Blindness to Indigenous Realities

Patrice Dutil discusses the slow evolution of Canadian awareness to Indigenous realities with Donald B. Smith, professor emeritus at the University of Calgary, and the author of evolution of Seen but Not Seen: Influential Canadians and the First Nations from the 1840s to Today, published by The University of Toronto Press. The conversation touches on key members of the cultural and governmental elite, including John A. Macdonald, Duncan Campbell Scott, Emily Carr and Jacques Rousseau. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt. If you like our work, please consider supporting it: https://bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society’s mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada’s past.