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MEDIA INDIGENA 288

Added 2022-05-03 02:37:23 +0000 UTC

Reconciliation Reno / MI 288

ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:

Gift or grift? When it comes to the spoils of colonialism, perhaps none have been more spoiled than the Hudson’s Bay Company. A 17th century creature of empire which drove a global fur trade, HBC would go on to make itself synonymous with Canada, blanketed in the country’s foundational myths. Along the way, exploiting and extracting all it could from Indigenous lands, waters and peoples.

These days, such nationalist nostalgia has taken a bit of a hit, it seems; so too, The Bay’s days of department store dominance. Which may help explain the company’s recent embrace of a novel way to launder its reputation: by handing over one of its most iconic buildings to a First Nations organization. But can this present make up for its past? Will this ultimate fixer-upper help renovate the Relationship—or just expose the gargantuan cracks in its foundations?

Joining host/producer Rick Harp to construct an answer to these questions and more are roundtable regular Ken Williams, assistant professor with the University of Alberta’s department of drama, along with special guest Adele Perry, Distinguished Professor of History and the Director of the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba.

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LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:

• Cash Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper Yellowhead Institute

• VIDEO: The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company National Film Board (NFB)

• Hudson's Bay Company Archives – Common Research Topics Archives of Manitoba

• "Manitoba History: Influence of the Hudson’s Bay Company on the Architectural Development of Winnipeg" Manitoba Historical Society

• MAP: Plan of the Hudson's Bay Company's reserve in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1887 Library and Archives Canada

• "The Bay given heritage status" Winnipeg Sun

• “Less than worthless: Real-estate appraisal deems Winnipeg HBC building worth $0” CTV News

• “Top 10 Endangered Places: Hudson’s Bay Company Building" National Trust for Canada

• VIDEO: "Future of the Hudson Bay Building in downtown Winnipeg" [SCO press conference] APTN News

• Hudson’s Bay executive chairman [Richard Baker] offers insight into Lord & Taylor deal with WeWork CNBC

• "Hudson Bay faces eviction for not paying rent" Western Investor

• "Quebec judge orders Hudson’s Bay to pay rent to landlords at multiple shopping malls" St. Catherines Standard