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

July 18, 2018 Canada’s Writers confront the Vietnam War
Greg Marchildon talks with Robert McGill (University of Toronto) about his book War is Here: The Vietnam War and Canadian Literature (MQUP, 2017). This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Pernia Jamshed 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.
29 min
July 12, 2018 The Making of Obesity in Canada
Greg Marchildon talks with Deborah McPhail about her book, Contours of the Nation: Making Obesity and Imagining Canada, 1945-1970 (University of Toronto Press, 2017). This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami 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.
22 min
July 04, 2018 Elizabeth Hale and The Two Solitudes, 200 years Ago
Patrice Dutil interviews Roger Hall (Professor Emeritus, History Department, Western University and former General Editor of the Champlain Society) about his book “The Rising Country”: The Hale-Amherst Correspondence, 1799-1825 (The Champlain Society, 2002). This podcast was produced Sumeet Dhami 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.
20 min
June 27, 2018 Canada Day Special: Canada’s Incomplete Conquests
Greg Marchildon talks with Peter Russell (Professor Emeritus) about his book, Canada’s Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests (University of Toronto Press, 2017). This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami 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.
33 min
June 22, 2018 The Origins of the Security State
Greg Marchildon talks with Dennis Mollinaro about his book An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936 (University of Toronto Press, 2017). This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Pernia Jamshed 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
June 13, 2018 The Power of Prime Ministers in the First 50 Years of Confederation
Greg Marchildon talks with Patrice Dutil about his book Prime Ministerial Power in Canada: Its Origins under Macdonald, Laurier and Borden (University of British Columbia Press). This podcast was edited by Sumeet Dhami 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.
35 min
June 07, 2018 The Teaching of History in Canada’s High Schools
Patrice Dutil talks with Lindsay Gibson, Professor in the Faculty of Education of the University of Alberta, about the teaching of Canadian History in Canadian High Schools. This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Pernia Jamshed 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
May 30, 2018 Lawyers, Families and Canadian Business
Greg Marchildon talks about Lawyers, Families and Businesses with Ian Kyer, author of Lawyers, Families, and Businesses: The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863-1963 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by Irwin Law, 2013). This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst and Pernia Jamshed 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
May 25, 2018 L’enseignement de l’histoire au Québec
Patrice Dutil s’entretient avec Marc-André Ethier, Professeur dans la faculté d’Éducation de l’Université de Montréal au sujet de l’évolution de l’enseignement de l’histoire québécoise et canadienne dans les écoles de la province. Ce podcast fut réalisé par Sumeet Dhami et Pernia Jamshed 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.
20 min
May 25, 2018 The Teaching of History in Quebec’s Schools
Patrice Dutil talks with Marc-André Ethier, Professor in the Faculty of Education at the Université de Montréal, about the teaching of Quebec and Canadian History in Quebec schools. This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Pernia Jamshed 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.
19 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…