About Greg Marchildon

Gregory P. Marchildon is the Ontario Research Chair in Health Policy and System Design with the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

NBN Episodes hosted by Greg:

The Business of the Early NHL

February 22, 2023

The Business of the Early NHL

Andrew Ross
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews J. Andrew Ross about his book Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League, 1917-1945 (University of Syrac…

The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto

February 21, 2023

The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto

David Wright
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews David Wright of McGill University on his book Sick Kids: The History of The Hospital for Sick Children (University of Toron…

Reinventing Canada after 1945

February 20, 2023

Reinventing Canada after 1945

Dimitry Anastakis
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon talks about the evolution of Canada after the Second World War with Dimitry Anastakis, L.R. Wilson/R.J. Currie Chair in Canadian Busin…

A Very Short Introduction to Canadian History

February 19, 2023

A Very Short Introduction to Canadian History

Donald Wright
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Donald Wright on his history of Canada, the only book on Canada included in Oxford University Press’s Very Short Introducti…

A History of the Métis Nation

February 18, 2023

A History of the Métis Nation

Jean Teillet
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Indigenous rights litigator Jean Teillet on her book The Northwest is our Mother: The story of Lou…

Women and the History of the Vote in the Prairie Provinces

February 17, 2023

Women and the History of the Vote in the Prairie Provinces

Sarah Carter
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Sarah Carter on her book Ours by Every Law of Right and Justice: Women and the Vote in the Prairie Provinc…

A History of Immigrant Arrivals through Pier 21 in Halifax

February 16, 2023

A History of Immigrant Arrivals through Pier 21 in Halifax

Steven Schwinghamer
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Steve Schwinghamer, the co-author along with Jan Raska of Pier 21: A History published by the Univ…

Bewitchment, Possession, and the Diabolical Arts: Daily Life in New France

February 15, 2023

Bewitchment, Possession, and the Diabolical Arts: Daily Life in New France

Mairi Cowan
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Mairi Cowan, the author of The Possession of Barbe Hallay: Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early…

The Lives of Canada’s War Women

February 14, 2023

The Lives of Canada’s War Women

Stacey J. Barker and Krista Cooke
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Stacey Barker and Krista Cooke on the lives of Canadian women and their involvement in the two wor…

Canadian Witnesses to the Horrors of the Holocaust

February 13, 2023

Canadian Witnesses to the Horrors of the Holocaust

Mark Celinscak
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Mark Celinscak, the author of Kingdom of Night: Witnesses to the Holocaust published by the Univer…

A History of the Biggest Mining Boom in Canadian History

October 7, 2022

A History of the Biggest Mining Boom in Canadian History

Charlie Angus
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Charlie Angus, the author of Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower (House of Anansi P, 2022). Th…

A Region of the Mind: U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies

October 6, 2022

A Region of the Mind: U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies

Molly P. Rozum
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Molly P. Rozum, the author of Grasslands Grown: Creating Place on the U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies (U of Nebr…

F. R. Scott’s Journal of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism

October 5, 2022

F. R. Scott’s Journal of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism

Graham Fraser
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Graham Fraser who edited F. R. Scott’s journal that he kept while he was a member of the Royal Commission on Bilinguiism an…

The Cataclysmic Collapse of Abitibi Power and Paper

October 4, 2022

The Cataclysmic Collapse of Abitibi Power and Paper

Barry E. C. Boothman
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews the author of Corporate Cataclysm: Abitibi Power & Paper and the Collapse of the Newsprint Industr…

The Psychedelic World of Hollywood Hospital

October 3, 2022

The Psychedelic World of Hollywood Hospital

Erika Dyck
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Erika Dyck on the book she co-authored with Jesse Donaldson on an unusual chapter in Canada’s medi…

The Canada-US Border: A History of a Fluid and Unstable Boundary

September 30, 2022

The Canada-US Border: A History of a Fluid and Unstable Boundary

Benjamin Hoy
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Benjamin Hoy, author of A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border across Indigenous Lands (Oxford …

The Ambition and Vision of Joey Smallwood

September 29, 2022

The Ambition and Vision of Joey Smallwood

Peter Neary
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Peter Neary. He is the co-author, with Melvin Baker, of Joseph Roberts Smallwood: Masthead Newfoundlander, 1900-1949 (McGil…

The Women Who Transformed the National Gallery of Canada

September 28, 2022

The Women Who Transformed the National Gallery of Canada

Diana Nemiroff
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Diana Nemiroff. As a former curator of contemporary and modern art at the National Gallery of Canada and former director of…

The History and Ethnography of Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Northwest

September 27, 2022

The History and Ethnography of Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Northwest

Jennifer Brown
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews historian and ethnographer Jennifer Brown on her two most recent books. The first, Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens Riv…

Canadian History through the Eyes of the Canadian Canoe Museum

September 26, 2022

Canadian History through the Eyes of the Canadian Canoe Museum

Jeremy Ward
Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Jeremy Ward, the curator of the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario, about the role of the canoe in the history …