Episode One - Communications: Distances and Connections

This episode features History Professors Marlene Shore and Marcel Martel of Toronto’s York University as they discuss Canada’s early attempts to unite a vast country through new and experimental communications methods in the late 19th centu...

Episode Two - Citizenship: Insiders and Outsiders

This episode features History Professors David Koffman, Jennifer Stephen, and William Wicken of Toronto’s York University as they examine Canada’s early immigration policies and innovative attempts to populate a vast area of land.

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Episode Three - Sleeping Next to an Elephant: Canada and its Southern Neighbour

This episode features History Professors Sean Kheraj and Marcel Martel of Toronto’s York University as they examine Canada’s on-again, off-again relationship with the United States, including the bromance between Can...

Episode Four - Gender, Sexuality, and the Criminal Code

This episode features History Professors Kathryn McPherson and Jennifer Stephen of Toronto’s York University as they examine Canada’s position on the abortion debate and women’s rights.

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Episode Five - Indigenous People, Police and Western Expansion

This episode features History Professor Shelley Gavigan, Senior Scholar and Professor Emerita Osgoode Hall Law School at Toronto’s York University as she discusses Canada’s relationship with its Indigenous People and how it formed th...