Witness to Yesterday (The Champlain Society Podcast on Canadian History)

Patrice Dutil interviews Matthew Hayday, Professor of History at the University of Guelph, about the campaign that brought the Progressive Conservative Party under Joe Clark to power after sixteen years in opposition. This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY...

One hundred years ago, Prime Minister Robert Borden returned to Canada after spending four months participating in the peace negotiations that followed the First World War. Patrice Dutil discusses Borden and Canada's participation with Norman Hillmer, Professor of History at Carleton University. This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University....

Patrice Dutil interviews D'Arcy Jenish about the multiple waves of bombings in Montreal during the 1960s and the people responsible for them. D'Arcy Jenish is the author of numerous works on Canadian history. His most recent book is "The Making of the October Crisis: Canada's Long Nightmare of Terrorism at the Hands of the FLQ" (Doubleday Canada). This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the...

Patrice Dutil speaks with Maxime and Julien about the impact of Jacksonian democracy on Canadian politics in the 1830s. Maxime Dagenais is the Coordinator of the LR Wilson Institute on Canadian History at McMaster University and Julien Mauduit is the LR Wilson Assistant Professor in the Department of History at McMaster. This podcast was produced Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute...

Patrice Dutil s'entretient avec Maxime Dagenais, coordonnateur de la recherche à l'L.R. Institut Wilson pour l'histoire du Canada à l'Université McMaster et Julien Mauduit, professeur adjoint LR Wilson au Département d'histoire à l'Université McMaster. Un balado réalisé par Lily Robbins et Meghan Boisjoli dans les studios de la Allan Slaight Radio Institute à Ryerson University. If you like our wo...

Patrice Dutil speaks with Christopher Moore about the infamous massacre that took place in May 1754 that sparked the Seven-Year War. Christopher Moore writes “History News”, a very popular blog on Canadian History (christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com) and is the author of a dozen books including Three Weeks in Quebec City: The Meeting that Made Canada (Allen Lane). This podcast was produced by Hu...

Greg Marchildon talks about carnival exploitation with Jane Nicholas, the author of "Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s (University of Toronto Press). Jane Nicholas is professor in the Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies and the Department of History at St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo. This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst i...

Patrice Dutil interviews Robert Vipond on the impact of the Clinton Street School in Toronto and his book "Making a Global City: How One Toronto School Embraced Diversity" (University of Toronto Press). Robert Vipond is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our...

Greg Marchildon speaks with Valerie Korinek, author of "Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985" (University of Toronto Press) and professor of History at University of Saskatchewan. This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.l...

Patrice Dutil interviews Joe Martin on the particular evolution of banking in Canada and why this country was able to weather the banking crisis of 2008 with relative ease. Joe Martin wrote, with Chris Kobrak, "From Wall Street to Bay Street: The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian Finance" (University of Toronto Press) and teaches Business History at the Rotman School of Management at...

Greg Marchildon and Kenna Turcotte discuss this annual rite of winter with University of Toronto historian Steve Penfold, author of A Mile of Make-Believe: A History of the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade (University of Toronto Press). This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. See Steve Penfold's "Findings" on this subject here: https://champ...

Patrice Dutil explores the significance of the First World War on Canadian society and politics with David MacKenzie on the 100th anniversary of the final ceasefire. David MacKenzie is the editor ofCanada in the First World War, 2nd edition (University of Toronto Press). Mackenzie is Professor of History at Ryerson University. This podcast was produced by Naomi Katz, Richard Anstey and Hugh Bakhur...

Patrice Dutil meets up with Ted Glenn to explore the life and world of the Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalions with Ted Glenn, author of Riding Into Battle: Canadian Cyclists in the Great War(Dundurn Press), is professor of Public Administration at Humber College. This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consi...

Patrice Dutil s'entretien avec Xavier Gélinas, spécialiste de la révolutuion tranquille et conservateur en histoire politique au Musée canadien de l'histoire, au sujet des circonstances qui entourent la création du Parti québécois le 11 octobre 1968. Ce podcast est disponible en anglais sur Witness to Yesterday. Ce podcast fut réalisé par Naomi Katz et Richard Anstey​ dans les studios Allan Slaigh...

Patrice Dutil discusses the significance of the founding of the Parti québécois by René Lévesque on 11 October 1968 with Xavier Gélinas, a specialist on the Québec "Quiet Revolution" and curator of Politics at the Canadian Museum of History. This podcast is available in French on Témoins d'hier. This podcast was produced by Naomi Katz and Richard Anstey in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryer...

Greg Marchildon discusses the life and work of Donald Creighton (1902-79), the "Tory" historian at the University of Toronto, with Donald Wright, the author of Donald Creighton: A Life in History (University of Toronto Press, 2015). This podcast was produced by Ali Jiwani in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly...

Patrice Dutil explores the use and abuse of this unique resource with Christopher Dummit of Trent University, author of Unbuttoned: A History of Mackenzie King's Secret Life (McGill-Queens Universtity Press, 2017). This podcast was produced by Ali Jiwani and Naomi Katz in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/su...

Greg Marchildon talks with Robert McGill (University of Toronto) about his book War is Here: The Vietnam War and Canadian Literature (MQUP, 2017). This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Pernia Jamshed in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY . Your support contributes to the Champlain Society&...

Greg Marchildon talks with Deborah McPhail about her book, Contours of the Nation: Making Obesity and Imagining Canada, 1945-1970 (University of Toronto Press, 2017). This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Naomi Katz in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY . Your support contributes to the Ch...

Patrice Dutil interviews Roger Hall (Professor Emeritus, History Department, Western University and former General Editor of the Champlain Society) about his book “The Rising Country”: The Hale-Amherst Correspondence, 1799-1825 (The Champlain Society, 2002). This podcast was produced Sumeet Dhami and Naomi Katz in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, pleas...

Greg Marchildon talks with Peter Russell (Professor Emeritus) about his book, Canada’s Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests (University of Toronto Press, 2017). This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Naomi Katz in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY . Your support contributes to...

Greg Marchildon talks with Dennis Mollinaro about his book An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936 (University of Toronto Press, 2017). This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Pernia Jamshed in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY . Your support contributes to the Cha...

Greg Marchildon talks with Patrice Dutil about his book Prime Ministerial Power in Canada: Its Origins under Macdonald, Laurier and Borden (University of British Columbia Press). This podcast was edited by Sumeet Dhami in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY . Your support contributes to the Champla...

Patrice Dutil talks with Lindsay Gibson, Professor in the Faculty of Education of the University of Alberta, about the teaching of Canadian History in Canadian High Schools. This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami and Pernia Jamshed in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY . Your support contribute...

Greg Marchildon talks about Lawyers, Families and Businesses with Ian Kyer, author of Lawyers, Families, and Businesses: The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863-1963 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by Irwin Law, 2013). This podcast was produced by Hugh Bakhurst and Pernia Jamshed in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. If you like our work, please conside...