Witness to Yesterday (The Champlain Society Podcast on Canadian History)

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Witness to Yesterday (The Champlain Society Podcast on Canadian History) episodes

January 27, 2021 Newfoundland’s long and winding road to Confederation
Greg Marchildon interviews Raymond Blake on his co-authored book Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland’s Rocky Road towards Confederation published by the University of Regina Press in 2019. Although the self-governing colony of Newfoundland sent two delegates to the Quebec Conference in 1864, Newfoundlanders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to join the rest of Canada in 1869. In the decades that followed, Newfoundland continued to go its own way until, just after the Second World War, the matter was again put to the people in a referendum. This time, the pro-Confederate forces led by Joey Smallwood won the day. Professor Blake is a distinguished political historian who has written two previous book and numerous articles on the history of Newfoundland.
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42 min
January 20, 2021 The Portuguese in Canada
Patrice Dutil discusses the evolution of the small but influential Portuguese-Canadian community since the 1950s with Gilberto Fernandes, the author of This Pilgrim Nation: The Making of the Portuguese Diaspora in Postwar North America (University of Toronto Press). Though the first root of Portuguese presence goes back to the early days of New France, the modern presence dates back to the 1953 when the Saturnia docked in Halifax filled with Portuguese workers called to Canada for work opportunities. Fernandes discusses the role of the Portuguese government and how the community’s presence in Canada differed from that in the United States. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt.
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50 min
January 15, 2021 Immigrant Doctors in the History of Canadian Medicare
Greg Marchildon interviews Sasha Mullally on the book she co-wrote with David Wright entitled Foreign Practices: Immigrant Doctors and the History of Canadian Medicare published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in 2020. Professor Mullally’s book is the culmination of many years of research on the history of medicine in Canada. This books reveals Canada’s dependence on immigrant doctors in establishing medicare despite the concerns that some had – particularly the refugees from the National Health Service in Britain who were particularly hostile to state involvement in medical care. She also recounts the stories of other physicians from Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa and their challenges getting established and working in rural and remote communities.
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33 min
January 07, 2021 Multicultural Policy 50 Years Later
Patrice Dutil observes the 50th anniversary of Canada’s policy of Multiculturalism with Donald Forbes, professor emeritus in Political Science at the University of Toronto and the author of Multiculturalism in Canada: Constructing a Model Multiculture with Multicultural Values (Palgrave MacMillan). He discusses the inception of the policy under the government of Pierre Trudeau in 1971 and its evolution in the Brian Mulroney administration. How the policy was received in English Canada and in Quebec is examined. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt.
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45 min
December 23, 2020 The Mysterious Louis St-Laurent
Patrice Dutil meets with Greg Marchildon to talk about how Louis St-Laurent influenced the evolution of Canada during the 1950s. This is to discuss Dutil’s new edited book The Unexpected Louis St-Laurent: Politics and Policies for a Modern Canadas (UBC Press). Louis St-Laurent (1882-1973) was prime minister from 1948 to 1957, a time of economic expansion, but one also marked by social protests, strikes, and intellectual and cultural flourishing. Among the topics covered are St-Laurent’s policy entrepreneurship and politics, particularly in light of the Cold War. Greg Marchildon’s own chapter in the book on St-Laurent’s hesitant policies regarding hospital insurance is also examined. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt.
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42 min
December 17, 2020 The State of Canada in 1945
Patrice Dutil meets with Ken Cuthbertson of Kingston, Ontario to talk about how Canada emerged from the Second World War. Cuthbertson is the author of 1945: The Year that Made Modern Canada (HarperCollins). Canada in 1945 is victorious over Nazi Germany and the King government launched an election campaign that will again carry it to power. The victory unleashes passions of all sorts, ranging from a riot among troops in Halifax to an explosion of births. Canada emerges from the war with an unprecedented sense of power. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt.
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42 min
December 11, 2020 Wrestling and the Sporting Culture in the Prairies
Patrice Dutil talks with C. Nathan Hatton of Lakehead University about the evolution of wrestling in Winnipeg and Manitoba from the 1880s to the 1930s. Hatton is the author of Thrashing Seasons Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling (University of Manitoba Press). The conversation covers the evolution of the sport from its indigenous origins and how it reflected the tensions between amateurs and professionals. They also discuss the enduring popularity of the sport. Hatton explores wrestling as a social phenomenon intimately bound up with debates around respectability, ethnicity, race, class, and idealized conceptions of masculinity. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt.
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40 min
December 03, 2020 Les référendums de 1980 et 1995 en perspective
Patrice Dutil commémore les campagnes politiques entourant les référendums sur l'indépendance du Québec en 1980 et 1995 avec Xavier Gélinas, conservateur d'histoire politique au Musée canadien de l'histoire. La discussion porte sur les joueurs tels que Pierre E. Trudeau, René Levesque, Claude Ryan, Lucien Bouchard, Pierre-Marc Johnson, Jean Chrétien et Jacques Parizeau. Les problèmes clés et les tournants qui se sont produits dans les deux concours sont également examinés. Le Dr Gélinas dessine également les similitudes et les différences entre les deux batailles épiques. Ce balado est une production de Jessica Schmidt.
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48 min
December 03, 2020 Quebec Referenda 25 and 40 years later
Patrice Dutil commemorates the political campaigns surrounding the referenda on Quebec independence in 1980 and 1995 with Xavier Gélinas, Curator of Political History at the Canadian Museum of History. The discussion examines the players such as Pierre E. Trudeau, René Levesque, Claude Ryan, Lucien Bouchard, Pierre-Marc Johnson, Jean Chrétien and Jacques Parizeau. The key issues and turning points that occurred in both contests are also scrutinized. Dr. Gélinas also draws the similarities and differences between the two epic battles. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt.
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53 min
November 26, 2020 A very short introduction to Canadian history
Greg Marchildon interviews Donald Wright on his history of Canada, the only book on Canada included in Oxford University Press’s Very Short Introduction series which boasts 650 books. Wright describes the reasoning behind his thematic organization of his book into six short and highly thematic chapters. The six themes – beginnings, dispossessions, nationalisms, rights, borders and norths – reflect the view that there can never be one history or one narrative of Canada. The second aspect of Wright’s approach is to weave in the stories of individual Canadians to bring to life the historical narrative within each of the six themes.
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28 min

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Immerse yourself in Canada’s history! Witness to Yesterday episodes take listeners on a journey to document a time in Canada’s past and explore the people behind it, its significance, and its…