The Nations of Canada

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A narrative history of Canada from its first inhabitants to the present day.

The Nations of Canada

All Episodes For Supporters

Episode 1: Introduction

9 SEP 2020 · An introduction to the project - a history of Canada

Played 11m 13s
Episode 2: The Great Diversity

9 SEP 2020 · The last ice age ends, and humans follow the receding glaciers into Canada.

Played 42m 39s
Episode 3: Arctic Migrations

16 SEP 2020 · Inter-continental migrations from east and west meet in the far north of Canada.

Played 38m 40s
Episode 4: The Three Sisters

23 SEP 2020 · Agriculture comes to the Great Lakes region, sparking an economic, political, and social revolution.

Played 43m 30s
Episode 5: New Found Land

30 SEP 2020 · Fishermen out of Bristol follow cod across the Atlantic, and find an entire continent.

Played 47m 25s
Episode 6: Jacques Cartier

7 OCT 2020 · Seeking a passage to the orient, a French explorer investigates reports of open sea to the west of Newfoundland.

Played 32m 43s
Episode 7: As False as Canadian Diamonds

14 OCT 2020 · Jacques Cartier returns to Canada, this time intent on building the first permanent European settlement since the Norse period.

Played 42m 14s
Episode 8: The Basques

21 OCT 2020 · While the French abandon their colonization effort on the St. Lawrence, Canada's Atlantic coast plays host to a meeting of cultures from either side of the Atlantic.

Played 34m 24s
Episode 9: An Alchemist Matter

28 OCT 2020 · England takes its turn attempting to colonize Canada, choosing as its destination the inhospitable arctic.

Played 53m 38s
Episode 10: Mystery on the St. Lawrence

4 NOV 2020 · Europeans are suddenly drawn to Canadian fur. Meanwhile, the Upper St. Lawrence undergoes a cataclysmic change.

Played 37m 13s

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Bonus Episode 1 - May 2024

15 MAY 2024 · The first monthly bonus episode, wherein we travel to Orangeville, and find out whether peanut butter could deliver world peace in the 1930s.

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Bonus Episode 2: June 2024

15 JUN 2024 · In the second bonus episode for Supporters we examine the struggle for a French high school in a northern mill town; the life of trans-Atlantic financier John Rose; and Premier of Ontario James Whitney tells us what he really thinks of Americans.

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