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

June 07, 2019 Prime Ministers and the Press
Patrice Dutil talks with Robert Lewis, author of Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill (Dundurn) about how the complicated dance shared by governments and journalists over the past 150 years. This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University.
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32 min
May 31, 2019 The Campaign for Women's Vote in Ontario
Patrice Dutil interviews Tarah Brookfield about what it took to finally convince the government and the people of Ontario to give the women the right to vote a hundred years ago. Tarah Brookfield is a Professor of History and Youth and Children's Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University and the author of "Our Voices Must be Heard: Women and the Vote in Ontario" (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
May 24, 2019 The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 one Hundred Years Later
Patrice Dutil speaks with Tom Mitchell, University Archivist (Emeritus) at Brandon University and co-author of "When the State Trembled – How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens’ Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike" (University of Toronto Press) on the significance of this event that rocked the Western world. 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.
31 min
May 17, 2019 The 1979 Election in Canada forty years later
Patrice Dutil interviews Matthew Hayday, Professor of History at the University of Guelph, about the campaign that brought the Progressive Conservative Party under Joe Clark to power after sixteen years in opposition. 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.
25 min
May 09, 2019 Canada at the Versailles Treaty, 1919
One hundred years ago, Prime Minister Robert Borden returned to Canada after spending four months participating in the peace negotiations that followed the First World War. Patrice Dutil discusses Borden and Canada's participation with Norman Hillmer, Professor of History at Carleton University. 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.
24 min
March 15, 2019 The FLQ Bombings 50 Years Later
Patrice Dutil interviews D'Arcy Jenish about the multiple waves of bombings in Montreal during the 1960s and the people responsible for them. D'Arcy Jenish is the author of numerous works on Canadian history. His most recent book is "The Making of the October Crisis: Canada's Long Nightmare of Terrorism at the Hands of the FLQ" (Doubleday Canada). 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.
33 min
March 08, 2019 The American Obsession with the 1837-38 Rebellions
Patrice Dutil speaks with Maxime and Julien about the impact of Jacksonian democracy on Canadian politics in the 1830s. Maxime Dagenais is the Coordinator of the LR Wilson Institute on Canadian History at McMaster University and Julien Mauduit is the LR Wilson Assistant Professor in the Department of History at McMaster. This podcast was produced Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University.
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23 min
March 08, 2019 L'obsessoin américaine avec les rebellions de 1837-38
Patrice Dutil s'entretient avec Maxime Dagenais, coordonnateur de la recherche à l'L.R. Institut Wilson pour l'histoire du Canada à l'Université McMaster et Julien Mauduit, professeur adjoint LR Wilson au Département d'histoire à l'Université McMaster. Un balado réalisé par Lily Robbins et Meghan Boisjoli dans les studios de la Allan Slaight Radio Institute à Ryerson University.
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20 min
March 01, 2019 How George Washington Killed 10 French Canadians and Started a World War
Patrice Dutil speaks with Christopher Moore about the infamous massacre that took place in May 1754 that sparked the Seven-Year War. Christopher Moore writes “History News”, a very popular blog on Canadian History (christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com) and is the author of a dozen books including Three Weeks in Quebec City: The Meeting that Made Canada (Allen Lane). This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. See this “Finding” on the same topic: https://champlainsociety.utpjournals.press/findings-trouvailles/2019/03/george-washingtons-french-canadian-victims-1754?mobileUi=0.
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29 min
February 22, 2019 The Impact of Freak Shows in Canada
Greg Marchildon talks about carnival exploitation with Jane Nicholas, the author of "Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s (University of Toronto Press). Jane Nicholas is professor in the Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies and the Department of History at St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo. 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.
27 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…