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The Secret Life of Canada The Indian Act
What is the Indian Act and why Canada still have it on the books? The Secret Life team looks at the roots of this complicated policy, which after 143 years is still embedded in Canadian identity, from the policy that led to the Act to how it still impacts Indigenous identities today.View the Secret Life of Canada curriculum package
- 2019
- 00:43:38
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/24/2019
News in Review - October 2019 Tina Fontaine: A Murdered Girl's Legacy
Tina Fontaine was just 15 when her body, wrapped in a duvet cover and weighed down by rocks, was pulled from Winnipeg’s Red River. A report from the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth says in the years since her murder, not enough has changed to ensure other children in circumstances similar to Tina’s are not at risk. But Tina ...
- 2019
- 00:12:09
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/17/2019
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News in Review - September 2019 America Divided: Migrants, the Squad and the Chant
There’s no question that U.S. President Donald Trump has committed to securing the border with Mexico to keep out illegal aliens. His tough stance on immigration appeals to his supporters, as does his racial rhetoric about those he considers outsiders. His tweets attacking four minority Democratic congresswomen are keeping both Democrats and Republicans in damage control mode. But what does ...
- 2019
- 00:13:25
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/05/2019
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News in Review - September 2019 Guns: The Urban-Rural Divide
The increase in shootings in many Canadian cities has more and more people calling for a ban on handguns and tougher firearm restrictions. But for many rural Canadians, legal gun use is a part of daily life, far removed from city shootings that make the news. This has sparked a heated debate between rural and urban residents over how to ...
- 2019
- 00:14:11
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/05/2019
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The Code Using probability functions to help locate serial killers
Marcus du Sautoy meets a detective with a PhD in mathematics who has created a probability function that can help narrow down the area in which a serial killer is likely to live. The case of Jack the Ripper is outlined, and the probable street where he lives revealed. The function is then broken down and the different elements explained: ...
- 2011
- 00:04:33
- 15-17
- Added on: 09/03/2019
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The Secret Life of Canada The Secret Life of Chinatown
Most major cities across Canada have a Chinatown – but how did they start, and why? What is the historical importance of Chinatowns? How did Chinatowns go from safe-havens to celebrated cultural spaces? This episode, a look at the early history of Chinese people this side of the Pacific, and the historic Chinatown in B.C. that predates Confederation. (Hint: it's ...
- 2019
- 00:28:05
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/03/2019
CBC News #MeToo movement: Thousands of women identify as victims of assault, harassment
A call to action led by actress Alyssa Milano has thousands of women identifying themselves as victims of sexual harassment or assault. The movement is happening in the wake of accusations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
- 2017
- 00:10:37
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- Added on: 07/23/2019
The National UCP's gay-straight alliance plan sees Alberta students walk out in protest
The United Conservative Party’s plan to change a law prohibiting Alberta schools from telling parents their child is part of a gay-straight alliance drew angry protests from thousands of students.
- 2019
- 00:03:04
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/23/2019
CBC News Quebec's Bill 101 is official
At the end of a long hot summer, Bill 101, the French language charter, is adopted on August 26, 1977, kicking off the transformation from a traditionally bilingual Quebec into a unilingual French province. Bill 101 is shock therapy for what the PQ describe as a sick society that Quebec has become, reports CBC's David Bazay. The new French language ...
- 1977
- 00:03:06
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/22/2019
CBC News Who are the Métis?
Who is and who isn't “Métis” is a controversial topic. We hear different perspectives from the leader of the Manitoba Métis Federation and the self-described Grand Chief of an Eastern Métis organization from Nova Scotia.
- 2019
- 00:05:49
- 9-12
- Added on: 07/22/2019
The National Fighting hate with friendship: The unlikely bond of a Sikh man and a former white supremacist
A Sikh man becomes the unlikely friend of a former white supremacist in the wake of a cold-blooded attack in Wisconsin in 2012. Now they travel the world trying to stop hate.
- 2019
- 00:11:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/29/2019
The National How can governments help stop overwork?
The National has been exploring modern workplaces and why so many Canadians are battling burnout. But it's clearly not just a Canadian problem and depending on where you go around the world, the consequences and solutions can be quite extreme. So here's the question: How can governments help stop overwork?
- 2019
- 00:03:42
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/28/2019
The National Surveillance in synagogues: How security is becoming a focus in places of worship
We look at the way synagogues are changing as attacks on places of worship increase.
- 2019
- 00:03:06
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/28/2019
The National Nova Scotia's presumed consent for organ donation explained
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil tabled legislation that will make the province the first jurisdiction in North America to have presumed consent for organ and tissue donation. People will be able to opt out of donating their organs, but the onus will be on them to do so once the bill is proclaimed.
- 2019
- 00:02:22
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/02/2019
The National Indigenous graves have B.C. landowners pitted against the government
Thousands of sites in British Columbia are believed to be ancient First Nations burial grounds. Some are on private lands, and many Indigenous people believe these sites are sacred. But the government doesn't see the burial sites the same way as registered cemeteries, and that has left all parties frustrated and feeling vulnerable.
- 2019
- 00:04:59
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- Added on: 05/02/2019
News in Review - April 2019 Sam's Story: Sex Assault Survivor Speaks Out
At 17, Sam Fazio was just a regular teenager at a school dance in Vancouver. Then she was violently sexually attacked in a bathroom stall. Sam reported the crime and went through the grueling process of physical and mental recovery while having to deal with police and a court case that left her and others shaking their heads. Since then, ...
- 2019
- 00:16:42
- 15-17
- Added on: 04/09/2019
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The National 'Unprecedented' report released on racial profiling by Toronto police
A black person in Toronto is nearly 20 times more likely than a white person to be shot and killed by police, according to a new Ontario Human Rights Commission report on race and policing. The commission's interim report said black people were over-represented in several types of violent police interactions, including use-of-force cases, shootings, deadly encounters and fatal shootings.
- 2018
- 00:05:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/03/2019
The National Canada's mental health courts: How they work and why they exist
Canada has mental health courts that differ from normal courts, though much of the public is unaware they exist. CBC's senior investigative correspondent Diana Swain got a rare look inside proceedings at a Nova Scotia mental health court to find out how it operates and why they exist.
- 2018
- 00:09:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/03/2019
The National Tina Fontaine report: “Not enough has changed” since teen’s death, says advocate
Tina Fontaine died in 2014. A report from the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth says in the years since, not enough has changed to ensure other children don’t die.
- 2019
- 00:02:19
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/26/2019
CBC News The journey from refugee to police officer
Alain Arakaza arrived in Canada in 2009 as a refugee. Now he's about to become a Toronto police officer.
- 2019
- 00:01:50
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/25/2019
News in Review - March 2019 Huawei Arrest: Canada Caught in a Political Tug of War
The arrest of a top executive from Chinese company Huawei has placed Canada in the middle of a political tug of war. In December 2018, Canadian authorities detained Meng Wanzhou at the Vancouver airport at the request of U.S. law officials. Meng is the daughter of the founder of Huawei, the largest technical communications company in the world. She remains ...
- 2019
- 00:13:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/18/2019
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The National Ottawa's fight with Netflix reignites age-old debate: what is Cancon and who should pay?
Canadian studios and production crews are busier than ever before, thanks in part to demand from foreign streaming giants such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. At the same time, those American behemoths are being accused of not contributing their fair share to produce Canadian content and culture. But what exactly constitutes Cancon?
- 2019
- 00:02:54
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2019
The National Pregnancy, privacy and third-party marketing
A Toronto woman who signed up for a mailing list at a maternity store and later miscarried was shocked to receive a package of formula in the mail. She told CBC’s Go Public she was surprised about the extent to which her personal information was shared with third-party marketing companies.
- 2019
- 00:02:31
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2019
The National Can a law really stop fake news?
India, the world's biggest democracy, heads to the polls in just a few months. It's a country where fake news has actually killed people, something the government is looking to stop by making the dissemination of fake news against the law. But can a law actually stop fake news?
- 2019
- 00:02:52
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2019
The National The U.K. could ban social media sites in the wake of teen's death
The suicide of a young girl in the U.K. is prompting a heated debate about the responsibility of social media sites to remove harmful content. Her family says she had been viewing disturbing content about self harm on Instagram and Pinterest. Now the British government is considering banning certain platforms if companies don't comply.
- 2019
- 00:02:12
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2019
