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Celebrating Alberta's Italian Community Audio

The following audio was provided by the Celebrating Alberta's Italian Community's various Oral History Projects.

Development of Multiculturalism
Listen as Sabatino Roncucci talks about his role in the development of multiculturalism in both Alberta and Canada. (Running time: 7:28 minutes)

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Immigration to Canada
Tony Falcone discusses his father's immigration and how he came to live in Canada. (Running time: 4:05 minutes)

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Giovanni's Emigration
Louis Protti describes his father's immigration experience. (Running time: 2:23 minutes)

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The Italian Society and WW2
In the following excerpt, Mr. Butti talks of war-time experience and Fascism in Edmonton and issue of citizenship. He was investigated because he was President of the Italian Society. He is told that he cannot leave town but points out that his work requires him to do so. (Running Time: 1:47)

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Elders Voices

Audio provided by Elders’ Voices, a Heritage Community Foundation project.

Maintaining Métis Culture
Elder Hank Cunningham talks about the importance of maintaining the Métis culture for others to recognize and appreciate. (Running time: 35 seconds)

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Alberta's Arts Heritage

Audio provided by Alberta’s Arts Heritage, a Heritage Community Foundation project.

Ethnicities and Alberta
Dr. Howard Palmer explains why various ethnic groups came to Alberta and how inter-ethnic relationships helped make the province what it is. (Running Time: 2:35)

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CKUA Radio Network

Audio provided by the CKUA Radio Network archives.

Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu's speech, used with Grade 10 Human Rights Essay Lesson. (Running Time: Part 1 - 28:56, Part 2 - 28:02 )

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CKUA's Heritage Trails Moments

CKUA and the Heritage Community Foundation are proud to present this series of vignette features about Alberta’s history. Freelance writer and producer Cheryl Croucher has conducted exhaustive research and extensive interviews to present this entertaining and wide-ranging set of three-minute features. Cheryl tells the tales behind historic placenames, shares stories, and recounts the thousands of fascinating events drawn from both the history and pre-history of Alberta.

The Heritage Trails series has been produced with a generous grant from the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation.

German Immigration to Alberta
As part of the CKUA's Heritage Trails radio series, host Cheryl Croucher discusses German immigration to Alberta and the shame many of these immigrants felt after WWII. (Running Time: 2:47 minutes)

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Mennonite Immigration
As part of the CKUA's Heritage Trails radio series, host Cheryl Croucher discusses the Mennonite people and their immigration to Canada based on European persecution. (Running Time: 2:54 minutes)

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Hutterite Immigration
As part of the CKUA's Heritage Trails radio series, host Cheryl Croucher discusses the Hutterites’ immigration to North America. (Running Time: 2:57 minutes)

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The Mission at Saint Albert
CKUA Heritage Trails #330 with host Cheryl Croucher. Through the 1880s and 1890s, the mission at Saint Albert provided a bustling centre for Catholic and Francophone culture in the west.(Running Time: 2:42 minutes)

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Métis Settlements in Northern and Central Alberta
CKUA Heritage Trails #324 with host Cheryl Croucher. By the mid 1930s, the poorest and most desperate Albertans were those of Métis heritage. After an inquiry into their plight by Justice J.B. Ewing, the government established a number of Métis settlements in northern and central Alberta. (Running Time: 2:58)

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The Métis, Part Two
CKUA Heritage Trails #325 with host Cheryl Croucher. The Métis, Part Two. After the Métis Rebellion of 1870 was quelled in Manitoba, even more Métis moved west, settling in Alberta along the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers. But the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway signaled the beginning of a new wave of settlement by other ethnic groups. (Running Time: 2:56)

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Black Settlement
CKUA Heritage Trails #81 with host Cheryl Croucher. Hear about the first black settlement in Alberta and Jefferson Davis Edwards, one of its most important members. Then discover how Amber Valley got its name. Historian Merrily Aubrey explains the importance of Amber Valley as a centre of black settlement in Alberta. (Running Time: 2:16)

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Early Ukrainian Settlement
As part of the CKUA's Heritage Trails radio series, host Cheryl Croucher discusses early Ukrainian settlement in Alberta, and a settler called Joseph Oleskew. One person who helped Ukrainian farmers emigrate to Western Canada was a man named Joseph Oleskiw. (Running Time: 2:34)

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Attracting Homesteaders
As part of the CKUA's Heritage Trails radio series, host Cheryl Croucher speaks with historian Pat Meyers about early efforts to attract homesteaders to Alberta. (Running Time: 1:18)

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Settling Homesteaders
As part of the CKUA's Heritage Trails radio series, host Cheryl Croucher speaks with Pat Myers. After Wilfrid Laurier was elected Prime Minister, the Canadian government launched an aggressive campaign to attract settlers to Canada's west. Thousands of immigrants answered the call to take up homesteads in Alberta. (Running Time: 2:42)

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