A Cultural History of Canada

<p >In which we discuss the cultural impacts of Italians on Canada and - due to time constraints - make a brief detour on Nino Ricci's Lives of the Saints.<br /> ---<br /> Support: Patreon...

<p >In which Patrick talks to former Olympian and LGBTQ sports activist about her new memoir Outspoken: A Journey from Olympic Athlete to Activist.</p> <p>Find the book here or at your local bookstore.</p> <p>---</p>...

<p >For International Women's Day?<br /> ---<br /> Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading...

<p >In which Patrick talks to Shirley Horn and Joanne Robertson about their collaboration on the children's book, Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story - which is based on Horn's lived experiences at the...

<p>In which, after a hiatus, your heroes return to discuss how the Canadian government locked up its own citizens (again) under the War Measures Act.</p>

<p>Giving you one last episode before the new year! Wherein we look back on the last year, both as a podcast and a country.</p>

<p >In which we talk about antisemitism in Canada, with a brief segue into Gwethalyn Graham's novel Earth & High Heaven (1944).</p> <p >---</p> <p>Sources/Further Reading</p> <p > Abella, Irving. None is Too Many...

<p>Is this episode early for next week or late from last week? Who's to say... but it is about various theories that were offered in mid-twentieth century Canada about what was the most crucial aspect to its foundation...

<p >In which Patrick rides solo for a brief overview of Norman Bethune's rock n' roll life.<br /> ---<br /> Further Readings</p> <p>Bock, Dennis. The Communist's Daughter, 2007.</p> <p>Tse-Tung, Mao. "In Memory of...

<p>In which I talk to writer Christine Estima about her debut novel, Letters to Kafka. The novel conjures the voice of Milena Jesenská, the absent interlocutor to Franz Kafka's posthumously published Letters to Milena...

<p>After one year, we are hear to finish our exploration of the man who has widely been called the greatest PM of Canadian history. Of course we'll laugh at him!</p> <p>Cartoons referenced:</p> <p>Cartoon 1</p>...

<p>In which Patrick talks to Max Brault about The Race to the Starting Line, which details his public and private work as an accessibility activist, as well as his being one of the drivers of Canada's recent "Accessible...

<p >In which we talk about the creation of the Man of Steel and why he matters.<br /> ---<br /> Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana)</p>

<p >In which Patrick reads from and raves about George Elliott Clarke's Whylah Falls while Mack is away.<br /> ---<br /> Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal...

<p >In which we discuss a largely forgotten early example of the Canadian modern/postmodern in Howard O'Hagan's 1939 novel, Tay John. Sorry for the delayed episode release, we all got caught up in other things....<br />...