Beyond the Ridge / Par-delà la Crête
Beyond the Ridge, a series of conversations in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada, brings together Vimy Foundation program alumni and expert academics to examine knowledge of the First World War and how it relates to the Canadian experience today. // Présentée en partenariat avec l’Office national du film du Canada, Par-delà la Crête est une série de conversations qui rassemble des participant-e-s aux programmes de la Fondation Vimy et des expert-e-s dont les connaissances de la Première Guerre mondiale permettent d’aborder l’expérience canadienne sous un jour inédit.
Podcasting since 2020 • 22 episodes
Beyond the Ridge / Par-delà la Crête
Latest Episodes
Forgotten Fronts: Newfoundland’s Memory of Gallipoli With Dr. Jane McGaughey
Dr. Jane McGaughey is the Johnson Chair of Québec and Canadian Irish Studies at Concordia University and a historian with a Ph.D. from Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Ulster's Men: Protestant Unionist Masculinit...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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Remembering Ypres: Memory and Loss in Canada’s First World War History with Dr. Geoffrey Bird
While many Canadians are familiar with major Western Front battles like Vimy Ridge, the Second Battle of Ypres in Flanders in 1915 was a pivotal moment for Canada. This battle marked the first large-scale use of poison chlorine gas by the Ge...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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35:51
Le Colonialisme et la Première Guerre Mondiale avec Thomas Vennes
Thomas Vennes est doctorant en histoire à l'Université de Sherbrooke. Il s'intéresse au mouvement de conquête coloniale français en Afrique de l'Ouest, en particulier au action politique et militaire des officiers français ainsi qu'à la résista...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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35:47
2SLGBTQIA+ Soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Sarah Worthman is a freelance researcher and writer from St. John's, Newfoundland. Sarah researches a variety of topics including: human security, political history, and queer theory. Sarah received funding from the LGBT Purge Fund to conduc...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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28:01
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 t...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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37:22