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EPISODE · Feb 7, 2018 · 23 MIN

Canada at the Winter Olympics

from Witness to Yesterday (The Champlain Society Podcast on Canadian History) · host The Champlain Society

The Champlain Society goes to the Olympics! In this episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Bruce Kidd, noted sports historian and former Olympian, to discuss the history of the Winter Olympics and the phenomenal progress in Canada's performance at these events. Bruce Kidd is the Principal of the University of Toronto Scarborough and the author of many books including "The Struggle for Canadian Sport", "Sports and Masculinity", "Tom Longboat" and "The Death of Hockey." This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. 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.

The Champlain Society goes to the Olympics! In this episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Bruce Kidd, noted sports historian and former Olympian, to discuss the history of the Winter Olympics and the phenomenal progress in Canada's performance at these events. Bruce Kidd is the Principal of the University of Toronto Scarborough and the author of many books including "The Struggle for Canadian Sport", "Sports and Masculinity", "Tom Longboat" and "The Death of Hockey." This podcast was produced by Sumeet Dhami in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Ryerson University. 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.

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