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...
In this episode, we learn, with Steven Purewal, about how the Punjab's Lahore Division came to fight alongside Canadian troops in Canada's "baptism of fire" at Ypres in April 1915. Ultimately more than 74,000 South Asians were killed across the various theatres of war in First World War. We also learn about the Treaty of Versailles with Olive Tao, BVP 2020 recipient. Host: Melanie Ng Guests: Olive Tao & Steven Purewal Sound artist: Sylvain Bellemare Sound editor: Guillaume Bouchard Labon...
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...
