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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, s…
2 years, 9 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-Americ…
2 years, 10 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.
2 years, 10 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.
2 years, 10 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, h…
2 years, 10 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,…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 151: A Stupid Place to Build an Outpost
Anglo-Russian border tensions on the Pacific coast are enlivened by a murder in the Hudson's Bay Company's most remote trading post.
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 150: Mending Fences
After multiple diplomatic crises that nearly veered into war, Britain and the United States hold a summit to resolve their outstanding differences in…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 149: A Forced Marriage
In the aftermath of the 1837 rebellions, the two Canadas are united. But while the British authorities hope this change will marginalize the French C…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 148: A Flame not Easily Subdued
Newfoundland reformers finally achieve their goal of representative self-government. However, after a series of violent elections, London and the eli…
2 years, 11 months ago