141 episodes
A Cultural History of Canada Patrick & Mackenzy
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A bi-weekly discussion that critically (and sometimes flippantly) engages with the literature, culture, and people that helped inform Canada's unique history. Hosted by two English Literature graduate students Patrick & Mackenzy. Sometimes features interviews with writers and academics in Canada.
Named on Feedspot's "20 Best Canada History Podcasts" (#4), "20 Best Cultural History Podcasts" (#2), and "30 Best History Podcasts For Students" (#6). Named best podcast of all time by their mothers!
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94 - Eugenics & Social Darwinism
In which our heroes talk about the shockingly pervasive ideas about eugenics in the early 20th century and how they still pop up today.
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Sources/Further Reading:
Campbell, Maria. Halfbreed, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. Dodd, Dianne. "eugenics." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Ludolph, Rebekah. “Exposing the Eugenic Reader: Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed and Settler Self-Education,” Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 44, no. 2, 2019, pp. 101–120. McLaren, Angus. Our Own Master Race: Eugenics In Canada, 1885-1945, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. Stote, Karen. An Act of Genocide: Colonialism and the Sterilization of Aboriginal Women, Fernwood Publishing, 2015. -
93 - Canada Vibing
Patrick is moving after coming back from a conference, Mack is still reeling from the end of semester, so we vibed by doing quizzes on Canada and talking about news bits. Back to normal in the next episode!
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The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future
In which Patrick talks with wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory about the beautiful - and surprisingly controversial - wild horses of the Chilcotin region.
In this compelling book, McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called qiyus in traditional Tŝilhqot’in culture, a resilient part of the area’s balanced prey-predator ecosystem. McCrory also chronicles the Chilcotin wild horses’ genetic history and significance to the Tŝilhqot’in, juxtaposing their efforts to protect qiyus against movements to cull them.
Find the book here or at your local bookstore.
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92 - The Group of Seven: Theosophy and Landscapes
In which we discuss the paintings and philosophy of the most famous group of painters in Canada's history -- with a short story by Margaret Atwood for good measure.
Patrick also rants in the wake of Brian Mulroney's death, be warned...
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Sources/Further Reading:
Atwood, Margaret. “Death by Landscape”
Maccallum, Reid. “The Group Of Seven: A Retrospect.” Imitation & Design and Other Essays, edited by William Blisseti, University of Toronto Press, 1953, pp. 162–69.
Murray, Joan. The best of the Group of Seven, Edmonton: Hurtig, 1984 -
91 - Mary Pickford: The Canadian Who Shaped Hollywood
In which Pat and Mack discuss who was once one of the most influential and powerful women in Hollywood history - an actress from Toronto!
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Sources/Further Reading:
Brownlow, Kevin. Mary Pickford Rediscovered: Rare Pictures of a Hollywood Legend. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Whitfield, Eileen. Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. -
90 - Frank Oliver Call: Bridging Victorian & Modernist Poetry
In which Patrick lectures by himself about a poet whose work, Acanthus & Wild Grape, actively tried to bring Canadian poetry into the realm of modern sensibilities.
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Sources/Further Reading
Avrum Malus, Diane Allard and Maria Van Sundert. “Frank Oliver Call, Eastern Townships Poetry, and the Modernist Movement,” Canadian Literature 107, 1985.
Call, Frank Oliver. Acanthus & Wild Grape, McClelland & Stewart, 1920.
Trehearne, Brian (editor). Canadian Poetry, 1920 to 1960, McClelland & Stewart, 2010.
Beattie, Munro. “Poetry: 1920-1935.” Literary History of Canada: Canadian Literature in English (Second Edition) Volume II, edited by Alfred G. Bailey et al., University of Toronto Press, 1976, pp. 234–53.