The Nations of Canada

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Episode 220: The Land of the Pharaohs Nov 13, 2024

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With a crisis brewing on the Nile, the British Army turns to the most celebrated river pilots in the Empire - Canadian voyageurs.
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Episode 219: Heart and Memory Nov 06, 2024

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On the one hundred year anniversary of the loyalist migrations, Canadians contemplate their historical identity, their place in the British Empire, and a possible expansion into the Caribbean.
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Episode 218: The More Wretched They Will Become Oct 30, 2024

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Facing famine, and a decade of unfulfilled promises, indigenous leaders on the prairies seek out new forms of political organization.
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Episode 217: History Repeating Itself Oct 23, 2024

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Fifteen years after the bungled expansion to the Red River, Ottawa risks making the same mistake in the northwest - ignoring the reality of the peoples residing there.
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Episode 216: Empire Ontario Oct 16, 2024

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John A. Macdonald finally meets his match, in Oliver Mowat, the Liberal Premier of Ontario.
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Episode 215: Engineering Impossibilities Oct 09, 2024

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Canada learns that building a transcontinental railway line is as much an exercise in politics as it is engineering.
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Episode 214: Strategic Indifference Oct 02, 2024

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Kahnawake becomes a testing ground for a new form of indigenous government crafted in Ottawa.
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Episode 213: Help Them Feed Them or Fight Them Sep 25, 2024

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Having completed its treaty-making campaign on the prairies, the federal government finds that treaty implementation is as challenging as treaty negotiations.
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Episode 212: The National Policy Sep 18, 2024

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John A. Macdonald makes his triumphant return to power on the back of an ambitious plan to save the Canadian economy through tariffs and rapid railroad construction.
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Episode 211: All Things are Possible Sep 11, 2024

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Infused with national confidence after rejecting confederation, the government at St. John's seeks, for the first time, to exert its influence across all of Newfoundland.
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