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

November 21, 2019 The 2019 Election in a Historical Context: A Roundtable
Patrice Dutil hosts Lawrence Leduc (Univ of Toronto) and the Hon. Peter Van Loan (PC, former member for York-Simcoe) in a spirited discussion on how the recent election compares with past electoral contests. This recording was produced by Michael Smith at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
58 min
November 08, 2019 Remembrance Day Special, 2019: the War Comes to Ontario
The Great War Comes to Ontario Patrice Dutil interviews Jonathan Vance, Professor of History at Western University, about his book A Township at War (Wilfrid Laurier University Press) which has just won the Chalmers Award for Ontario History. That prize is administered by the Champlain Society. This recording was produced by Michael Smith at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
33 min
November 07, 2019 Canada and the Far East
Greg Marchildon interviews Dr. John Meehan, SJ, rector of the Gesù Church in Montreal, as well as the interim director of the Newman Centre at McGill University on the diplomatic history of Canada’s relationship with the Far East. Meehan’s books include ‘The Dominion and the Rising Sun’: Canada Encounters Japan, 1929-41 (UBC Press, 2004) and ‘Chasing the Dragon in Shanghai’: Canada’s Early Relations with China, 1858-1952 (UBC Press, 2012). This recording was produced by Hugh Bakhurst at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
33 min
October 30, 2019 Mackenzie King meets Hitler, June 1937
Patrice Dutil talks with Robert Teigrob, Professor of History at Ryerson University, about the circumstances that brought Canada's prime minister to visit Berlin and King's meeting with leading Nazis. Teigrob is the author of "Four Days in Hitler’s Germany: Mackenzie King’s Mission to Avert a Second World War" (University of Toronto Press). This podcast was produced by Micheal Smith at the Allan Slaight Studios at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
27 min
October 23, 2019 The Lives and Times of Kouchibouguac
Greg Marchildon interviews Ronald Rudin of Concordia University, the author of Kouchibouguac: Removal, Resistance and Remembrance at a Canadian National Park (University of Toronto Press, 2016). This national park was established in New Brunswick in a storm of controversy in 1969. The podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
36 min
October 18, 2019 The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto
Greg Marchildon interviews David Wright of McGill University on his book SickKids: The History of The Hospital for Sick Children (University of Toronto Press) which won the Champlain Society’s Chalmers Award in 2016. This podcast was produced Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
36 min
October 09, 2019 The Business of the Early NHL
Greg Marchildon interviews J. Andrew Ross about his book Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League, 1917-1945 (University of Syracuse Press). This podcast was produced Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
28 min
June 26, 2019 The Drama of Oscar Skelton
O.D. Skelton was a key thinker in getting Canada out of the orbit of the British Empire after the First World War. Patrice Dutil speaks with Norman Hillmer, the editor of the 2013 volume of the Champlain Society: O.D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941 (Volume LXXIV). This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
22 min
June 21, 2019 Pierre E. Trudeau was not a Socialist!
Patrice Dutil speaks with Christo Aivalis about Pierre Trudeau's ideas and his new book The Constant Liberal: Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian Social Democratic Left (University of British Columbia Press). This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
36 min
June 17, 2019 Canada's Uneasiness with International Human rights
Patrice Dutil interviews Prof. Jennifer Tunnicliffe of King's College/Western University about the surprising things she uncovered in the writing of her book Resisting Rights: Canada and the International Bill of Rights, 1947–76 (University of British Columbia Press).
This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University.
If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.
28 min

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

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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…