The Nations of Canada

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Episode 170: Little Better Than a Parody Nov 29, 2023

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In an effort to avoid a repeat of the Oregon surrender, the Hudson's Bay Company establishes a settler colony on Vancouver Island. The early returns are, however, mixed.
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Episode 169: Reciprocity Nov 22, 2023

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Deprived of preferential access to the British market, the colonies seek economic salvation in the form of railroads and free trade with the United States.
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Episode 168: Coarse Vulgar Democracy Nov 15, 2023

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Taking a page out of the Reformers book, a new generation of conservatives form a coalition across the linguistic divide.
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Episode 167: Do More and Talk Less Nov 08, 2023

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Teacher and newspaper editor Mary Ann Shadd initiates a debate about what Canada's role in ought to be in furthering the cause of blacks in North America.
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Episode 166: The Place Where the Dead White Men Were Nov 01, 2023

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The desperate search for a Royal Navy expedition sparks the most concentrated burst of exploration in the history of the Canadian arctic.
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Episode 165: The Land Question Oct 25, 2023

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The tenant farmers of Prince Edward Island decide they no longer want any part of an experiment to revive a bygone era of aristocratic land tenure.
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Episode 164: Common Schools Oct 18, 2023

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An attempt to implement a publicly funding school system produces mob violence in Lower Canada, and a slew of court battles in Upper Canada.
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Episode 163: I Must Have Something For It Oct 11, 2023

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Shingwauk, an Ojibwe chief in the Sault Ste. Marie area, calls on the Canadian government to form an economic partnership for the development of the territory north of Upper Canada.
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Episode 162: Refuge Oct 04, 2023

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The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in the United States accelerates black migration across the international border, creating new communities and re-shaping the racial politics of Upper Canada.
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Episode 161: The Glorious Twelfth Sep 27, 2023

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As New Brunswick struggles with the loss of preferential access to the British lumber market and an influx of Catholic migration from Ireland, ethnic and religious tensions play out on the streets of St. John.
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