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Discover Library and Archives Canada
The Discover Library and Archives Canada podcast is where Canadian history, literature and culture await you. Each month, we will showcase treasures from our vaults, guide you through our many services and introduce you to the people who acquire, safeguard and make known Canada’s documentary heritag...
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98 EpisodenPorter Talk #6: Porters and the Making of Modern Canada
In the final episode of Porter Talk, we dive into how union gains paved the way for a brighter future for Black communities in Canada. This fight for...
Porter Talk: Episode 6 Trailer
In the final episode of Porter Talk, we dive into how union gains paved the way for a brighter future for Black communities in Canada. This fight for...
Porter Talk #5: The Women Who Stood With Porters
Join us as we meet some of the strong and devoted women who stood with porters. Without their commitment and persistence, union gains would not have b...
Porter Talk: Episode 5 Trailer
Join us as we meet some of the strong and devoted women who stood with porters. Without their commitment and persistence, union gains would not have b...
Porter Talk #4: The Long Fight for Porters' Rights
Join us as we delve into the inhumanity of portering, and the long fight for porters’ rights. (Episode 4)
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Porter Talk: Episode 4 Trailer
Join us as we delve into the inhumanity of portering, and the long fight for porters’ rights. (Episode 4 trailer)
Transcript
Narrator Biog...
Porter Talk #3: All Aboard the Hotel on Wheels
Join us as we explore the extraordinary demands placed on sleeping car porters by rail companies and passengers while working aboard the hotel on whee...
Porter Talk: Episode 3 Trailer
Join us as we delve into the dire working conditions porters experienced as they traversed the country aboard the hotel on wheels. (Episode 3 trailer)...
Porter Talk #2: Who Were the Porters?
Discover Library and Archives Canada presents “Porter Talk.” This mini-series explores the lived experiences of Black men who laboured as porters for...
Porter Talk: Episode 2 Trailer
Discover Library and Archives Canada presents “Porter Talk.” This mini-series explores the lived experiences of Black men who laboured as porters for...
Porter Talk #1: Honouring Stanley G. Grizzle - An Activist For Our Times
Discover Library and Archives Canada presents “Porter Talk.” This mini-series explores the lived experiences of Black men who laboured as porters for...
Porter Talk: Episode 1 Trailer
Discover Library and Archives Canada presents “Porter Talk.” This mini-series explores the lived experiences of Black men who laboured as porters for...
Porter Talk: Trailer
Discover Library and Archives Canada presents “Porter Talk.” This mini-series explores the lived experiences of Black men who laboured as porters for...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 16
The hammering of the last spike into the Canadian Pacific Railway expanded access to the nation immeasurably, physically and symbolically connecting i...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 15
In this episode of Treasures Revealed we follow the journey of a rare document which is considered to be the first publication in English entirely abo...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 14
Did you know that 22% or roughly one in five Canadians under the age of 34 either hadn’t heard about the Holocaust, or were unsure if they had heard a...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 13
In this episode we speak with Steve Moore about the most successful silent film in Canadian history, Back to God’s Country – a lusty tale of jealousy,...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 12
In this episode we speak with Krista Cooke about the curious absence of pregnant women in photos from the birth of photography in the 19th century up...
Dawson City: A Ruby in the Rough
In celebration of National Parks Day we have partnered with our friends at Parks Canada and have featured an episode from their wonderful new history...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 11
Robert Hood was only 24 in 1821, when he participated in the 1st of the infamous Franklin Expeditions. Hood was to take navigational, geographical and...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 9
In the 9th episode of Treasures Revealed, LAC Curator Forrest Pass unravels the mystery of a Masonic tracing board dating back to the early 1800s.
Treasures Revealed: Episode 8
In this episode of Treasures Revealed, Indigenous Research Archivist Elizabeth Montour relies on knowledge and instinct to decipher the story of a Kan...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 7
In the 7th episode of Treasures Revealed we speak with Senior Archivist Christine Barrass about an extraordinary scroll, or Sefer Torah, that is part...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 6
In this episode of Treasures Revealed, we speak with Marcelle Cinq-Mars, senior military archivist in the Government Archives Division at LAC. Marcell...
Bill Mason: Wilderness Artist
Passionate about nature and art, Bill Mason spent his whole life combining his two passions and creating beautiful, nature-inspired artworks. On today...
Kahentinetha Horn: Nothing but the Truth - Part 2
In early 2020, we invited Indigenous activist Kahentinetha Horn and her daughter Waneek Horn-Miller to come to LAC for a visit. As we hosted them, we...
Kahentinetha Horn: Nothing but the Truth - Part 1
In early 2020, we invited Indigenous activist Kahentinetha Horn and her daughter Waneek Horn-Miller to come to LAC for a visit. As we hosted them, we...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 5
LAC photo archivist Jill Delaney joins us for this fifth episode of Treasures Revealed. She will tell us about LAC’s recent acquisition of the Gabor S...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 4
In the fourth episode of Treasures Revealed, we talk to Meaghan Scanlon, Senior Special Collections Librarian, about the Halifax Gazette, the first ne...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 3
For our next Treasures Revealed episode, we speak with LAC Government Records Archivist, and past Discover Library and Archives Canada host, Geneviève...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 2
In this episode of Treasures Revealed, LAC Head Photo Conservator Tania Passafiume will tell us about her discovery in the collection of a very rare t...
Treasures Revealed: Episode 1
In this new podcast series, Treasures Revealed, we’ll speak to a Library and Archives Canada employee and highlight an item that they consider a real...
LAC is a gold mine!
Near the Alaskan border with Canada, nestled along the Klondike River in Yukon, sits the Klondike region. On August 16, 1896, local miners discovered...
Mount Logan: Moments in Time
High in the mountains of southwest Yukon, as far west as one can go in Canada, lies Kluane National Park and Reserve. The park is home to the country’...
Avro Arrow: Uncovering the Myth – Part 2
With the creation of the A.V. Roe Canada company following the Second World War, Canada became a leader in the aerospace industry. The company develop...
Avro Arrow: Uncovering the Myth – Part 1
With the creation of the A.V. Roe Canada company following the Second World War, Canada became a leader in the aerospace industry. The company develop...
Call to Duty: Canadian Nursing Sisters
During the First World War, more than 3,000 women volunteered with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. This force was created by Canada for service over...
Upcoming Episodes, 2020
2020 has been an interesting year, to say the least. Due to the current circumstances, we haven’t been able to release much new content, but we wanted...
I leave you Éva Gauthier
Éva Gauthier’s musical career took her from Ottawa, Canada, to the four corners of the world. Often considered ahead of her time because of her unique...
Tommy Burns: The Hanover Heavyweight
Our guest today, Dan McCaffery, believes Tommy Burns is considered one of the best pound for pound boxers who ever lived. Measuring a mere 5’7”, Burns...