The Battle for Disabled Veterans' Recognition - A Discussion with Dr. Eric Story
Battles of the First World War Podcast
Mike Cunha
4.8 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Eric Story, a Historian-in-Residence at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University in London, Ontario in Canada, and Adjunct Professor at Wilfred Laurier University, joins us on the podcast to discuss the struggles faced by disabled Canadian veterans after the First World War. We begin the talk with a broad look at what Canadian veterans faced in the 1920s, and then look at the efforts of George Hincks and Marshall McDougall to raise awareness of disabled veterans' struggles.
Read more about George Hincks and Marshall McDougall here:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/wwi-amputee-veterans-hike-9.6975252
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The The |
| 0:23.6 | The Hey folks, welcome to the battles of the First World War podcast. |
| 0:54.7 | Joining us today is Dr. Eric Story, a historian in residence at Shulik School of Medicine |
| 1:00.2 | and Dentistry at Western University in London, Ontario, in Canada, and adjunct professor |
| 1:06.6 | at Wilford Lauria University. |
| 1:09.0 | Dr. Story reached out with tonight's topic of discussion, which is not a military battle, |
| 1:14.2 | but a battle nonetheless. |
| 1:15.9 | The struggle Canadian Great War disabled veterans faced in recognition, rights, and assistance |
| 1:22.7 | after the guns had fallen silent. |
| 1:25.3 | It has long been a desire of mind to discuss other non-military |
| 1:29.7 | great war topics here on the BFWP, such as life in the occupied areas of France and Belgium, |
| 1:36.3 | and the lives of post-war veterans. These were struggles too, and these struggles shaped the |
| 1:42.5 | lives of everyone who went through these quiet |
| 1:45.0 | battles, as well as the lives of their loved ones. So I was very excited when Dr. Story approached |
| 1:52.3 | me with this idea, and I was all for it. From the Western University website, here's just a little |
| 1:58.2 | bit more about Dr. Story. Eric Story is a historian of |
| 2:02.1 | medicine, disability, colonialism, and war in modern Canada. He has written several articles on |
| 2:08.4 | the legacies of the First World War and is currently developing a manuscript on the history |
| 2:12.9 | of tuberculosis illness in early 20th century Canada with McGill Queen's University Press. |
| 2:19.8 | His article, The Indigenous Casualties of War, 2021, won the Canadian Historical Review's Best |
| 2:26.4 | Article Prize. |
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