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#StandForCanada #StandForCanada Youth Challenge: Grade 4-8 students at Gordon B. Attersley Public School
This video was created by Grade 4-8 students in the Equity Club at Gordon B. Attersley Public School in Oshawa, Ontario, for our #StandForCanada Youth Challenge. These students explore what it means to them to be Canadian by acknowledging that they are on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and researching the Williams Treaties.
- 2017
- 00:03:11
- 9-12
- Added on: 12/05/2017
News in Review - February 2017 One Year On: Canada’s Syrian Refugee Program
A year after settling in Canada, thousands of Syrian refugees are facing a new challenge as their government sponsorship is about to end. It hasn’t been easy for every immigrant, and some are struggling. The CBC's Susan Ormiston met the Tonbari family over a year ago in Lebanon as they were fleeing Syria, their war torn homeland. She went back ...
- 2017
- 00:22:01
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/20/2017
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CBC Radio One Dying For An Education: Little Charlie
He wasn't the first residential school runaway, and he wouldn't be the last. Chanie (Charlie) Wenjack died after fleeing the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ontario, trying to make it to his home on the Marten Falls First Nation 600 kilometres away. When his story was chronicled by Ian Adams in Maclean's magazine, ordinary Canadians got one of their first ...
- 2012
- 00:11:11
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/07/2016
The National Ipperwash, Dudley George and Police Surveillance
In January 2004, CBC News obtained surveillance videotapes taken by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers in September 1995 at Ipperwash Provincial Park. The recordings were made as Aboriginal protesters from the Stony Point First Nation occupied the park, and in one tape police officers can be heard making racist remarks about the protesters. These remarks were recorded the day before police moved ...
- 2004
- 00:02:40
- 15-17
- Added on: 12/03/2014
News in Review - October 2003 Ontario Votes: The Election of 2003
Ontario’s voters went to the polls October 2 to decide between two competing visions of the future. The PC Party promised to continue cutting taxes and reduce spending just as it had for the last eight years, while both the Liberals and NDP vowed to cancel planned tax cuts and spend more on government services. The result was a crushing ...
- 2003
- 00:13:31
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/15/2003
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News in Review - May 2002 Mike Harris: His Political Legacy
After almost seven years of controversial leadership that began with his "Common Sense Revolution," Mike Harris resigned as premier of Ontario, Canada's largest province. This retrospective examines the major events, policies and social changes that occurred during his time in office, and the considerable impact they had on Ontario, as well as other provinces in Canada.
- 2002
- 00:16:54
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/15/2002
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News in Review - November 1998 Redefining Education: Showdown in Ontario
Since the election of the government of Mike Harris in Ontario, the public education system in that province has undergone unprecedented changes. The changes in Ontario have primarily been the result of Bill 160, a radical piece of legislation that dramatically transformed the balance of power between the provincial government, local and regional boards of education and teachers’ unions. As local ...
- 1998
- 00:11:09
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/15/1998
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News in Review - April 1998 The Dionne Settlement: Justice At Last
At a time when government cutbacks require average citizens to make sacrifices for the benefit of the collective economic health of society, the settlement with a shamefaced Ontario government by the surviving Dionne quintuplets has focused attention on the needs of the individual. This story explores where the millions of tourist dollars went that were made in the name of ...
- 1998
- 00:12:07
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/15/1998
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News in Review - October 1997 Nuclear Power: Pulling the Plug
Once the envy of the world, the Ontario Hydro nuclear program was revealed as having serious financial, managerial and operational problems. The impact on the energy industry and the public's trust are critical to this story.
- 1997
- 00:13:48
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/15/1997
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News in Review - November 1995 The Dionne Quintuplets: A New Perspective
This story looks at what the Dionnes represented in Canada 60 years ago and how their recent disclosure impacts the universal issue of the exploitation of children and others.
- 1995
- 00:09:53
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/15/1995
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News in Review - October 1995 Native Claims: Growing Frustrations
This News in Review story looks at the stand-off at Gustafsen Lake in Secwepemec (Shuswap) territory in B.C. and the occupation of Ipperwash Provincial Park by Chippewa protesters in Ontario. These events during the summer of 1995 are the points of departure for examining the larger issues of land claims and the growing frustration of First Nations groups. Also covered is ...
- 1995
- 00:10:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/15/1995
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News in Review - October 1990 The Ontario and Manitoba Elections 1990
The surprising election of the NDP in Ontario and Gary Filmon's win in Manitoba are the subjects for exploring the process of provincial elections.
- 1990
- 00:13:22
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/15/1990
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