This podcast will explore the history and changing interpretations of the Canadian Canoe Museum; its motivations, principles, and goals; challenges, public reception, and impact. We speak with curator Jeremy Ward about the museums foundational principles and focus on the diversity of the canoe both physically and intangibly.


Acknowledgements:
We would like to thank Jeremy Ward, Curator from the Canadian Canoe Museum for his participation in this podcast.


References:
Canadian Canoe Museum, “Canadian Canoe Museum identifies Johnson Park as preferred new build site.” last modified November 26, 2020, https://canoemuseum.ca/canadian-canoe-museum-identifies-johnson-park-as-preferred-new-build-site/

Canadian Canoe Museum, “Our Story” last modified April 11, 2019. https://canoemuseum.ca/our-story/

Dean, Misao. “Recapitulation: The Canadian Canoe Museum.” In Inheriting a Canoe Paddle, 139–158. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018. https://books-scholarsportal-info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/uri/ebooks/ebooks3/utpress/2013-08-29/1/9781442661752

Erickson, Bruce. Canoe Nation: Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2014. https://books-scholarsportal-info.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/uri/ebooks/ebooks3/upress/2014-06-11/1/9780774822503

Ryell, Nora. "Museum Founder Wanted to Honour Canada's Romance with the Canoe: Pioneer in Outdoor Education was an Environmentalist Long before it was Fashionable." The Globe and Mail (1936-2016), May 09, 2011.http://ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/docview/1513560569?accountid=15182

Standen, Dale. It Wasn't All Work: Canoeing for Pleasure: a Canadian Canoe Museum Gallery Guide. Peterborough, ON: Canadian Canoe Museum, 2012.


Music Credits:
“Canadian Loons in Family” by Laurent (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

“070714 banjo” by pflanigan (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

“Canoeing Across a Lake” by tim.kahn (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.