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Episode 250: A Stalwart Peasant in a Sheepskin Coat
The rise of the Canadian west attracts a new type of migrant-settler from continental Europe, establishing new communities in Canada - none more cons…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 249: The Invidious Distinction of Sex
As a new century dawns, Canadian women establish political organizations pursuing goals from prohibition to suffrage; and spanning ideologies from ra…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 248: A Boyish Frolic
Canadian soldiers arrive in South Africa to discover that the war is going much worse than anyone had anticipated. Meanwhile, the divisions at home …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 247: You Men of Canada
A war in South Africa threatens to divide Canada, presenting Wilfrid Laurier with his greatest test yet as Prime Minister.
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9 months ago
Episode 246: The Militia Myth
With the British Empire increasingly anxious about its global strategic position, Canada faces pressure to take on a greater share of imperial defenc…
9 months, 1 week ago
Episode 245: Nationalism on the Grand River
The Indian Department's attempts to impose a new system of governance sparks a wave of Haudenosaunee nationalism, from Kahnawake to the Grand River. …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 244: Reforming the Empire
Chinese-Canadians join an effort to modernize the Chinese state, in hopes that a strong Beijing can better advocate for their civil and political rig…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 243: After the Rush
The Yukon gold rush creates a new urban centre in the far north, and forces the Canadian government to revisit its treaty-making efforts, after a twe…
10 months ago
Episode 242: Bonanza
A gold find, this time in the sub-arctic Yukon, once again transforms Canada's Pacific region. But if the rush promises prosperity, it also brings p…
10 months, 1 week ago
Episode 241: The Last Best West
After decades of constitutional reform and millions spent on railway construction, the Canadian confederation finally fulfills its economic potential…
10 months, 2 weeks ago