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The Nations of Canada

A narrative history of Canada from its first inhabitants to the present day.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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36:41

Episode 156: 54-40 or Fight

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/08/23

The arrival of American settlers in significant numbers, and a bellicose presidential campaign in the United States, force an end to the Anglo-American power sharing agreement in the Pacific Northwest.

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34:48

Episode 155: The Bagot Commission

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2023/08/16

A generation after the military alliances of the War of 1812, indigenous communities and the Canadian state begin forging a new relationship.

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46:07

Episode 154: I Know Not What to Call It

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2023/08/09

Post-rebellion Canadian politics are muddied by a series of untimely deaths in the Governor-General office.

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32:17

Episode 153: New Identities

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/08/02

With the collapse of the Patriote movement, the Catholic Church re-emerges as a key pillar of French Canadian national identity. At the same time, habitant families begin looking beyond the crowded St. Lawrence valley.

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35:25

Episode 152: The Missionary Company

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/07/26

In an effort to improve its brand in Britain, the Hudson's Bay Company allows missionaries into the northwest to minister to its indigenous partners, shifting the political and social landscape of the region.

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41:15

Episode 151: A Stupid Place to Build an Outpost

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2023/07/19

Anglo-Russian border tensions on the Pacific coast are enlivened by a murder in the Hudson's Bay Company's most remote trading post.

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42:08

Episode 150: Mending Fences

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2023/07/12

After multiple diplomatic crises that nearly veered into war, Britain and the United States hold a summit to resolve their outstanding differences in North America, from disputed borders to the extradition of escaped slaves.

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40:20

Episode 149: A Forced Marriage

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/07/05

In the aftermath of the 1837 rebellions, the two Canadas are united. But while the British authorities hope this change will marginalize the French Canadian minority, a group of reformers see the opportunity to create a trans-national coalition.

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46:02

Episode 148: A Flame not Easily Subdued

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/06/28

Newfoundland reformers finally achieve their goal of representative self-government. However, after a series of violent elections, London and the elites of St. John's decide to pull the plug on the constitutional experiment.

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34:15

Episode 147: The Durham Report

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2023/06/21

A former Governor-General of British North America offers Westminster his recommendations for post-rebellion Canada, sparking a mass popular movement in Upper Canada.

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44:58

Episode 146: The Aroostook War

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2023/06/14

Just as the conflict in the borderlands ends, a new crisis erupts on the Maine/New Brunswick frontier as rival logging parties clash in a long-disputed territory.

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37:38

Episode 145: Canada is in the Mouth of Everyone

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/06/07

From Maine to Michigan, a network of underground cells plots an invasion that would turn Canada into a new Texas in the north.

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32:19

Episode 144: The Rebellion in the Borderlands

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2023/05/31

Canadian rebels flee into American exile, and immediately find allies willing to join them in re-opening the insurrection. The situation immediately transforms from colonial rebellion to international diplomatic crisis.

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43:30

Episode 143: Mackenzie's Rebellion

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/05/24

In Upper Canada, a charismatic populist leads a march on the capital, convincing a group of frustrated insurrectionaries that they will be greeted as liberators, restoring constitutional government.

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41:34

Episode 142: Everything is Lawful

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/05/17

After years of fruitless political gridlock, the Patriotes of Lower Canada take up arms against the British Empire.

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34:14

Episode 141: Unrest in the Countryside

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2023/05/10

With a conflict looming between the Patriotes and the colonial government, both sides look to the majority habitant population for support, only to discover neither of them know much about rural Lower Canada.

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34:34

Episode 140: Let Them Come if They Dare

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/05/03

Upper Canada's new Lieutenant-Governor arrives with a mandate to bring harmony to colonial politics - a mission he seeks to carry out through partisan interference, electoral manipulation, and intimidation.

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32:58

Episode 139: The Accursed Progress of Civilization

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/04/26

A new Lieutenant-Governor arrives in Upper Canada with a plan to insulate indigenous nations from the setter population - but he runs into trouble when he fails to either consult indigenous leaders, or follow diplomatic protocol.

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45:03

Episode 138: A Youth Aping Maturity

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/04/19

A maturing Upper Canada exits its pioneering phase. To mark the occasion the colony's capital gets a new name, initiating a long tradition of Torontonians believing they live at the centre of the universe, and everyone else being somewhat less impressed.

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37:40

Episode 137: Bluenosers

The Nations of Canada ·

2023/04/12

In Nova Scotia, distinctions between Planters, Loyalists, and British migrants begin to disappear as a new, shared identity emerges.

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