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On the Primary Source we investigate moments and movements in the Canadian Historical narrative. We try to employ multiple perspectives from the historical sources. Each episode features a new guest who completes research on their own. We join together in synergy to create a podcast of informal conversation on the topic
Update frequency:
every 35 days
Average audio length:
98 minutes
English
United States
6 episodes
since Feb. 16, 2020
episodic
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On July 16th 1917 after 6 days of hard searching for Tom Thomson's body, his body was discovered in Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park, by a local resident physician. At this point, he was not yet the famous Canadian painter we now know him. However, his death, and subsequent burial were to be shrouded in …
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As promised we have reconvened with a special guest who was at the take down of the Squamish five in 1983. We ask all of the questions we were wondering about after researching the first episode and we also learn a few new things. Join us for a deeper more personal look into the Squamish 5.
The conversation about what Canada would be like if the CPR was never completed could follow multiple pathways. We consider the railway connecting East to West a great unifier of this country when the border with the US was tenuous and the West up for grabs. We don’t ever really talk about the impo…
The year is 1980. A young group of 5 protesters, calling themselves Direct Action, would become the most well-known domestic terrorists since the FLQ crisis. During a three year period, The Squamish 5 went on a tear bombing industry, injuring people, and committing multiple thefts. Were it not for …
Alimighty Voice was a Plains Cree man who ended up on the wrong side of the European Colonial law in 1895. His people on the One Arrow reserve were feeling the restrictions and the limitations on their movement, their traditions, and their health as a result of Treaty # 6. This is the story of Almi…
Delve into an exploration behind the inception of the NWMP. In this episode we examine the context creating pressure for law and order in the newly acquired North West Territories. American interests, First Nations resistance, and booze all lead to a group of 300 or so members of the NWMP to head W…
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