The Secret Life of Canada
CBC
The country you know and the stories you don't. Join hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson as they reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land. New episodes every second Thursday.
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In 1955, Canada’s immigration officials began a special experimental program to bring in Palestinian refugees through Pier 21. Falen and Leah take a look back at this historic port of entry that saw almost a million immigrants and refugees arrive in Canada and then find out what has changed since Pier 21’s heyday. And then they try to find out if we are currently better or worse at responding to refugees in crisis zones like Gaza and Sudan.
With special guests Jan Raska from the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 and Gauri Sreenivasan from the Canadian Council for Refugees.
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122 - S6: Canada's historic Palestinian immigration program you probably haven't heard of Thu, 24 Oct 2024
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121 - S6: I see dead people (in Winnipeg) Thu, 10 Oct 2024
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120 - S6: A Brief History of Nudism Thu, 26 Sep 2024
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119 - S6: An American Indian in London Thu, 12 Sep 2024
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118 - S6: The Caribana* Episode (*and yes we're still calling it that) Thu, 29 Aug 2024
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117 - S6: The Live Show! Thu, 15 Aug 2024
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116 - S6: Momma Beaver, a Canadian Burlesque Legend Thu, 01 Aug 2024
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115 - S6: Was the plot to assassinate Lincoln hatched in Canada? Thu, 18 Jul 2024
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114 - S6: Welcome to Canada’s island of wild horses Thu, 04 Jul 2024
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113 - S6: Treaty 6 Fri, 21 Jun 2024
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112 - Bonus: How to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day all summer long Thu, 20 Jun 2024
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111 - S6: The Royal Proclamation Thu, 06 Jun 2024
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110 - S6: Crash Course on Private Mary Greyeyes Thu, 23 May 2024
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109 - S6: Canadian Comedy Thu, 09 May 2024
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107 - S6: Crash Course on The Persian Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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106 - S6: General Idea Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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105 - S6: Crash Course on Icelandic Canada Thu, 28 Mar 2024
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104 - The Secret Life of Canada Introduces: Canadian Time Machine | ‘Humiliation Day’, A Look Back at the Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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103 - S6: The Secret Life of the Canadian Teen Drama Thu, 14 Mar 2024
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102 - S6 Crash Course: How Black students led Canada's largest student protest Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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101 - S6: Sorry not Sorry Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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100 - The Secret Life of Canada returns with Season 6! Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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98 - BONUS | The story Falen never thought she’d tell: On stage at Hot Docs Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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97 - S5: Crash course on losing the Shanghai Restaurant Thu, 08 Jun 2023
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96 - S5: The Potlatch Ban Thu, 01 Jun 2023
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95 - S5: Crash Course on Bread and Cheese Thu, 25 May 2023
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94 - S5: Eugenics in Canada: Leilani Muir's fight for justice Thu, 18 May 2023
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93 - S5: Crash Course on homeless memorials Thu, 11 May 2023
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92 - S5: The Forgotten War Thu, 04 May 2023
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91 - S5: Crash Course on a patty by any other name isn't a patty Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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90 - S5: Crash Course on the Moose Jaw Tunnels Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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89 - S5: Jewish Montreal: A culinary history Thu, 13 Apr 2023
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88 - S5: Newfoundland, the one who almost got away Thu, 06 Apr 2023
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87 - S5: Crash Course on Rat-berta Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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86 - S5: Dead Malls Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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85 - We're back! It's Season 5 of The Secret Life of Canada Mon, 20 Mar 2023
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83 - S4: Shanawdithit Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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82 - S4: Crash Course on Kanata Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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80 - S4: The Halifax Donair Thu, 09 Jun 2022
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79 - S4: Crash Course on Ukrainian Canadians Thu, 26 May 2022
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77 - S4: Crash course on Puffed Wheat Squares Thu, 12 May 2022
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76 - S4: Pro Wrestling Thu, 05 May 2022
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75 - Porter Primers: Building a multicultural Canada Mon, 18 Apr 2022
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74 - S4: Crash course on Mary Ann Shadd Thu, 14 Apr 2022
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73 - Porter Primers: A historic fight to unionize Mon, 11 Apr 2022
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72 - Porter Primers: Side hustles Mon, 04 Apr 2022
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71 - S4: The Fruit Machine Thu, 31 Mar 2022
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70 - Porter Primers: The rise of jazz Mon, 28 Mar 2022
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69 - Porter Primers: How porters created Black neighbourhoods Mon, 21 Mar 2022
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68 - S4: Crash course on beavers Thu, 17 Mar 2022