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  • Punching Above Our Weight with David Borys

    Punching Above Our Weight with David Borys
    2024/12/13
    We're back with a bonus episode in our series with Canadian authors and their new releases this fall. In this episode we're joined by Canadian military historian David Borys. David Borys' new book Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867 is a photograph-rich history of 150 years of the Canadian military that traces the evolution of the country’s armed forces from a small, underfunded, poorly trained militia to the modern, effective military it is today.
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    34 分
  • The War We Won Apart with Nahlah Ayed

    The War We Won Apart with Nahlah Ayed
    2024/11/15
    This fall, Juno Beach and Beyond is sharing a three-part series with Canadian authors and their new releases. In this episode, we're joined by journalist and author Nahlah Ayed. Nahlah’s newest book, The War We Won Apart: The untold story of two elite agents who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII, came out earlier this year. The book details the life and love story of Guy D’Artois and his British Warbride Sonia D’Artois, two “Special Operations Executive” agents who parachuted behind enemy lines in France in preparation for Allied Landings of D-Day. Disclaimer: This episode contains a discussion on sexual assault.
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    49 分
  • The Good Allies with Tim Cook

    The Good Allies with Tim Cook
    2024/10/11
    This fall, Juno Beach and Beyond is sharing a three-part series on Canadian authors with new releases. In episode 2, we’re joined by Tim Cook to talk about the importance of the Canada-USA alliance during the Second World War. Canada and our American neighbours share so much: we share the longest border between any two...
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    37 分
  • Their Finest Hour with Ted Barris

    Their Finest Hour with Ted Barris
    2024/09/13
    Ted Barris shares stories from his new book that take us through the highs and lows of the eager and talented young men who fought to protect Britain from the skies, and the impressive air training scheme and industry back home that made much of it possible.
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    36 分
  • A Farmer Goes to War with Darin MacDonald

    A Farmer Goes to War with Darin MacDonald
    2023/07/26
    Preston Duncan Campbell was several months shy of his 25th birthday when he became one of nearly 300 casualties from the Algonquin Regiment between February 27th and March 10th, 1945. In this episode of Juno Beach and Beyond, his great-nephew, Darin MacDonald, tells Preston's story.
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    43 分
  • Gauntlet to Victory with Ted Barris

    Gauntlet to Victory with Ted Barris
    2023/03/28
    The Battle of the Atlantic lasted 2074 days and claimed the lives of more than 4,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian merchant navy. This month on Juno Beach and Beyond, Juno Beach Centre Association Executive Director Alex Fitzgerald-Black sits down with author and historian...
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    40 分
  • Fighting a Double War with Shantelle Browning-Morgan and Catherine MacDonald

    Fighting a Double War with Shantelle Browning-Morgan and Catherine MacDonald
    2023/02/28
    Wilson Brooks, Ella Jackson, and Kenneth Jacobs were all fighting a Double War against fascism and racism. This month we share the inspiring legacies of three remarkable Black Canadian Veterans. Listener note: Wilson Brooks is referred to as a navigator. Brooks was a bomb-aimer.
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    35 分
  • Facing Internment with Grace Eiko Thomson

    Facing Internment with Grace Eiko Thomson
    2023/01/24
    When she was 8 years old, Grace Eiko Thomson was uprooted from her home in Vancouver, BC and sent to the Minto Mines Japanese Canadian Internment Camp. She was one of an estimated 21,000 Japanese Canadians who were interned by the government during the Second World War. In this episode, Grace tells her story.
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    54 分