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Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast

Under the Mat is a dark history podcast uncovering the overlooked corners of our collective past, centring feminist and anti-violence perspectives to challenge how we remember. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 30: Misogynist Violence, Collective Memory,...

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast ·

2025/12/08

Host Aubrianna Snow speaks with Francine Pelletier about the legacy of the École Polytechnique massacre and the progress of feminism and with Makenna Kuzyk about the Order of the White Rose Scholarship and building brighter futures for women in engineering. Francine Pelletier has had a long career as a journalist, both in print and for electronic media, in French as well as in English. Her career includes co-founding and acting as editor-in-chief of the women’s monthly magazine (La Vie en rose,

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24:45

Episode 29: The École Polytechnique Massacre

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast ·

2025/11/24

If you're in need of support, dial 988 or text WELLNESS to 741741.Blais, M. & Dupuis-Déri, F. (2019). The Montréal Massacre is finally recognized as an anti-feminist attack. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-montreal-massacre-is-finally-recognized-as-an-anti-feminist-attack-128450DiBranco, A. (2019). The First Anti-Feminist Massacre. Political Research Associates. https://politicalresearch.org/2019/12/06/first-anti-feminist-massacreDiebel, L. Two women on Marc Lépine’s death list

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29:48

Episode 28: Sixties Scoop Survivorship, Healing, and...

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast ·

2025/11/10

Host Aubrianna Snow speaks with Wayne Garnons-Williams about his experience as a Sixties Scoop survivor, the work of the National Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation of Canada, and what's required to protect the rights of Indigenous children in Canada and globally. Wayne Garnons-Williams, BA (Windsor), LLB (Queen’s), MPA (Dalhousie), LLM (Oklahoma) is the CEO of the not-for-profit registered charity, the National Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation of Canada. Wayne is a lecturer at the University of

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20:35

Episode 27: The Sixties Scoop

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2025/10/27

Alston-O’Connor, E. The Sixties Scoop: Implications for Social Workers and Social Work Education. University of Windsor. https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/5816/4747Cameron, C. (2018). The Sixties Scoop tried to extinguish our culture and our spirit. It failed. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/sixties-scoop-1.4595402Hoye, B. (2025). 10 years after apology, '60s Scoop survivors call for support beyond 'grossly inadequate' payout. CBC News.

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44:58

Episode 26: 2SLGBTQ+ Rights in Canada

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2025/10/14

Bradburn, J. (2021). ‘A turning point in our history’: Remembering Canada’s first major gay-rights protest. TVO Today. https://www.tvo.org/article/a-turning-point-in-our-history-remembering-canadas-first-major-gay-rights-protestBenchetrit, J. (2023). How the parental rights movement resurged in response to trans inclusivity in classrooms. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/parental-rights-movement-us-canada-1.6796070Bronskill, J. (2023). A new study lays out the 'horrendous' treatment of

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35:37

Episode 25: Unmarked Burials, Denialism, and the Role...

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast ·

2025/09/29

Host Aubrianna Snow speaks with Benjamin Kucher about unmarked burials, residential school denialism, balancing academic and community responsibilities, and the future of reconciliation. Benjamin Kucher is a Métis archaeologist, writer, and activist from the Métis Nation of Alberta and a descendant of the Michel First Nation. He is the former Chair of the National Indigenous Advocacy Committee and currently a researcher at the University of Alberta where his research focuses on Métis identity,

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Episode 24: The State of Reconciliation in Canada

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2025/09/15

If you need support, please contact the National Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419 or dial 988 if you are experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm.Baskatawang, L. (2023). A Brief History of Reconciliation in Canada. Peace Review, 35(1), pp. 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2022.2164183Blackstock, C. (2007). Residential Schools: Did They Really Close or Just Morph Into Child Welfare? Indigenous Law Journal, 6(1), pp. 71-78.

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Episode 23: Canada's Residential Schools

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast ·

2025/09/02

If you need support, please contact the National Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419 or dial 988 if you are experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm.CBC News. (2016). A history of residential schools in Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/a-history-of-residential-schools-in-canada-1.702280Hill, R. (2021). Survivor. Toronto Life. https://torontolife.com/life/how-i-survived-canadas-residential-school-system/Homeless Hub. (2025). Indigenous Peoples.

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18:16

Episode 22: Prisons

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2025/08/18

Anderson, A. (2023). Prison Abolition is Needed Now. Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/mcrp-journal/blog/prison-abolition-is-needed-now-prisons-and-jails-do-not-keep-anyone-safe/Bauer, S. (2018). The True History of America’s Private Prison Industry. Time. https://time.com/5405158/the-true-history-of-americas-private-prison-industry/BBC. (n.d.). Crime and punishment in 18th- and 19th-century Britain. Bitesize.

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Episode 21: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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2025/07/21

Chmielewski, K. (2025). The First Atomic Bombs Tested and Used During World War II. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/story/discover-more-about-the-first-atomic-bombs-tested-and-used-during-world-war-iiHarry S. Truman Library. (n.d.). Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb. https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/decision-drop-atomic-bombInternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. (n.d.). Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

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Episode 20: Violence and Femininity Through the Lens...

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast ·

2025/07/07

Disclaimer: I experienced some minor tech issues with my microphone while recording this episode. I apologize for any impact on the sound quality and appreciate your patience — everything will be back to normal next episode!Butts, E. (2018). Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Case. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/paul-bernardo-and-karla-homolka-caseEate, P. (2007). From Complicity to Coercion: The Representation of the Female Sexual Serial Murderer in the

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15:34

Episode 19: Abuses at Abu Ghraib Prison

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2025/06/23

Breckler, S. J. (2004). How Can the Science of Human Behavior Help Us Understand Abu Ghraib? American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/physical-abuse-violence/abu-ghraibChaloux, L. (2012). Convergence of Errors: Leadership Failures Contributing to Abu Ghraib Abuses. Royal Military College Saint-Jean. https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/cb-bk/art-art/2012/art-art-2012-1-eng.aspHersh, S. M. (2004). Torture at Abu Ghraib. The New Yorker.

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Episode 18: The Wives of King Henry VIII

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2025/06/09

Elton, G.R. & Morrill, J. S. (2025). Henry VIII. Brittanica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-EnglandHistoric Royal Palaces. (2025). Henry VIII, Terrible Tudor? https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/henry-viii/#gs.mckfb5Historic Royal Palaces. (2025). Henry VIII’s Wives: Six Queens, Six Women. https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/henry-viii-s-wives-six-queens-six-women/#gs.mckf1bPonti, C. (2025). Who Were the Six Wives

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20:52

Episode 17: Mental Health Treatment & Care

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2025/05/27

Concordia University, St. Paul. (2020). A History of Mental Illness Treatment: Obsolete Practices. https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/history-of-mental-illness-treatment/Department of Justice Canada. (2023). The Mentally Ill: How They Became Enmeshed in the Criminal Justice System and How We Might Get Them Out. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/mental/p3.htmlGoodman, J. T. (2014). Mental Health. The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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15:31

Episode 16: RMS Titanic

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2025/05/12

Boileau, J. (2022). Titanic. The Canadian Encylopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/titanicDaugherty, G. (2025). The Long, Strange Trip of the Titanic Victims Whose Remains Surfaced Hundreds of Miles Away, Weeks After the Ship Sank. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-long-strange-trip-of-the-titanic-victims-whose-remains-surfaced-hundreds-of-miles-away-weeks-after-the-ship-sank-180986386/History.com. (2009). Titanic.

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Episode 15: Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and...

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2025/04/28

Abbey, A. O. (2023). The Educational Impact of Military Coup D'etats in Ghana on Education. York University. https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/items/34e9c030-1d9c-4c1f-8c99-60d19ff59d53BBC News. (2016). Four more ways the CIA has meddled in Africa. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36303327Encyclopaedia Brittanica. (2025). Kwame Nkrumah. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kwame-NkrumahGebe, B. Y. Ghana’s Foreign Policy at Independence and Implications for the 1966 Coup D’état. University of

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13:46

Episode 14: Broken Arrows

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast ·

2025/04/14

Adams, S. (2022). The lost nuke of British Columbia. Legion: Canada’s Military History Magazine. https://legionmagazine.com/the-lost-nuke-of-british-columbia/Gorvett, Z. (2022). The lost nuclear bombs that no one can find. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220804-the-lost-nuclear-bombs-that-no-one-can-findHosgood, A.F. (2023). In Northwest BC, the Case of the Missing Nuke. The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/25/Northwest-BC-Case-Missing-Nuke/Izzo, J. (2025). A brief history of missing

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Episode 13: Colombian Bananas

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2025/03/17

Caro, J.E.E., & Vidal Ortega, A. (2012). The worker's massacre of 1928 in the Magdalena Zona Bananera - Colombia: An unfinished story. Memorias, 9(18), pp. 22-54. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262504044_The_worker%27s_massacre_of_1928_in_the_Magdalena_Zona_Bananera_-_Colombia_An_unfinished_storyDwyer, K. (2025). The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story. The Collector. https://www.thecollector.com/colombia-banana-massacre-1928-story/Gómez. G., I. (2024). The Human Cost

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Episode 12: Universities Pt. 2

Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast ·

2025/03/03

Brown, S.M. (2025). Harvard Under Fire for Slashing Slavery Initiative Staff as Black History Faces Nationwide Attacks. The Washington Informer. https://www.washingtoninformer.com/harvard-terminates-staff-slavery-initiative/CBC Radio. (2021). Penn Museum apologizes for collecting bones of victims of slavery and police violence.

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Episode 11: 1914 Sealing Disasters

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2025/02/18

Baker, M. (n.d.). The Struggle for Influence and Power: William Coaker, Abram Kean, and the Newfoundland Sealing Industry, 1908–1915. Memorial University. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/nflds/article/view/21477/24946CBC News. Sealing disasters marked as Elliston memorial opens. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sealing-disasters-marked-as-elliston-memorial-opens-1.2681909CBC News. The 1914 sealing disaster: 100 years later.

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