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Episode 140: Let Them Come if They Dare
Episode 140: Let Them Come if They Dare

Upper Canada's new Lieutenant-Governor arrives with a mandate to bring harmony to colonial politics - a mission he seeks to carry out through partisa…

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Episode 139: The Accursed Progress of Civilization
Episode 139: The Accursed Progress of Civilization

A new Lieutenant-Governor arrives in Upper Canada with a plan to insulate indigenous nations from the setter population - but he runs into trouble wh…

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Episode 138: A Youth Aping Maturity
Episode 138: A Youth Aping Maturity

A maturing Upper Canada exits its pioneering phase. To mark the occasion the colony's capital gets a new name, initiating a long tradition of Toronto…

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Episode 137: Bluenosers
Episode 137: Bluenosers

In Nova Scotia, distinctions between Planters, Loyalists, and British migrants begin to disappear as a new, shared identity emerges.

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Episode 136: Confusion and Uncertainty
Episode 136: Confusion and Uncertainty

The polarization of Lower Canadian politics intensifies, and begins to effect other aspects of society, including women's suffrage and civil rights f…

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Episode 135: A Tale of Two Canals
Episode 135: A Tale of Two Canals

In the same of economic development and imperial security, Upper Canada re-shapes the landscape of the Niagara peninsula and the Ottawa valley.

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Episode 134: New Canadians
Episode 134: New Canadians

A new wave of migration from Britain alters the demographic landscape of the Canadas - and also brings with it a public health crisis.

2 years, 11 months ago

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Episode 133: A Desert of Fur
Episode 133: A Desert of Fur

Desperate to consolidate its control over the Pacific Northwest before the arrival of American rivals, the Hudson's Bay Company adopts some innovativ…

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Episode 132: The Alien Question
Episode 132: The Alien Question

Upper Canada struggles to come to terms with the fact that a large proportion of its population is made up of immigrants from a recently hostile neig…

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Episode 131: The War for Religious Liberty
Episode 131: The War for Religious Liberty

Upper Canadian Anglicans attempt to fashion a definition of loyalty and Canadian identity that excludes other denominations - a project that meets re…

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