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See documentary page on the website of CBC's Ideas Listen to the documentary on the podcast of CBC's Ideas
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. 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. | |
Indigenous Peoples and the Church
| Une collaboration qui tourne rapidement au vinaigre | ||
| Entrevue dans Le Franco | ||
| Numéro du 13 mars au 9 avril 2025 | ||
| Volume 95 • No 3 • pp.2-3 | ||
| Link to journal. | ||
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 | |
