Episodes

“Colombia is a place where magic seems to happen every moment and I would argue that only a people like the Colombians, with their enduring spirit of place, their indescribable capacity for joy, could have endured the agonies of the last 50 years.” Wade Davis says his latest book Magdalena: River of Dreams is a love letter of sorts. Colombia, he says, is “a nation that allowed me to dream, that gave me my wings to fly.” His love affair with Colombia began as a 14-year-old in the late 60s, when h...

One last trip into the HBC vaults at the Manitoba Museum with curator Amelia Fay.

On this episode of Explore, we take another fascinating dive into the Hudson’s Bay Company Collection at the Manitoba Museum. It contains over 27,000 items, far too many for us to pour through on our podcast, so we asked curator Amelia Fay to take us down into the vaults and talk about some of her favourite items, as well as items that speak to the long 350-year history of the HBC and its impact on Canada. Amelia discusses the design of the iconic Hudson’s Bay Company point blanket, and what’s...

Amelia Fay, Curator of the HBC Collection at the Manitoba Museum and Archives

RCGS founding president Charles Camsell on his 19th century childhood at an Arctic HBC post

How The Métis Nation was born from the Fur Trade and the HBC

The impact of legendary HBC Governor Sir George Simpson

A look at the impact of the Hudson's Bay Company as it turns 350 years old, by visiting the first ever HBC Trading Post, in the Cree community of Waskaganish.