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

February 15, 2019 "Making Multiculturalism" The History of A Toronto School
Patrice Dutil interviews Robert Vipond on the impact of the Clinton Street School in Toronto and his book "Making a Global City: How One Toronto School Embraced Diversity" (University of Toronto Press). Robert Vipond is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. 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
January 31, 2019 The History of Gay Life on the Prairies
Greg Marchildon speaks with Valerie Korinek, author of "Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985" (University of Toronto Press) and professor of History at University of Saskatchewan. 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
January 24, 2019 The Secrets of Banking History in Canada
Patrice Dutil interviews Joe Martin on the particular evolution of banking in Canada and why this country was able to weather the banking crisis of 2008 with relative ease. Joe Martin wrote, with Chris Kobrak, "From Wall Street to Bay Street: The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian Finance" (University of Toronto Press) and teaches Business History at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. 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
December 18, 2018 The Importance of the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade
Greg Marchildon and Kenna Turcotte discuss this annual rite of winter with University of Toronto historian Steve Penfold, author of A Mile of Make-Believe: A History of the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade (University of Toronto Press). This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. See Steve Penfold's "Findings" on this subject here:
https://champlainsociety.utpjournals.press/findings-trouvailles/2018/12/waiting-for-santa-1963.
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
November 08, 2018 Armistice Day Special
Patrice Dutil explores the significance of the First World War on Canadian society and politics with David MacKenzie on the 100th anniversary of the final ceasefire. David MacKenzie is the editor ofCanada in the First World War, 2nd edition (University of Toronto Press). Mackenzie is Professor of History at Ryerson University. This podcast was produced by Naomi Katz, Richard Anstey and 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.
23 min
November 02, 2018 Canada's Cyclist Soldiers of The First World War
Patrice Dutil meets up with Ted Glenn to explore the life and world of the Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalions with Ted Glenn, author of Riding Into Battle: Canadian Cyclists in the Great War(Dundurn Press), is professor of Public Administration at Humber College. 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.
21 min
October 19, 2018 "L'autre 1968" René Lévesque et la fondation du Parti québécois
Patrice Dutil s'entretien avec Xavier Gélinas, spécialiste de la révolutuion tranquille et conservateur en histoire politique au Musée canadien de l'histoire, au sujet des circonstances qui entourent la création du Parti québécois le 11 octobre 1968. Ce podcast est disponible en anglais sur Witness to Yesterday. Ce podcast fut réalisé par Naomi Katz et Richard Anstey dans les studios Allan Slaight Institute à 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.
26 min
October 19, 2018 The "Other 1968": René Lévesque and the Founding of the the Parti Québécois
Patrice Dutil discusses the significance of the founding of the Parti québécois by René Lévesque on 11 October 1968 with Xavier Gélinas, a specialist on the Québec "Quiet Revolution" and curator of Politics at the Canadian Museum of History. This podcast is available in French on Témoins d'hier. This podcast was produced by Naomi Katz and Richard Anstey 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
September 27, 2018 The Enigmatic Donald Creighton
Greg Marchildon discusses the life and work of Donald Creighton (1902-79), the "Tory" historian at the University of Toronto, with Donald Wright, the author of Donald Creighton: A Life in History (University of Toronto Press, 2015). This podcast was produced by Ali Jiwani 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.
32 min
September 20, 2018 The Fascinating Career of Mackenzie King's Diary
Patrice Dutil explores the use and abuse of this unique resource with Christopher Dummit of Trent University, author of Unbuttoned: A History of Mackenzie King's Secret Life (McGill-Queens Universtity Press, 2017). This podcast was produced by Ali Jiwani and Naomi Katz 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.
26 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…