In Hindsight: Half a Century of Research Discoveries in Canadian History

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In Hindsight: Half a Century of Research Discoveries in Canadian History

Following the model of old‐fashioned radio, Dr. Donald B. Smith, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Calgary, will present a series of 20 weekly broadcasts on different Indigenous and non‐Indigenous personalities in 19th and 20th century Canadian history.

  1. 10/24/2023

    Episode 21: Ontario Made Me. Calgary Adopted Me.

    Final Episode: A reflection on the ways in which the research and writing in Canadian history have changed in our lifetimes.

    41 min

  2. 06/20/2023

    Episode 20: Olive Dickason

    An extraordinary scholar’s contribution to our knowledge of Canadian history. Introducing how historical writing has been altered in the digital age.

    19 min

  3. 06/13/2023

    Episode 19: Chief Gary Potts and The Temagami Land Claim

    The Temagami Land Claim Conference, Bear Island, Lake Temagami, July 1982. As one participant (Mary Black Rogers) later recalled, it was “like an Agatha Christie—all the guests arriving from distant points, meeting in an isolated spot.”

    37 min

  4. 06/06/2023

    Episode 18: Lester Pearson

    Lester Pearson and Indigenous Canada, a world barely visible to the mid-20th century prime minister (1963-1968).

    35 min

  5. 05/30/2023

    Episode 17: Duncan Campbell Scott

    The intriguing context surrounding the address of assimilationist Duncan Campbell Scott, Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, at the Victoria College chapel, Toronto, in 1925.

    37 min

  6. 05/23/2023

    Episode 16: Onondeyoh / Fred Loft

    The Mohawk founder of the cross-Canada League of Indians of Canada, 1918.

    25 min

  7. 05/16/2023

    Episode 15: Hugh Dempsey

    The contributions over two-thirds of a century of Hugh Dempsey, Dean of Alberta Historians, to the history of his province.

    31 min

  8. 05/09/2023

    Episode 14: Annie Glen Broder

    Calgary’s extraordinary Grande Dame of music in the early 20th century.

    28 min
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Following the model of old‐fashioned radio, Dr. Donald B. Smith, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Calgary, will present a series of 20 weekly broadcasts on different Indigenous and non‐Indigenous personalities in 19th and 20th century Canadian history.

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