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Episode 258: Buffalo
1905. Alberta and Saskatchewan join Canada as the eighth and ninth provinces, sparking a fresh round of contentious debates over minority rights, and…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 257: Very Imperfect Knowledge
1903. In the wake of the Alaska border dispute, Canada looks to strengthen its claims on the islands off its northern coast, in the Arctic Ocean. Th…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 256: A Slap in the Face for Canada
1903. Canada disputes American territorial claims in the Alaskan panhandle, in the hope/expectation that recent sacrifices in South Africa will ensu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 255: The Vortex of Militarism
1902. In the aftermath of the Boer War, delegates from the settler Dominions gather in London to discuss the future of the Empire - only to find Cana…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 254: Lessons in South Africa
1901-1902
Canadian soldiers find themselves in a Boer War that has turned into a brutally modern counter-insurgency. Meanwhile, a group of Canadian w…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 253: As Others See Us
Montreal's school system, delicately balanced between the city's Catholic and Protestant communities struggles to accommodate the arrival of Jewish m…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 252: The Battle of the Fraser
As the Fraser River fishery prepares for the largest salmon run in its history, tensions rise between its labour force of white, indigenous, and Japa…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 251: The Foundation of Civilization
The indigenous nations of the prairies attempt to reap the benefits of the western wheat boom, but find their work obstructed by interference from th…
1 year, 2 months ago
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…
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 3 months ago