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Curious Canadian History
Historian David Borys dives deep into the fascinating world of Canadian history in this bi-weekly podcast exploring everything from the wonderful to the weird to the downright dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S4E4 Canadians on the Bridge Part 1 – William Shatner
Montreal native William Shatner became one of the most iconic science fiction actors in history, this two part series opens with an examination of Shatner's…
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S4E3 The Mohawk Nurse
Charlotte Edith Anderson was a combat nurse and pioneer for women and First Nations during a time when both groups struggled for equality. Hosted on Acast. See…
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S4E1 The 100 Days Campaign
The 100 Days Campaign brought about the collapse of the German army on the Western Front and was a key contributor the end of the First World War. This…
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*Special Episode* A Black Day for the German Army – The Battle of Amiens 8 August 1918
On August 8, 1918 the Entente forces, spearheaded by the Canadian and Australian Corps, inflicted a crushing defeat on the German army: a defeat that broke the…
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S3E20 Hockey, Canadian Identity and the Summit Series of 1972
In 1972 the first ever “Team Canada” met the Soviet Union's “Red Army” hockey team in an 8 game series that was played out against the backdrop of Cold War…
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S3E19 Who Won the War of 1812?
In the summer of 1812 Britain and the United States of America went to war…British North America became the battleground. This week we try to sort out…
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S3E18 The Graveyard of the Pacific
Whale hunters, shipwrecks, ghost stories: this is the history of a stretch of ocean on the west coast of Vancouver Island known infamously as the…
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S3E17 Camp X – Canada’s Secret WW2 Spy Camp
During the Second World War Camp X in southern Ontario played a crucial role in the global shadow war that was being fought, saw some of the world's most…
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S3E16 Chloe Cooley and Slavery in Canada
Chloe Cooley was a slave in Upper Canada who sought to resist her owner's attempts to sell her. This resistance triggered serious efforts to curb and eliminate…
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S3E15 James Howlett aka Logan aka Wolverine
James Howlett is a Canadian born mutant who has evolved into one of the most famous superhero's in the world, while participating in some of Canada's most…
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S3E14 The 1701 Great Peace of Montreal
In 1701 a collection of some of the most powerful Iroquois nations met in Montreal to agree to peace with the French after decades of continual warfare. One of…
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S3E13 Nils Gustav Von Schoultz and the Upper Canadian Rebellion
In 1838 Finnish born Nils Gustav Von Schoultz found himself leading an invasion of Upper Canada that culminated in the final battle at Windmill Point. The…
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S3E12 The Bride Ships of British Columbia
In the mid 19th century several efforts were made to bring middle class, working class, and poor white British women to the two British colonies of Vancouver…
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S3E11 Francis ‘Peggy’ Pegahmagabow: WW1 Sniper and Indigenous Activist
Francis ‘Peggy' Pegahmagabow was a Nishnaabe soldier serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was a deadly sniper, excellent scout, and brave…
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S3E10 First Nations Soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
When Canada went to war against the Central Powers in 1914 many First Nations men sought to enlist. While unofficially excluded at first, the high casualty…
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S3E9 Behind Barbed Wire: Ukrainian Internment during the First World War
When Canada went to war with the Central Powers in 1914 all of a sudden tens of thousands of Ukrainians who had come to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire…
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S3E8 Frostbitten and Forgotten – The Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
In 1919 a contingent of Canadian soldiers was sent to the frozen lands of Siberia as part of a coalition of nations seeking to topple the Bolsheviks from…
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S3E7 Canadian Comics and the Second World War Effort
During the Second World War every aspect of Canadian society became geared towards the war effort. This even included one of the newest cultural mediums, comic…
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S3E6 The Pemmican War – The Rivalry for the Northwest Territories
In the second decade of the 19th century the Hudsons Bay Company and the Northwest Company squared off for control of the lucrative fur trade. Things got very…
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S3E5 Mona Parsons – The Wolfville Resister
Mona Parsons was a small town Nova Scotia girl, turned New York actress, turned member of the Dutch resistance, turned prisoner of the Nazi's. This is her…
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S3E4 The Battle of Passchendaele
In late October of 1917 the Canadian Corps was tasked with capturing a ridge line which contained the destroyed remnants of the village of Passchendaele…
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*Repeat Episode* Canada’s House Band: The History of the Tragically Hip
In the wake of the sad news of the passing of Gord Downie, frontman for legendary Canadian band The Tragically Hip, I thought I would re-release an episode…
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S3E3 A Constitution in Question – The King-Byng Affair of 1926
In 1926 the new Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King faced off against Canadian Governor General Lord Byng of Vimy in a political clash that…
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S3E2 Behold the Golden Harp! The Fenian Invasions
The Fenian Brotherhood was a paramilitary Irish nationalist group that attempted several invasions of British North American/Canadian territory during the…
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S3E1 The Last of the Mohicans in Canadian History
The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 film that tells the story of the last of a proud Indigenous people as they struggle to survive in the chaos of the Seven…
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*Special Episode* Bite and Hold: The Battle for Hill 70 and Lens August 1917
100 years ago today, August 15 1917, the Canadian Corps commanded by their newly appointed corps commander Arthur Currie were ordered to capture the city of…
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*Special Episode* Canada 150
The story of 150 Canadian years in less than 30 minutes. Buckle up! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2E18 A Bold and Audacious Plan – The Battle for Assoro
In July of 1943 First Canadian Division faced one of their toughest challenges in all of Sicily when they were ordered to capture the heights of Assoro. Hosted…
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S2E17 La Famille Verendrye and the Exploration of the West
The Verendrye family was one of New France's most famous explorer families of the 18th century, carving out a European presence in vast territories that were…
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S2E16 A Grim Day Indeed: The Halifax Explosion
In December of 1917 two ships collided in the Halifax harbour setting off the largest man-made non-nuclear explosion the world had ever seen. Hosted on Acast…
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S2E15 Vimy Ridge Part 2
Though Vimy Ridge was one of the more spectacular tactical successes of the First World War, strategically it did very little. Why then has it become such a…
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S2E14 Vimy Ridge Part 1
On April 9 1917 the Canadian Corps launched its attack on what was thought to be one of the most difficult objectives to capture along the entire Western…
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S2E13 The Komagata Maru
In the summer of 1914 a ship packed full of immigrants from India was denied the right to dock in Vancouver setting off an international incident and one of…
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S2E12 A Doukhobor Whodunnit: The Mysterious Death of Peter Verigin
In October of 1924, Peter “Lordly” Verigin, the leader of the Doukhobor community of British Columbia, was killed in a mysterious train explosion. The case…
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S2E11 William K. Lore – Canada’s first Chinese-Canadian Naval Officer
William K. Lore was not just a wartime hero but he broke down racial barriers in the Royal Canadian Navy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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S2E10 The Fall of Hong Kong, December 1941
Canada's first official participation in the land war of WW2 began ominously with the disaster at Hong Kong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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S2E9 The October Crisis of 1970
In October of 1970 the Canadian government faces off against the FLQ, Canada's most notorious terrorist organization Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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S2E8 Canada’s House Band: A History of the Tragically Hip
A musical history of one of Canada's greatest rock bands Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2E7 Feminists or Feared Revolutionaries? The VWC and the Abortion Caravan of 1970
In 1970 the Vancouver Women's Caucus planned a trip to Ottawa to protest the state's abortion legislation, little did they know they would become key targets…
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S2E6 – The Missing Militia: Upper Canadian Militia during the War of 1812
During the War of 1812 a significant part of Canada's defence plans rested on the militia. Yet, could this militia be trusted to show up? Hosted on Acast. See…
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S2E4 A Rebellious Last Stand: The Battle of Batoche May 1885
In 1885 an alliance of Metis and First Nations rebel against the Canadian government seeking to incorporate what would become the province of Saskatchewan. The…
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S2E2 René Lévesque – The Father of Quebec Separatism
The same war correspondent that observed the relief of Castle Itter (S2E1) is also the first leader of Quebec's movement for sovereignty and a man who helped…
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S2E1 The Strangest Tale of the Second World War: The Battle for Castle Itter
In the closing days of the Second World War, American, German, Austrian and a smattering of multi-national prisoners of war (plus a special Canadian thrown in…