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Betrayal of Faith, the radio documentary I have been working on with producer Kevin Burns, premiered on CBC Radio's "Ideas" show on April 3, 2024. See documentary page on the website of CBC's Ideas Listen to the documentary on the podcast of CBC's Ideas Using on-site sound, period music, dramatic narration, and interviews with historians and other experts, this one-hour program takes the listener inside the dramatic story of Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan, an Indigenous boy taken from early colonial Canada to Angers, France in the 1620s to receive baptism and a religious education at the hands of Recollet missionaries. Pastedechouan bucked the odds by surviving his five-year stint overseas, only to face a tenuous, then tragic existence when he returned home so greatly changed. |
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In April 2023 Kevin and I flew to Angers, France, to tape at the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice and at La Baumette, the Recollet convent where Pastedechouan spent five years of his youth, receiving baptism and learning Latin, French, and theology, and serving as a fundraiser and language tutor in his maternal Innu language. |
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| Kevin setting up the recording equipment in the La Baumette chapel (not the dramatic undressed cliff face) | Kevin and Emma outside Cathedrale Saint-Maurice | Interior of the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice |
| In my view, many of the ingredients that go into making a great book or article (for example, an eye for tiny but telling details, a strong narrative trajectory, and an ability to evoke the past – or present - in all of its complex and sensuous reality), are also critical in a documentary. I enjoy collaborating with creative people on projects of mutual interest. Please contact me if this interests you! |
Public Lectures
| Sinews of the Soul: Comparing Christian Baptism and Indigenous Adoption | ||
| Pathy Lecture | ||
| Princeton University | ||
| December 6, 2023 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Dawn in the West: How the Thought of Indigenous People Ushered in Modernity | ||
| Langan Lecture | ||
| St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto | ||
| October 19, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview | ||
| The Unrecognized Impact of Native American Thought upon Europe | ||
| The Religion in the Americas Lecture | ||
| University of Chicago Divinity School | ||
| 2020 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
Vatican News
| What’s Next for the Catholic Church? | ||
| Interview by Steve Paikin and Michael Higgins, Basilian Distinguished Fellow of Contemporary Catholic Thought at the University of Toronto | ||
| The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVO | ||
| March 4, 2025 (31 minutes, video) | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| The Explainer: What Happens when a Pope Passes Away? | ||
| Interview by Vassy Kapelos | ||
| The Vassy Kapelos Show, 580 CFRA Radio, Ottawa | ||
| February 26, 2025 (8:25 minutes, audio) | ||
| Vatican: Pope Francis Showing Slight Improvement | ||
| Interview by Josh Breslow | ||
| LiveNOW, Fox News | ||
| February 25, 2025 (9:28 minutes, video) | ||
| What will happen should Pope Francis become Incapacitated or Die? | ||
| Interview by Angela Kokott | ||
| The Shaye Ganam Show, 880 CHED Radio, Edmonton | ||
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February 24, 2025 (12.47 minutes, audio) |
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| Link to interview. | ||
| World Looks on as Pope’s Health Declines | ||
| Interview by Sabrina Marandola | ||
| Let’s Go, CBC Montreal | ||
| February 21, 2025, (9 minutes, audio) | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Pope Francis is Now in Critical Condition, Vatican Says | ||
| Interview by Ben O’Hara-Byrne | ||
| Conversations with Ben O’Hara-Byrne, Global News | ||
| February 24, 2025, (19:25 minutes, audio) | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Carlo Acutis: The Church’s First “Millennial” Saint? | ||
| Interview by Ben O’Hara-Byrne | ||
| A Little More Conversation, Corus/Global News Radio | ||
| June 1, 2024 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Vatican allows the blessing of same-sex couples. But with a few caveats. | ||
| Interview by Robyn Bresnahan | ||
| Ottawa Morning, CBC | ||
| Dec.19, 2023 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Pope Francis Releases Update to Papal Letter on the Environment | ||
| Interview by Alan Neal | ||
| All in a Day with Alan Neal, CBC | ||
| Oct. 4, 2023 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| The Doctrine of Discovery and Its Grip on Indigenous Lands | ||
| Interview by Mark Blackburn | ||
| APTN News | ||
| December 15, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Pope emeritus Benedict XVI dies at age 95 | ||
| Interview by Robyn Bresnahan | ||
| Ottawa Morning | ||
| CBC | ||
| January 2, 2023 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Why is Pope Francis Canonizing a Missionary Accused of Cultural Genocide? | ||
| Interview by Merella Fernandez | ||
| CTV News Channel | ||
| September 23, 2015 | ||
| Pope Francis Considers Appointing Married Priests in the Brazilian Amazon | ||
| Interview by Anthony Furey | ||
| Canada Talks | ||
| National Post Radio | ||
| Sirius Satellite XL | ||
| November 8, 2017 | ||
| Pope Francis and Donald Trump: Rumble in the Vatican | ||
| Interview by Anthony Furey | ||
| Canada Talks | ||
| National Post Radio | ||
| Sirius Satellite XL | ||
| May 25, 2017 | ||
| Schism in the Canadian Catholic Church? Divided Attitudes towards End of Life Care and Physician Assisted Suicide | ||
| Interview by Matt Gurney | ||
| Canada Talks | ||
| National Post Radio | ||
| Sirius Satellite XL | ||
| October, 11 2017 | ||
| Pope Francis and his 'Joy of Love' Exhortation on the Family | ||
| Interview by Matt Gurney | ||
| Canada Talks | ||
| National Post Radio | ||
| Sirius Satellite XL | ||
| April 12, 2016 | ||
| The Canonization of Mother Teresa | ||
| Interview by Matt Gurney | ||
| Canada Talks | ||
| National Post Radio | ||
| Sirius Satellite XL | ||
| March 17, 2016 | ||
| The Firing of Vatican insider Krzysztof Charamsa, Gay Vatican Insider | ||
| Interview by Matt Gurney | ||
| Canada Talks | ||
| National Post Radio | ||
| Sirius Satellite XL | ||
| October 15, 2015 | ||
Papal Visits
Interviews in English
| The Pope’s Historic Visit to Canada : A Retrospective | ||
| Interview by Matt Guerney | ||
| Canada Live with Matt Guerney, National Post Radio | ||
| August 4, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Pope’s Apology in Can Thomson Reuters ada Falls Short for some Indigenous Survivors | ||
| Interview by Anna Mehler Paperny | ||
| Thomson Reuters | ||
| July 27, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| More Security, Less Formality: What to Expect When the Pope Visits Iqaluit | ||
| Interview by Emma Tranter | ||
| Nunatsiaq News | ||
| July 26, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Prayers and Tears: Scenes from the Pope’s Apology for Residential Schools | ||
| Interview by Rob Snow | ||
| The Rob Snow Show, CityNews Ottawa | ||
| July 26, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| What Francis – A Pope of Surprises – Brings to Canada’s Historic Moment of Reconciliation | ||
| Interview by Alex Boyd and Allan Wood | ||
| Toronto Star | ||
| July 24, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Will Pope Francis Embolden Canada’s Social Justice Catholics? | ||
| Interview by Christopher Guly | ||
| The Tyee | ||
| July 22, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Will We Be Seeing Grey Smoke from the Vatican Soon? | ||
| Interview by Alex Pierson | ||
| OnPoint with Arlene Bynon, Global News Radio | ||
| June 20, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| The Canadian Church’s Leadership is Changing. What Could it Mean for Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples? | ||
| Interview by Miriane Demers-Lemay | ||
| America: The Jesuit Review | ||
| March 28, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Pope Francis Won’t Apologize for Residential Schools | ||
| Interview by Scott Thompson | ||
| Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson | ||
| March 28, 2018 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Pope Francis’s Historic Visit to Cuba and the United States | ||
| Interview by Scott Laurie | ||
| CTV News Channel | ||
| September 20, 2015 | ||
Interviews in French
| Le Pape François est arrivé au Canada pour un pèlerinage pénitentiel | ||
| Entrevue Camille Feireisen | ||
| Radiotélévision Suisse | ||
| le 24 juillet 2022 | ||
| Pape au Canada : entre émotion et déception pour les communautés autochtones | ||
| Interview by Camille Feireisen | ||
| Ouest France | ||
| July 29, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Le Pape François est arrivé au Canada pour un pèlerinage pénitentiel | ||
| Interview by Camille Feireisen | ||
| Radiotélévision Suisse | ||
| July 24, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Le Pape au Canada pour demander pardon aux peoples autochtones | ||
| Interview by Véronique Gaymard | ||
| Religions du Monde, Radio France Internationale | ||
| 22 juillet, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Grand-messe mediatique pour le Pape Francois | ||
| Interview by Annabelle Caillou | ||
| Le Devoir | ||
| July 30, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| La visite au Canada du chef spiritual de l’église anglicane, un pas de plus vers la reconciliation | ||
| Interview by Miriane Demers-Lemay | ||
| Présence | ||
| April 11, 2022 | ||
| Link to interview. | ||
| Le Voyage du Pape François aux États-Unis | ||
| Entrevue par Line Boily | ||
| L’heure de pointe Toronto | ||
| Radio Canada Toronto | ||
| le 21 septembre 2015 | ||
Exploring the Tragic History of Residential Schools in Canada
| Fire Destroys Two Catholic Churches on Canadian Indigenous Land (About the B.C. Church Fires) | |
| New York Times | |
| Daniel Bilefsky | |
| June 22, 2021 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| Will the Pope Ever Apologize for Residential Schools? | |
| The Rob Snow Show | |
| CityNews | |
| Ottawa Radio | |
| June 7, 2021 | |
| Link to interview | |
| 'We Need Forensic Anthropologists': Ottawa Prof Believes Kamloops Mass Grave could be First of Many | |
| Guest hosted by Sam Laprade | |
| The Rob Snow Show | |
| CityNews | |
| Ottawa Radio | |
| May 31, 2021 | |
| Link to interview | |
Interviews in French
| Excuses aux Autochtones Canadiens: c’est un moment historique | |
| Le Droit | |
| Claudia Blais-Thompson | |
| April 3, 2022 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| Le Pape François presente ses excuses aux autochtones canadiens | |
| Le Devoir | |
| Magdaline Boutros | |
| April 2, 2022 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| Des Curés Québécois à Marieval (On the role of Quebec-trained clergy in Residential Schools in Western Canada) | |
| Le Journal de Quebec | |
| Anne-Caroline Desplanques | |
| July 2, 2021 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| Oblats, Pensionnats, et l’Université d’Ottawa (On the Oblate heritage of the University of Ottawa in the light of the ongoing fallout from the Kamloops discovery) | |
| La Rotonde, University of Ottawa | |
| Emmanuelle Gingras | |
| June 25, 2021 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| Pensionnats autochtones: « Ça va prendre de l’ampleur» (On the discovery of the graves of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School) | |
| La Presse | |
| Mélanie Marquis | |
| June 1, 2021 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| Après le Rwanda, enquete sur les pensionnats?(On the next steps in the search for justice for the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found at Kamloops) | |
| Le Journal de Montréal | |
| Anne-Caroline Desplanques | |
| June 4, 2021 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| Les Pensionnats de l’horreur | |
| Le Journal de Montréal | |
| Anne-Caroline Desplanques | |
| June 13, 2021 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| Le premier enfant enlevé était un Innu de Quebec(On Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan, one of the first residential school students in the early seventeenth century) | |
| Le Journal de Montréal | |
| Anne-Caroline Desplanques | |
| June 12, 2021 | |
| Link to interview. | |
Clerical Sexual Abuse
| Anonymous woman accusing Quebec Cardinal of sexual misconduct reveals her name and shares her story | |
| Interview by Andrew Pinsent | |
| News Talk | |
| 580 CFRA | |
| January 15, 2023 | |
| Link to interview. | |
| What are the long-term Ramifications of the Current Pedophilia Scandal in the Roman Catholic Church? | |
| Interview by Emily Jackson | |
| Canada Talks | |
| National Post Radio | |
| August 24, 2018 | |
| Pope Francis’s Reversal of his Stance on Chilean Bishop Juan Barros | |
| Interview by Anthony Furey | |
| Canada Talks | |
| National Post Radio | |
| Sirius Satellite XL | |
| April 2018 | |
| "Me Too" at the Vatican?: The Exploitation of Nuns by the Catholic Church | |
| Interview by Anthony Furey | |
| Canada Talks | |
| National Post Radio | |
| Sirius Satellite XL | |
| March 6, 2018 | |
The Historic Fire at Notre Dame de Paris and its Aftermath
Interviews in English
| What Religious Treasures inside Notre Dame May have been Lost Forever? | |
| Interview by Geoff Currier | |
| 680 CJOB Radio | |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| 2019 | |
| Rage, Rejection, and Reverence: The Passion of Notre Dame de Paris | |
| The Ottawa Citizen Newspaper | |
| April 17 (online) | |
| April 18, 2019 (in print) | |
| Read article | |
Interview in French
| L'incendie à Notre-Dame de Paris | |
| Entrevue par Pascal Gervais | |
| Radio Canada | |
| Montreal, Quebec | |
| 2019 | |
