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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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56:56

Episode 296: What Am I To Do With My Name

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2026/04/08

1916. The residents of Berlin, Ontario face the challenge of being German-Canadians in a nation mobilized for war against Germany. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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40:49

Episode 295: The School of War

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2026/04/01

1916. After two years (and intense study of battlefield conditions), the Canadian Expeditionary Force begins its evolution from colonial auxiliary to vanguard of the British Imperial Army.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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39:56

Episode 294: The Greatest Attack in the History of...

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2026/03/25

1916. The Newfoundland Regiment finds itself at the centre of the worst day in the history of the British Army.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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39:37

Episode 293: Unstable, Unliked, and Uneeded

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2026/03/18

1916. As the Canadian Expeditionary Force matures, its soldiers, officers, and (eventually) the politicians back in Ottawa come to realize it has outgrown its erratic creator, Militia Minister Sam Hughes. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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41:09

Episode 292: Let Manitoba Be First

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2026/03/11

1915. A group of writers, journalists and activists based in Winnipeg, score the first victory for Canada's women's suffrage movement.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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36:41

Episode 291: The War at Home

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2026/03/04

The Canadian economy, still reeling from a post-war recession, struggles to meet the production total war demands.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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38:52

Episode 290: Prisoners of the Country

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2026/02/25

Spring 1915. The Canadian government grapples with the fact that over 100,000 residents in the country are foreign nationals, native to countries Canada is now at war with.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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44:34

Episode 289: Baptism of Fire and Blood

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2026/02/18

Spring 1915. The Canadian Expeditionary Force prepares for its first battle outside the Belgian city of Ypres, where, unbeknownst to the Canadians, the Germans make their own preparations to unleash a terrifying new weapon. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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41:41

Episode 288: The Suicide of Civilization

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2026/02/11

Summer 1914. Canadians prepare for a war far from their shores, that will nevertheless change their lives forever. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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29:46

Episode 287: Q&A 2

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2026/02/04

1867-1914. How did we get here? Where are we going next?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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44:10

Episode 286: Home Rule

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2026/01/28

Summer 1914. Ireland teeters on the brink of civil war, re-opening old sectarian divisions in Canada.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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51:30

Episode 285: Komagata Maru

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2026/01/21

1914. A Sikh businessman charters a Japanese passenger liner to test Canada's anti-Asian immigration laws, while anxious British officials and Indian nationalists look on. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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37:28

Episode 284: Continuous Voyages

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2026/01/14

1914. In India, the British government attempts to convince a growing independence movement that Indians enjoy all the benefits of subjecthood, including free movement within the Empire. A key test of that proposition comes in British Columbia.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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46:47

Episode 283: A Lottery it May Be

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2026/01/07

Spring 1914. A disastrous seal hunt raises questions about the growing social and economic inequalities of an industrializing Newfoundland.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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47:22

Episode 282: Worried and Ill At Ease

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2025/12/31

1913. Over a decade of consistent economic growth comes to an end, souring relations between Ottawa and the provinces, and forcing the military occupation of the Vancouver Island coal district. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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43:01

Episode 281: Nothing But the Ships

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2025/12/24

1912. Robert Borden finds that his broad coalition (which was so successful on the campaign trail) makes for an unruly government. Especially with Britain ever more insistent on contributions to the Royal Navy.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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34:22

Episode 280: The Best Safeguard of the Faith

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2025/12/17

1912. New regulations on the use of French in Ontario public schools galvanizes the province's growing francophone population and sets off a fresh round of French Canadian nationalism in Quebec.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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39:57

Episode 279: Not Asked For Nor Wanted

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2025/12/10

1911. A panic over black settlers moving into western Canada sparks a heated debate on Canada's immigration laws, and the country's racial politics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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39:31

Episode 278: A Parting of the Ways

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2025/12/03

September 1911. An unlikely partnership of conservative imperialists and French Canadian nationalists bring an end to Wilfrid Laurier's fifteen-year rule in Ottawa.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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Episode 277: Reciprocity 2.0

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2025/11/26

1911. Desperate for a distraction from the Navy Question, Wilfrid Laurier is presented with a golden opportunity to fulfill a decades-long ambition by developments in Washington.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

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