In which we offer up a full-on literary episode to discuss the four poets collectively known as "The Confederation Poets". Why are they important? What does it tell us about the Canadian literary canon? What is the canon even? Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: [email protected], Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). Further Reading/Sources:

• Bentley, D.M.R., The Confederation Group of Canadian Poets, 1880-1897, University of Toronto Press, 2004.
• Carman, Bliss. “Low Tide on Grand Pré,” Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book of Lyrics, New York: C. L. Webster, 1893.
• Lampman, Archibald. “The City at the End of Things,” The Poems of Archibald Lampman (ed. Duncan Campbell Scott), George N. Morang, 1900.
• Pacey, Desmond. Creative Writing in Canada, The Ryerson Press, 1952.
• Roberts, Charles G.D. “The Tantramar Revisited,” (1883) Selected Poems of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Ryerson, 1936.
• Scott, Duncan Campbell. “The Onondaga Madonna,” Poems, McClelland and Stewart, 1926.
• Woodcock, George (editor). Colony and Confederation: Early Canadian Poets and Their Background, UBC Press, 1974.

In which Patrick chats with Richard Van Camp about the re-release of his comic book: A Blanket of Butterflies!

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In which we discuss the tenures of John Abbott, John S.D. Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, and Charles Tupper as they try to keep the reigning Conservative Party afloat after Macdonald's death. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: [email protected], Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory).   Further Reading:

• Bowering, George. Egotists & Autocrats: The Prime Ministers of Canada, Penguin, 2004.
• Grip, Toronto, [s.n., 1873-1894]. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_06509
• Caricatures (in order of viewing):
• Abbott: - https://image-tor.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0hx15p7441b/full/max/0/default.jpg - https://image-tor.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0g15t93976r/full/max/0/default.jpg
• Thompson: - https://image-tor.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc0ww76w1jv6m/full/max/0/default.jpg - https://image-tor.canadiana.ca/iiif/2/69429%2Fc07w6757nq4d/full/max/0/default.jpg
• Bowell https://d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net/media/new_article_images/MackenzieBowell/Bolt%20cartoon.jpg https://frenchcanadiansoutsideofquebec1.weebly.com/uploads/9/6/2/9/9629162/1880275.jpg?345
• Tupper -https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/TupperCartoon.jpg

In which the boys talk about the first wave of Ukrainian immigration to Canada and its influence, with the help of Vasyl Stefanyk's 1899 story, "The Stone Cross".   Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: [email protected], Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory).   Further Reading:

• Balan, Jars. "Ukrainian-Canadian literature." The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Oxford University Press, 1997.
• Hryniuk, S. & Luciuk, L., Canada's Ukrainians: Changing Perspectives, 1891-1991, University of Toronto Press, 1991.
• Petryshyn, Jaroslav. Peasants in the Promised Land : Canada and the Ukrainians, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 1985.
• Stefanyk, Vasyl. “The Stone Cross,” The Stone Cross, 1899. http://sites.utoronto.ca/elul/English/Bilenko/Stefanyk-Stone-Cross.pdf
• Swyripa, Frances. "Ukrainians." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.

In which Patrick talks to geographer-historian Derek Hayes about his latest book about the fascinating history of infrastructure in British Columbia: Incredible Crossings.

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In which we dive into the life and films of Ontario-born James Cameron!

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In which we discuss the events, immediate impact and aftermath of one of the most famous trials in Canadian history.

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Further Reading:

• Archibald-Barber, Jesse. “A Poetics of Place and Apocalypse: Conflict and Contradiction in Poetry of the Red River and Northwest Resistances.” Indigenous Poetics in Canada. Ed. Neal Mcleod. Wilfred Laurier Press, 2013.
• Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/
• “Final Statement of Louis Riel at his Trial in Regina”. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/riel/rieltrialstatement.html
• Machar, Agnes Maule. “Quebec to Ontario: A Plea for the Life of Riel, September, 1885.” Lays of the "True North": And Other Canadian Poems, 1902. https://archive.org/details/laystruenorthan01machgoog/page/n50/mode/2up?view=theater
• Macleod, R. C. “North-West Rebellion.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Riel, Louis. Poems Written in Prison. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems_written_in_jail
• Teillet, Jean. The North-West Is Our Mother, Patrick Crean Editions, 2019.

In which we overview the return of Louis Riel and the second - and ill-fated - attempted to secure Métis rights in Canada. We then look at how writers reacted to what is one of the most important Canadian events of 1885.   Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: [email protected], Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Further Reading:

• Archibald-Barber, Jesse. “A Poetics of Place and Apocalypse: Conflict and Contradiction in Poetry of the Red River and Northwest Resistances.” Indigenous Poetics in Canada. Ed. Neal Mcleod. Wilfred Laurier Press, 2013.
• Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/
• Johnson, E. Pauline. “A Cry From An Indian Wife," E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose. University of Toronto Press, 2002, pp. 15-17.
• Macleod, R. C. “North-West Rebellion.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Simpson Hayes, Kate. “Riel” (1895), Canadian Poetry: From the Beginnings through the First World War. Carole Gerson and Gwendolyn Davies, eds. McClelland & Stewart, 2008, pp. 312-13. https://ceww.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/hayes-riel.jpg
• Teillet, Jean. The North-West Is Our Mother, Patrick Crean Editions, 2019.

In which we present the second part of our talk with former Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke! Topics include Confederation-era African-Canadian lives, their poetry, and a bunch of tangents.

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In which (for reasons of storage space) we present the first part of our very interesting talk with former Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke! Topics include Confederation-era African-Canadian lives, their poetry, and a bunch of tangents. The next part is out next week!

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