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Tim Falconer on Viola MacMillan & the Windfall Scandal
A Cultural History of Canada
05/06/25 • 50 min
An interview with Tim Falconer about his new book, Windfall!
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Eve Lazarus on the Sinking of the Empress of Ireland
A Cultural History of Canada
06/02/25 • 47 min
A discussion with Eve Lazarus about her new book, Beneath Dark Waters!
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Talking to katherena vermette About Métis History & Comics
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12/11/23 • 35 min
In which Patrick talks to Governor General's Award winner katherena vermette to discuss how she brought Métis history to life through her comic series A Girl Called Echo.
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26 - Pre-Confederation First Nations Treaties
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12/13/20 • 89 min
In which we talk about the evolution of treaties signed between Europeans and First Nations in Pre-Confederation Canada. You can find the treaties we discuss below in the sources!
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Major Sources & Further Reading:
- 'A History of Treaty-Making in Canada.' Government of Canada, https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1314977704533/1544620451420
- DePasquale, Paul W. 'Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada', University of Alberta Press, 2007.
- The Great Peace of Montreal (1701): https://en.wikisource.org/?curid=2266099
- King, Thomas. 'The Inconvenient Indian', Anchor Canada, 2012.
- Miller, J. R. "Indian treaties." 'The Oxford Companion to Canadian History'. Edited by Gerald Hallowell, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Miquelon, Dale. "Great Peace of Montreal, 1701." 'The Oxford Companion to Canadian History'. Edited by Gerald Hallowell, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Morin, Jean-Pierre. 'Solemn Words and Foundational Documents: An Annotated Discussion of Indigenous-Crown Treaties in Canada, 1752-1923', University of Toronto Press, 2018.
- 'Pre-Confederation Treaties', Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba. http://www.trcm.ca/treaties/pre-confederation-treaties/
- Ray, Arthur J. "Aboriginal title and treaty rights." 'The Oxford Companion to Canadian History'. Edited by Gerald Hallowell, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Robinson Treaties, Text (1850): https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100028984/1581293724401
- Robinson Treaties, Elaboration by the Government of Canada: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1360945974712/1544619909155
- Royal Proclamation (1763): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763
- Treaty of Ghent (1815): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent
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On Women's Legal Struggles in Canadian History (w/ Karin Wells)
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04/14/25 • 55 min
In which Patrick talks to Karin Wells about her new book Women Who Woke Up the Law. You can find the book here or at your local bookstore! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/)
30 - Exiles & Dissidents: Early African-Canadian Literature
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02/21/21 • 82 min
In which, in honour of Black History Month, we discuss the early development of African-Canadian literature by covering newspapers, religious narratives, literary networks, and slave narratives from 1785 to 1855. Topics include the Underground Railroad, Loyalists, and myth-making in Canada. It's a big, but great conversation!
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Further Reading & Sources:
- Bynum, Tara. "A Silent Book, Some Kisses, and John Marrant’s Narrative," Criticism, vol. 57, no. 1, 2015, pp. 71–90. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13110/criticism.57.1.0071
- Clarke, George Elliott. Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature, University of Toronto Press, 2002.
- Clarke, George Elliott. "This is no hearsay: Reading the Canadian Slave Narratives", Papers of The Bibliographical Society of Canada, Vol. 43, no. 1, Jan. 2005.
- Drew, Benjamin. The Refugee: Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, 1856. https://books.google.ca/books?id=MAFZVEh3wGEC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- Ferré-Rode, Sandrine. "A Black Voice from the “other North:” Thomas Smallwood's Canadian Narrative (1851)", Revue française d’études américaines, vol. 137, no. 3, 2013, pp. 23-37. https://www.cairn.info/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2013-3-page-23.htm?contenu=article
- Marrant, John. A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, A Black, 1785. https://blackloyalist.com/cdc/documents/diaries/marrant_narrative.htm
- Mensah, Joseph. Black Canadians: History, Experiences, Social Conditions, Fernwood Publishing, 2002.
- Smallwood, Thomas. A Narrative..., 1851 (pp. 13-63) https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/smallwood/smallwood.html
- Siemerling, Winfried. The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History, and the Presence of the Past, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.
- Winks, Robin. The Blacks in Canada: A History, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.
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29 - Frances Brooke: She Who Wrote the First Canadian Novel!
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02/07/21 • 75 min
In which we flash back to 1769 for a one-and-done-episode on 'The History of Emily Montague', a book often considered to be the very first Canadian novel - and it was written by a woman! How's that for being radical? We talk about 18th century feminism, the author's politics, what the book tells us about Canada at the time, and of course, whether this can be called a first in Canada! Images that we compared: https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/2021/02/06/episode-29-extra-comparing-portraits-of-women-writers/ ---
Further Reading:
- Brooke, Frances. The History of Emily Montague, London: J. Dodsley, 1769. https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/brooke/emily/emily.html
- Edwards, Mary Jane. Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague: A Biographical Context," English Studies in Canada 7, no. 2 (Summer 1981): 171-82. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/693761/pdf
- Howells, Robin. "Dialogism in Canada's First Novel: The History of Emily Montague," Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 20 (1993): 437-50. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/crcl/index.php/crcl/article/view/3209
- McMullen, Lorraine. “Double image: Frances Brooke's Women Characters”, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 21:2, 1982, pp. 356-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449858208588735
- Robert, James Merrett, “The Politics of Romance in The History of Emily Montague,” Canadian Literature, no. 133, 1992, pp. 92-108. https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=133
- New, W. H. “Frances Brooke’s Chequered Gardens,” Canadian Literature, no. 52, 1972, pp. 24-38. https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=52
- Pacey, Desmond. “The First Canadian Novel,” The Dalhousie Review XXVI, pp. 143-150. https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/bitstream/handle/10222/57817/dalrev_vol26_iss2_pp143_150.pdf?sequence=1
- Sellwood, Jane. “Narrative as Coquette in Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague,” Canadian Literature, no. 136, 1993, pp. 60-81. https://canlit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CL136-Full-Issue.pdf
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53 - Canada's First Music Superstar: Emma Albani
A Cultural History of Canada
02/20/22 • 69 min
In which we discuss the changes happening in Canada's music scene at the end of the 19th century, before going over the country's first international sensation: Emma Albani! You know you've hit it big when Queen Vicky becomes your friend.
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Sources/Further Reading:
- Albani, Emma. “Angels ever bright and fair,” (comp. by G. F. Handel) London, England, Gramophone & Typewriter Company, Ltd., 29 Dec. 1903 https://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/16815.mp3
- Chitty, Alexis, and Gilles Potvin. "Albani, Dame Emma." The Grove Book of Opera Singers, Oxford University Press, 2009. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195337655.001.0001/acref-9780195337655-e-21.
- 1892 photo of Emma Albani, https://jstor.org/stable/10.2307/community.18296334. Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Al100.1 M, Medium Box.
- Kallmann, Helmut. "Music History". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 4 March 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/music-history.
- Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle. Emma Albani: Victorian Diva, Dundurn Press, 2001.
- Vogan, Nancy F. “Music Publishing,” The History of the Book in Canada, edited by Yvan Lamonde, et al., University of Toronto Press, 2005, pp. 435-440.
Patreon Preview! - Popularizing the Klondike Gold Rush
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04/25/21 • 11 min
In which we give a taste of what goes on over on our Patreon sister show: Pop Canada! Here are the first 10 minutes of our talk on the popular depictions of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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Guess Who's Back? Season 2 Announcement
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09/12/20 • 1 min
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