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Episode 161: The Glorious Twelfth
As New Brunswick struggles with the loss of preferential access to the British lumber market and an influx of Catholic migration from Ireland, ethnic and religious tensions play out on the streets of…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 160: Le Commerce est Libre
Independent Metis traders in the Red River colony provide the Hudson's Bay Company with the greatest challenge to its monopoly in 180 years.
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 159: The Torch of Discord
Canadians take to the streets of Montreal to re-fight the 1837 rebellion, destroying the parliament building in the process.
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 158: Responsible Government
As revolutions sweep across Europe, two former rivals in Nova Scotia carry out their own political transformation.
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 157: A New Ireland
An increase in Catholic migration from Ireland reshapes Canada's demographic landscape, and reminds the Orange Order in the colony of its original, sectarian identity.
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 156: 54-40 or Fight
The arrival of American settlers in significant numbers, and a bellicose presidential campaign in the United States, force an end to the Anglo-American power sharing agreement in the Pacific Northwes…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 155: The Bagot Commission
A generation after the military alliances of the War of 1812, indigenous communities and the Canadian state begin forging a new relationship.
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 154: I Know Not What to Call It
Post-rebellion Canadian politics are muddied by a series of untimely deaths in the Governor-General office.
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 153: New Identities
With the collapse of the Patriote movement, the Catholic Church re-emerges as a key pillar of French Canadian national identity. At the same time, habitant families begin looking beyond the crowded …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 152: The Missionary Company
In an effort to improve its brand in Britain, the Hudson's Bay Company allows missionaries into the northwest to minister to its indigenous partners, shifting the political and social landscape of th…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago