Episode 308: Conscription
1918. After months of speculation, the Canadian government begins forcibly enlisting young men in earnest, sparking resistance in expected and unexpected corners of the country.Become a supporter of this podcast: https:...
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Episode 307: The Shadow of a Dreadful Danger
December 1917. Disaster strikes Halifax, one of the busiest ports in the world due to the trans-Atlantic convoy system, as a collision between two ships creates the largest manmade explosion to that point in history.Bec...
Episode 306: Little Lower Than the Angels
December 1917. Canada holds its most contentious federal election yet, as both sides (Union vs. Laurier Liberals) see the outcome as setting the country down an irrevocable path.Become a supporter of this podcast: https...
Episode 305: Biting Into Granite
Summer/Fall 1917. Arthur Currie takes command of the Canadian Corps, but finds it difficult to replicate the success of Vimy Ridge in the mud of Passchendaele.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com...
Episode 304: Playing with Fire
1917. As Quebec roils with anger over the Military Service Act, French Canadians in Ottawa and Windsor clash with police over French language rights in Ontario's schools and churches.Become a supporter of this podcast: h...
Episode 303: Linguistic Chaos
1917. On the prairies, the war reinvigorates the politics of minority rights, as Anglophone majorities restrict the use of other languages in schools, and Francophone and Ukrainian communities organize politically.Becom...
Episode 302: Our First Duty
1917. Prime Minister Robert Borden uses every instrument at his disposal to undermine Liberal party cohesion and form a Union government ahead of Canada's first war-time election.Become a supporter of this podcast: http...
Episode 301: Revolution and War
1917. A revolution in China (partially funded by contributions from British Columbia) upends life for Chinese-Canadians.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969...
Episode 300: The Hidden Powers Within Us
1917. With Black Canadians rejected at recruiting offices in suspiciously high numbers, a campaign emerges to form a distinctly black unit within the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Become a supporter of this podcast: htt...
Episode 299: Hostages of Our Good Faith
1917. After touring the battlefield at Vimy, Prime Minister Robert Borden determines that conscription is necessary to maintain the Canadian Corps, sparking Canada's most divisive debate since Confederation.Become a supp...
Episode 298: Vimy
Spring 1917. All four divisions of the Canadian Corps work together for the first time, demonstrating a distinctively Canadian approach to the conundrum of trench warfare at Vimy Ridge.Become a supporter of this podcast...
Episode 297: Only Limited By the Duration of the War
1916 Faced with war-time budget cuts, the Commissioner of Canada's National Parks system, James Harkin, sees an opportunity in labour provided by interned enemy aliens.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spr...
Episode 296: What Am I To Do With My Name
1916. The residents of Berlin, Ontario face the challenge of being German-Canadians in a nation mobilized for war against Germany. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-can...
Episode 295: The School of War
1916. After two years (and intense study of battlefield conditions), the Canadian Expeditionary Force begins its evolution from colonial auxiliary to vanguard of the British Imperial Army.Become a supporter of this podc...
Episode 294: The Greatest Attack in the History of the World
1916. The Newfoundland Regiment finds itself at the centre of the worst day in the history of the British Army.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.
Episode 293: Unstable, Unliked, and Uneeded
1916. As the Canadian Expeditionary Force matures, its soldiers, officers, and (eventually) the politicians back in Ottawa come to realize it has outgrown its erratic creator, Militia Minister Sam Hughes. Become a suppo...
Episode 292: Let Manitoba Be First
1915. A group of writers, journalists and activists based in Winnipeg, score the first victory for Canada's women's suffrage movement.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-ca...
Episode 291: The War at Home
The Canadian economy, still reeling from a post-war recession, struggles to meet the production total war demands.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/suppor...
Episode 290: Prisoners of the Country
Spring 1915. The Canadian government grapples with the fact that over 100,000 residents in the country are foreign nationals, native to countries Canada is now at war with.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www...
Episode 289: Baptism of Fire and Blood
Spring 1915. The Canadian Expeditionary Force prepares for its first battle outside the Belgian city of Ypres, where, unbeknownst to the Canadians, the Germans make their own preparations to unleash a terrifying new wea...