Artifactuality Podcast
1) Episode 5: The Prince of Plastic
Karim Rashid is one of the most famous industrial designers in the world. In this episode of Artifactuality, he explores his early influences, including his family’s journey from Egypt to Europe to Mo...Show More
2) We Have Always Been Here (Blackfoot language version)
This is a Blackfoot language translation of an episode of Artifactuality from our first season. Western research has long offered theories about Indigenous lands, peoples and histories. Its colonial b...Show More
3) Donovan Bailey, Olympic Champion: Win or Learn
In 1996, Donovan Bailey became both the world champion and the Olympic gold medallist in the 100-metre race. He became an enduring Canadian sports hero. In this final episode of season 2, Kim Thúy tal...Show More
4) Charlotte Nolin’s Portrait: Representing Two-Spirit Stories
Charlotte Nolin is a Two-Spirit Métis elder who overcame violence and prejudice to become a leader, uplifting and making space for Indigenous 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. Before North America was colonized, ma...Show More
5) How Canadian Children’s TV Punches Above its Weight
Chances are your favourite TV show as a kid was made in Canada. Nostalgic shows from the 1980s — Polka Dot Door, Fraggle Rock and Today’s Special — reflect a distinctly Canadian approach that was repl...Show More
6) Forgotten Cemetery: Burial and Rediscovery in Downtown Ottawa
When workers began digging beneath Ottawa’s streets to build a new transit line, they discovered a forgotten 19th century cemetery. History Museum curator Janet Young was called in to help identify th...Show More
7) Woman, Life, Freedom: Canadian Protests and the Uprising in Iran
In 2022, a popular uprising in Iran was inspired by the death of Kurdish student Masa Jini Amini at the hands of the so-called “morality police.” Thousands of Canadians took to the streets in solidari...Show More
8) Elizabeth Manley Is Not Apologizing: Body Image and Mental Health in Sports
Figure skater Elizabeth Manley was mercilessly criticized and fat-shamed in the lead-up to the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. She nonetheless persevered and triumphed, winning a silver medal and proving h...Show More
Elizabeth Manley Is Not Apologizing: Body Image and Mental Health in Sports
21:10 | Oct 9th, 2024
9) How Dale King, Montréal Aerobics Legend, Shook up 80s Women’s Fitness
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, Dale King was English Montréal’s most in-demand aerobics instructor. She did this by breaking from the Jane Fonda approach and bringing Black culture, music and dance to the fitn...Show More
10) Stanley Hunt's Residential School Monument: Bringing Their Spirits Home
Kwaguʼł Master Carver Stanley Hunt created an impressive and moving 18-foot-tall memorial to the children who were victimized by Canada’s residential schools. He was inspired to act when the Tk̓emlúps...Show More