In this episode, we sit down with John Moses, former Director of Repatriation and Indigenous Relations at the Canadian Museum of History. John discusses the legacy of residential schools, the experiences of Indigenous veterans during the First World War, and his family’s personal ties to this history, including his grandmother, Edith Montour, one of the first Indigenous women to serve as a nurse overseas. John also recently released his new book, Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the M...
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In this episode, we sit down with John Moses, former Director of Repatriation and Indigenous Relations at the Canadian Museum of History. John discusses the legacy of residential schools, the experiences of Indigenous veterans during the First World War, and his family’s personal ties to this history, including his grandmother, Edith Montour, one of the first Indigenous women to serve as a nurse overseas. John also recently released his new book, Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the M...
Public History and The First World War with Jesse Alexander
Beyond the Ridge / Par-delà la Crête
37 minutes
2 years ago
Public History and The First World War with Jesse Alexander
Jesse Alexander is a Public Historian, Educator, Documentary Film Host, Researcher, and Writer. Jesse graduated from the University of Vienna/Austria with a masters in Modern History with a focus on First World War Political Cartoons. From there, Jesse spent years working in archives and traveling across Europe where he visited many sites from the war. Now, Jesse is the host of two popular history youtube channels where you may recognize him as the host of The Great War, and Real Time History...
Beyond the Ridge / Par-delà la Crête
In this episode, we sit down with John Moses, former Director of Repatriation and Indigenous Relations at the Canadian Museum of History. John discusses the legacy of residential schools, the experiences of Indigenous veterans during the First World War, and his family’s personal ties to this history, including his grandmother, Edith Montour, one of the first Indigenous women to serve as a nurse overseas. John also recently released his new book, Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the M...
