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Season 2/Episode 2 – French Transcript

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Canadian Time Machine: Of fugitives and orators: The characters behind the RCMP’s complicated history

February 14, 2024February 15, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 2/Episode 2 – English Transcript

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«Le jour de l’humiliation», un retour sur les conséquences de la Loi sur l’exclusion des Chinois

February 1, 2024June 25, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 2/Episode 1 – French Transcript

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Canadian Time Machine: ‘Humiliation Day’, A Look Back at the Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act

January 31, 2024February 14, 2024 - by The Walrus Lab

Season 2/Episode 1 – English Transcript

An illustration of uranium businessman Boris Pregel and former Eldorado mine director Carl French surrounding Eldorado’s lead scientist, Marcel Pochon, as he holds up an Erlenmeyer flask outside of the Port Hope refinery. The landscape behind them is tinted green.

Science

Unearthing a Nuclear Scandal

January 2, 2024January 3, 2024 - by Sylvain Lumbroso

One figure is connected to the Manhattan Project, the Soviet arms race, and a radioactive property just outside Toronto

A black and white portrait of Ferdinand Eckhardt with warped features.

Arts & Culture

A Canadian Art Gallery Refuses to Reckon with Former Director’s Nazi Ties

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 - by Carmine Starnino

More evidence against Ferdinand Eckhardt is revealed since last month’s bombshell story in The Walrus

Black and white photograph of two women, surrounded by trees, standing in front of easels and painting. A shoreline and lake is visible in the distance.

Arts & Culture / September/October 2023

The Legacy of Saskatchewan’s Most Controversial—and Impactful—Artist Program

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 - by Lee Henderson

The infamous Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops were ad hoc, low budget, and falling apart. They also reimagined the possibilities of art

An illustration of a Chinese-Canadian family: A mother, a father, and two kids stand around their seated grandparents. A Chinese-style building partition is in the foreground with symbols of Chinese-Canadian history on it, including an old family portrait and an immigration certificate. In the back is a window facing the Vancouver skyline.

Memoir

100 Years after the Exclusion Act, Chinese Canadians like Me Still Question Their Belonging

June 28, 2023May 21, 2024 - by Adrian Ma

Searching for the sense of identity I had lost during the pandemic, I needed my family to see where our Canadian story began

A photo of a sign on a street barricade that says “Hogan’s Alley Revival” at a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Vancouver.

Society

A Black Neighbourhood Destroyed Half a Century Ago Is on the Brink of a Comeback

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 - by Sherlyn Assam

Vancouver pushed Hogan’s Alley residents out of their homes. Can a land trust repair what was lost?

A black-and-white photo of two men in plastic, protective suits and respirators

Society

Chalk River: The Forgotten Nuclear Accidents

July 13, 2022May 29, 2023 - by Mélissa Guillemette

The first serious nuclear accident occurred at Chalk River Laboratories in 1952, followed by a second incident in 1958. Now the federal government is compensating workers who took part in cleanup efforts

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