23 episodes
In Hindsight: Half a Century of Research Discoveries in Canadian History Ontario Historical Society
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- 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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Episode 18: Lester Pearson
Lester Pearson and Indigenous Canada, a world barely visible to the mid-20th century prime minister (1963-1968).
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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.
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Episode 16: Onondeyoh / Fred Loft
The Mohawk founder of the cross-Canada League of Indians of Canada, 1918.