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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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39:32

Episode 214: Strategic Indifference

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2024/10/02

Kahnawake becomes a testing ground for a new form of indigenous government crafted in Ottawa.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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43:53

Episode 213: Help Them Feed Them or Fight Them

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2024/09/25

Having completed its treaty-making campaign on the prairies, the federal government finds that treaty implementation is as challenging as treaty negotiations. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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46:48

Episode 212: The National Policy

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2024/09/18

John A. Macdonald makes his triumphant return to power on the back of an ambitious plan to save the Canadian economy through tariffs and rapid railroad construction.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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35:39

Episode 211: All Things are Possible

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2024/09/11

Infused with national confidence after rejecting confederation, the government at St. John's seeks, for the first time, to exert its influence across all of Newfoundland. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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37:12

Episode 210: An Awful Dread of the Future

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2024/09/04

As Canadian negotiators seek to complete their treaty-making campaign on the prairies, they find the Blackfoot intent on coming to a different kind of settlement than their neighbours to the east.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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39:03

Episode: 209 - The Place Protected from Fire

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2024/08/28

A group of Icelanders repeat the voyage of their ancestors almost 900 years earlier, and once again establish a colony in Canada - this time in Manitoba.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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47:25

Episode 208: Come Like Men and Talk to Us

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2024/08/21

The Canadian treaty campaign in the northwest begins its most important negotiations yet - for the surrender of Cree lands along the fertile belt of the North Saskatchewan River.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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35:49

Episode 207: The Field Game of Our Dominion

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2024/08/14

A dentist from Montreal seeks to turn an indigenous game into a marker of Canadian national identity.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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36:42

Episode 206: A Medium Course

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2024/08/07

After a generation of playing second fiddle to conservatives, liberals re-emerge in Quebec thanks to a new generation of leaders.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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37:30

Episode 205: Caraquet

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2024/07/31

A new education act in New Brunswick sets off protests within the province's Catholic minority, and sparks a resurgence in Acadian nationalism.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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38:56

Episode 204: The Northwest Mounted Police

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2024/07/24

In an effort to extend state power into the prairies, the Canadian government commissions a police force for the northwest.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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36:09

Episode 203: Where We Are is Our Property

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2024/07/17

After a two year hiatus, and numerous disputes over what was promised in earlier agreements, the Canadian government resumes its treaty-making campaign in the northwest.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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36:43

Episode 202: Dominion Lands

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2024/07/10

The Canadian government begins advertising its northwestern frontier to prospective settlers, but finds that it needs to get creative to compete with the United States.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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39:37

Episode 201: A Purchased and a Tainted House

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2024/07/03

Shortly after a successful re-election campaign, a railway corruption scandal brings down John A. Macdonald's government.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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36:53

Episode 200: The Screw is Being Turned

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2024/06/26

Railway debt and pressure from Britain forces Prince Edward Island to reconsider joining Canada, as the seventh province of confederation.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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38:16

Episode 199: Not Richer Serfs But Better Men

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2024/06/19

As Canada industrializes, a labour movement emerges in Hamilton, Ontario, seeking a dignified role for workers in the emerging modern economy. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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35:25

Episode 198: Outside Promises

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2024/06/12

Canadian negotiators begin the treaty-making process in the northwest, and find their work far more challenging than they anticipated.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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37:09

Episode 197: Occupied Manitoba

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2024/06/05

Manitoba, Canada's newest province, is faced with the challenge of managing an anxious Metis majority, a well-armed Canadian minority, and the possible threat of a Fenian invasion.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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37:55

Episode 196: England is Sick of Her Colonies

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2024/05/29

As Canada seeks an outlet on the Pacific Ocean, the colonists of British Columbia contemplate their future in the British Empire.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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33:01

Episode 195: Mr. Macdonald Goes to Washington

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2024/05/22

As British and American diplomats gather in Washington for the largest Anglo-American conference in a generation, John A. Macdonald joins the British delegation, to ensure Canadian interests are represented.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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