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.
Beyond the Ridge / Par-delà la Crête
Soldiers, Nurses, and the 1918-1919 Pandemic
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Vimy Foundation
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Season 1
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Episode 1
(English) The first instalment of this Vimy Foundation and NFB limited series, in collaboration with Defining Moments Canada, explores the 1918 Influenza Pandemic through the lens of Canadian military personnel of the Great War. This conversation between Kandace Bogaert (PhD in medical anthropology) and Caroline Tolton (Vimy Foundation program alumna) will look at Canada’s pandemic reality over a century ago and how it informs our current reactions to the Covid-19 crisis.
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Credits/Crédits
Narrator/Narration: Caitlin Bailey
Sound design/conception sonore: Sylvain Bellemare
Audio editing/montage: Sean Graham