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

May 17, 2018 The History of Indian hospitals
Greg Marchildon talks with Maureen Lux, Professor of History, Brock University, on the history of Indian hospitals based on her recent book Separate Beds: A History of Indians Hospitals in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2016). 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.
22 min
May 11, 2018 Teaching How to Think Historically in Canadian Schools
Patrice Dutil talks with Carla Peck, Professor in the Faculty of Education of the University of Alberta, about the teaching of Canadian History in Canadian elementary schools. 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.
27 min
May 02, 2018 The History of Canadian Spying
Greg Marchildon talks with Greg Kealey (professor of history emeritus, University of New Brunswick) on the history of Canadian Spying (RCMP) before CSIS and his book Spying on Canadians: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service and the Origins of the Long Cold War (University of Toronto Press, 2017). 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.
27 min
April 26, 2018 Hudson’s Bay Company Governor James Knight, 1714–1717
Patrice Dutil talks with Arthur J. Ray about the upcoming Champlain Society book "Life and Death by the Frozen Sea": The York Fort Journals of Hudson’s Bay Company Governor James Knight, 1714–1717. 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.
28 min
April 18, 2018 The History of Psychiatric Care and Mental Hospitals in Canada
Greg Marchildon talks with Erika Dyck about her book Managing Madness: Weyburn Mental Hospital and the Transformation of Psychiatric Care in Canada (University of Manitoba 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.
24 min
April 11, 2018 Pierre Trudeau, Trudeaumania 50 years later
Patrice Dutil talks with Paul Litt (Carleton University) about his book “Trudeaumania” (UBC Press) on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Pierre E. Trudeau’s first day as prime minister, 20 April 1968. 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.
28 min
April 02, 2018 The Universe of John Plaskett, Astronomer
Patrice Dutil talks with Peter Broughton about John Stanley Plaskett, Canada’s pre-eminent astronomer in the first half of the 20th century. Broughton is the author of Northern Star: J.S. Plaskett (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.
18 min
March 22, 2018 Native American Church and the religious use of peyote in Canada
Greg Marchildon talks with Erika Dyck (University of Saskatchewan) about her book A Culture’s Catalyst: Historical Encounters with Peyote and the Native American Church in Canada (University of Manitoba Press, 2016). 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.
24 min
March 15, 2018 St. Patrick’s Day Special: The Canadian Irish and the First World War
Patrice Dutil talks with Mark McGowan (University of Toronto) about his book “The Imperial Irish: Canada’s Irish Catholics Fight the Great War, 1914-18” (McGill-Queens Univ. Press, 2017). 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.
29 min
March 05, 2018 Rediscovering the Explorer Philip Turnor
Greg Marchildon talks with Barbara Mitchell (Trent University) about her book Mapmaker: Philip Turnor in Rupert’s Land in the Age of Enlightenment (University of Regina Press, 2017). 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.
24 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…