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Documentary Quebec My Country, Mon Pays
Quebec My Country Mon Pays charts the aftermath of Quebec’s Quiet Revolution in the 1960s. This social justice movement unleashed dramatic cultural and political changes that led to the separatist movement, the FLQ terrorist crisis and, ultimately, the exodus of more than 600,000 English-speaking Quebecers. Montreal-born filmmaker John Walker reveals his own complicated relationship with the province in a film ...
- 2016
- 01:23:20
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/21/2020
CBC Radio One Raid or Liberation
In 1943, unionism came to Sudbury, Ontario in the form of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, also known as Mine Mill. In an organizing drive which set a record, the Mine Mill union signed up a majority of workers within three months. By the time of this program's broadcast 20 years later, workers' wages had trebled, ...
- 1962
- 00:50:02
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/15/2020
The Fifth Estate The journalists fighting fake news: The Lie Detectors
The Fifth Estate checks in with journalists fighting fake news around the world. They tell us how they’re doing it and reveal what consequences they face.
- 2018
- 00:09:34
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/09/2020
The Fifth Estate The war over truth: New York Times vs. Donald Trump
Donald Trump's attacks on the media are fierce and frequent. It's a war. On one side, The New York Times, CNN and other news agencies — and on the other, U.S. President Donald Trump. Both sides believe the future of democracy is at stake.
- 2018
- 00:09:08
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/03/2020
News in Review - March 2020 Murder in the Skies: The Tragedy of Flight 752
On January 8, 2020, a Ukrainian airliner crashed two minutes after takeoff en route from Tehran to Kyiv. Flight 752 was carrying 176 passengers and crew members. 57 were Canadian. No one survived. As details emerged, it became obvious that the plane was shot down by two Iranian missiles. The Iranian military said it mistook the plane for an incoming ...
- 2020
- 00:17:16
- 13-14
- Added on: 08/28/2020
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BBC Documentaries Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
The Russian Revolution of 1917 is one of the most controversial events of the 20th century. Three men – Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin – emerged from obscurity to forge an entirely new political system. In the space of six months, they turned the largest country on earth into the first Communist state. Was this a triumph of people power or ...
- 2017
- 00:59:31
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/07/2020
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BBC Documentaries The Ties That Bind: Japan and Korea, Episode 2
This two-part documentary covers a variety of subjects, including comfort women, territorial issues and hate speech. It presents a broad overview of Japan-Korea relations. Episode 2 of 2.
- 2015
- 00:58:55
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/29/2020
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BBC Documentaries The Ties That Bind: Japan and Korea, Episode 1
This two-part documentary covers a variety of subjects, including comfort women, territorial issues and hate speech. It presents a broad overview of Japan-Korea relations. Episode 1 of 2.
- 2015
- 01:00:06
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/29/2020
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CBC Kids News A brief history of the Black Lives Matter movement
CBC Kids News contributor Elijah Sandiford digs into the history of the Black Lives Matter movement. Historian and sociologist Afua Cooper describes some critical moments in black history and Vancouver activist Jacob Callender-Prasad talks about his role fighting anti-black racism.
- 2020
- 00:07:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/09/2020
The National Who wins and who loses? Jamaica on China's Belt and Road Initiative
This year Jamaica became the 10th Caribbean country to formally sign on to China's Belt and Road Initiative. China's investments have brought much-needed infrastructure to the region, but with that has also come some friction. CBC News took a road trip through Jamaica and asked who wins and who loses when it comes to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
- 2019
- 00:07:39
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/26/2020
The National Some young Palestinians see no end to Israeli occupation
The dream of a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears in retreat, in large part because of the failure of the international community to insist upon it.
- 2019
- 00:09:46
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/25/2020
My World Media Literacy Different perspectives
Journalists are responsible for showing a whole range of opinions, so that people have reliable information to help them decide what to think for themselves. President Putin's rule of Russia is something that divides public opinion. This video shows how journalists include different points of view, providing background and context to reflect the full story.
- 2020
- 00:04:25
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/06/2020
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My World Media Literacy Who's your source?
When journalists begin researching a news story they rely on many different types of sources, such as articles, historical documents, news reports and people. Each of these sources must be trustworthy, and when interviewing people, journalist must look through the lens of understanding motivation and whether the person can be a trustworthy source. This video will show how BBC journalists ...
- 2020
- 00:07:44
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/06/2020
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News in Review - April 2020 Pipeline Protests: Resource Development Challenges Indigenous Rights in B.C.
In early 2020, Coastal GasLink started work on a 670-kilometre, multi-billion dollar pipeline project designed to move natural gas from the B.C Interior to the West Coast. That pipeline goes through the traditional territory of the Wet'suwet'en people. The company claimed it had authority from both the province and 20 First Nations band councils, including five Wet'suwet'en Nation band councils. ...
- 2020
- 00:15:33
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/06/2020
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Studio K Studio K from Home: The Prime Minister's Message to Kids
Listen along with Mr. O to this important message from our prime minister!
- 2020
- 00:02:17
- 5-8
- Added on: 04/06/2020
CBC News COVID-19: Prime Minister Trudeau appeals to Canadian children
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeals to Canadian children to follow social distancing rules and thanks them for changing their daily routines.
- 2020
- 00:01:23
- 9-12
- Added on: 03/24/2020
CBC Kids News Want to bring about positive change? Tips from kid activists
If 2019 was any indication, kids’ voices are louder than ever, as thousands of young Canadians have been taking part in mass demonstrations. The climate strikes that have been happening in nearly every city are a youth-led movement that’s become impossible for adults to ignore. But those aren’t the only youth-led marches we saw last year. In April, thousands of ...
- 2020
- 00:03:21
- 9-12
- Added on: 03/20/2020
Heroes of the Enlightenment Changes in Society (Part 2 of 2)
By the end of the 18th century, many Enlightenment ideals about society had been put into practice by three remarkable men: Nicolas de Condorcet, who advocated for civil rights, the abolishment of slavery and gender equality; Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence; and Frederick the Great, whose “enlightened absolutism” meant religious tolerance in Prussia. This program profiles ...
- 2011
- 00:52:27
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2020
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Heroes of the Enlightenment The Power of Knowledge (Part 1 of 2)
The 18th century movement known as the Age of Enlightenment saw the rise of intellectuals who endorsed freedom of thought apart from the dictates of state and religion, thus laying the foundation for advances in science, social philosophy and culture. This program discusses the contributions of Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton, Denis Diderot, the Marquês de Pombal and Erasmus Darwin. Part 1 ...
- 2011
- 00:52:15
- 15-17
- Added on: 03/12/2020
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BBC Documentaries Don't Panic: How to End Poverty in 15 Years
The legendary statistical showman Professor Hans Rosling returns with a feast of facts and figures as he examines the extraordinary target the world commits to this week – to eradicate extreme poverty worldwide. In the week the United Nations presents its new goals for global development, Don't Panic: How to End Poverty in 15 Years looks at the number one goal for ...
- 2015
- 00:59:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/11/2020
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BBC Documentaries Black Power: America's Armed Resistance
Filmmaker Dan Murdoch spent last summer documenting clashes between a resurgent Ku Klux Klan and a growing Black Power movement. Now, in a follow up to KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy, he returns to America to revisit some of the people he met from the KKK and also meet members of the Black Liberation Movement to find out what black ...
- 2016
- 00:48:26
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/10/2020
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CBC News Indigenous youth talk to press in front of B.C. Legislature (February 26, 2020)
Indigenous youth gathered on the steps of the B.C. Legislature repeat a series of demands, including calls for RCMP to leave Wet'suwet'en territory and for Coastal GasLink construction to end. They say they will continue to hold the space in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs at least until those calls are met. Among speakers are: Ta’Kaiya Blaney (Tla'Amin First Nation); Gina Mowat ...
- 2020
- 00:36:14
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/06/2020
Metro Morning As the police arrest protesters in Tyendinaga, Jesse Wente questions the myths that Canadians believe about themselves
Metro Morning columnist Jesse Wente asks individual Canadians to show real solidarity, as politicians revert to police-enforced "solutions" for Indigenous protests.
- 2020
- 00:05:59
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/06/2020
BBC Documentaries Dictatorland
Corruption, murder and bizarre personal shrines – in some countries, the age of the dictatorship is as strong as ever. Dictatorland follows presenter Ben Zand as he travels to Eastern Europe and Central Asia to find out about the world’s most eccentric, brutal and outrageous dictators and learn the secrets of their success. Discover the strange stories of Tajikistan’s Instagram warlord, Kazakhstan’s ...
- 2017
- 00:48:39
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/05/2020
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News in Review - January 2020 Wexit: How the West was Lost
Calls for western separation or so-called "Wexit" are at an all-time high. A third of Albertans now think they would be better off outside of Canada. The unrest is largely due to lack of progress on building pipelines to get Alberta's oil and gas to market. And while Albertans are some of the richest people in Canada, after years of ...
- 2020
- 00:16:28
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/18/2020
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