Unravelling Complex Stories: Recent Episodes
Fort Calgary National Historic Site
Explore the vast network of places and complex stories that reach across Canada and connect to the place we now call Fort Calgary National Historic Site. Unravelling Complex Stories (formerly Complex Stories) delves into the reality of our histories and the questions that emerge from it.
Fort Calgary is situated where the Bow and Elbow Rivers meet in Treaty 7 territory, these were the ancestral lands of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani Nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy, as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda Nations comprising Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley; the Tsuu’tina Nation of the Dené people, and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3.
Jiajia Li talks about her journey as a first generation Chinese Canadian flutist and how music connects her to her family and culture back home.
Kari Woo chats about her mixed media work that reflect on ancestral worship, loss of memories and exploring her identity and family history as a fourth generation Chinese Canadian.
Learn about the collaborative process between Mao Chen & Chris Savage of Mao Projects, and how Eastern and Western cultures inform their ceramic works.
Carrie Yap chats about the revival of Cantonese Opera through her work as a milliner, and placemaking in today’s Chinatown for the younger generation.
Follow the journey of Alex Kwong’s four generations of family history from Interior BC to Alberta and their connection to the construction of the railroad.
In this episode, the Fort Calgary team chats with Phyllis Webstad, the founder and ambassador of the Orange Shirt Society. She talks about her work sharing her story across Canada, and raising awareness about the impacts of the residential school system.
Troy and Allison launch season three of Unravelling Complex Stories by reflecting on some hidden, erased and forgotten histories, and the reasons these stories are important to us today.
Troy is joined by guest host Adrienne Dewsberry to talk with Dr. Peter Dawson, archaeology professor at UCalgary, about the role digital technology plays in preserving endangered and remote heritage sites.
Content Warning: this episode includes discussion of residential schools and the recent discoveries of unmarked graves at these sites.
Fort Calgary's Complex Stories podcast was renamed Unravelling Complex Stories in 2022.
Troy sits down with Nathan Provost from Piikani Nation to discuss environmental reconciliation, or reconciliation of the land, and to better understand Indigenous perspectives of the environment.
Fort Calgary's Complex Stories podcast was renamed Unravelling Complex Stories in 2022.
Troy and Allison kick off season two of Complex Stories with a discussion about the land — what it means and our relationship to it.
Fort Calgary's Complex Stories podcast was renamed Unravelling Complex Stories in 2022.
Troy is joined by special guest Matt Hiltermann to discuss Métis history, and why it is relevant today to many places across Canada, including Calgary.
Fort Calgary's Complex Stories podcast was renamed Unravelling Complex Stories in 2022.
Troy and Allison welcome special guest Jessica Bolduc to help them explore Canada Day — its history and what it means today.
Fort Calgary's Complex Stories podcast was renamed Unravelling Complex Stories in 2022.
Allison and Troy discuss colonialism — what it is and why it's relevant to us today. Fort Calgary's Complex Stories podcast was renamed Unravelling Complex Stories in 2022.
Troy, Allison and Erica join special guest Charlotte Yellowhorn McLeod to discuss reconciliation, and why it's important to all of us across Canada.
Fort Calgary's Complex Stories podcast was renamed Unravelling Complex Stories in 2022.
On this first episode of Complex Stories, we introduce the Fort Calgary team and discuss why we are experimenting with a podcast.
Fort Calgary's Complex Stories podcast was renamed Unravelling Complex Stories in 2022.