers Daood Hamdani and Richard Awid, and the Canadian Council of Muslim Women’s Zohra Husaini tell the story of the Al-Rashid and the multi-faith effort to build “the first real Little Mosque on the Prairie”. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4404365

S01E02 | Pilot - The M.E.T.S. 06/09/2016

S01E02 | Pilot - The M.E.T.S. The city’s former Historian Laureate Shirley Lowe explains the mid-century rationale behind the Metropolitan Edmonton Transportation Study, a failed inner freeway ring proposal that would have paved over our inner city and cherished river valley. /episode/index/show/edmontoncityasmuseum/id/4404349

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