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Telling Our Twisted Histories Savage
How did we go from 'noble savages' to 'dirty savages'? Over time, the meaning of the word has shifted from natural, free and pure to a derogatory word used to diminish us and cast us aside. Indigenous people were considered "uncivilized", synonymous with barbaric, bestial and cruel. This word has inflicted deep wounds and fuels prejudices to this day. Together, ...
- 2021
- 00:23:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/28/2021
Party Lines A residential schools reckoning, again
Elamin and Rosie explore the state of Canada’s path to reconciliation with the help of CBC colleague Duncan McCue. Many people across the country have reacted with shock and horror at the preliminary discovery on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., where the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said they found the potential remains of possibly ...
- 2021
- 00:27:51
- 15-17
- Added on: 07/13/2021
CBC Radio One Central Kootenay school ditches name of a royal family member for reconciliation with Lower Kootenay Band
The former Prince Charles Secondary School in Creston, B.C. held a ceremony to remove the royal family member's name from its exterior signage — just three days after the Kootenay Lake School District voted unanimously to order the deletion. Ki Louie, a teacher at the former Prince Charles Secondary School, and his uncle Robert Louie, the first Indigenous graduate from ...
- 2021
- 00:09:08
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/24/2021
News in Review - April 2021 Black on Campus: Allegations of Discrimination in Canadian Universities
Is systemic racism prevalent in Canadian universities and colleges? Some students and faculty say they’ve experienced anti-Black racism and systemic discrimination on campuses. And when they try to speak up about it, they say they are targeted. In this CBC Fifth Estate investigation, Asha Tomlinson speaks to students, staff and faculty about what it’s like to be Black on campus.
- 2021
- 00:21:54
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/11/2021
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News in Review - February 2021 Rewind: The Stories that Made 2020
COVID-19 is the story that everyone will remember from 2020. But there were many other important headline stories that happened in 2020, starting in January when Ukraine Flight 752 was shot down during takeoff from Tehran by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. The year also saw Canada’s largest mass shooting when 22 people were killed by a gunman in Nova Scotia. ...
- 2021
- 00:15:57
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/12/2021
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CBC News Looking Back: The Regina Riot
This is an eyewitness account of the 1935 On-to-Ottawa trek and the riot that ended it.
- 2001
- 00:05:38
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/08/2021
CBC News Looking Back: Murdered by the RCMP
Estevan-area coal miners fight for better working conditions and run head-long into the trigger-happy RCMP.
- 1999
- 00:04:11
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/27/2021
CBC News Looking Back: White Man's Country
Black migrants from Oklahoma came to Saskatchewan in 1910 only to face the same racism they had been trying to escape.
- 1999
- 00:03:57
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/27/2021
Enslaved Abolition (Episode 6)
What finally put an end to the transatlantic slave trade? In this episode, Samuel L. Jackson, Afua Hirsch and Simcha Jacobovici look at the politics and circumstances that ended the enslavement of Africans in the West. Shot on location in the United Kingdom, the United States and Grenada, this episode intercuts the politics of abolition in Britain and the American ...
- 2020
- 00:53:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/19/2021
Enslaved Resistance (Episode 5)
Find out how enslaved Africans resisted and sought freedom in Africa, in the U.S., and on the high seas. This episode investigates resistance to slavery from Ghana, to the UK, to North America where thousands of "runaways" risked their lives as part of the "Underground Railroad." The Diving with Purpose divers embark on an unprecedented investigation to positively identify a ...
- 2020
- 00:53:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/19/2021
Enslaved New World Cultures (Episode 4)
Discover how much of our global culture – from reggae to mathematical fractals — originates in Africa. Much of North American culture was born in the bowels of slave ships, where Africans of different tribal origins interacted with each other and with the Europeans that trafficked in them. Shot on location in Costa Rica, Jamaica, Ethiopia and the United States, ...
- 2020
- 00:53:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/19/2021
Enslaved Follow the Money (Episode 3)
This episode investigates the economics of the transatlantic slave trade. How did Europe's appetite for commodities like sugar and coffee cause an expansion in the slave trade? The Diving with a Purpose team goes to Suriname to dive the wreck of The Leusden. This Dutch ship represents the single greatest loss of life during the entire slave trade. As The ...
- 2020
- 00:53:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/18/2021
Enslaved Rationalization (Episode 2)
How did Europeans rationalize the practice of chattel slavery, 400 years of human trafficking and the murder of millions of Africans? In his quest to expose the history of the transatlantic slave trade, Samuel L. Jackson recruits two award-winning journalists, Simcha Jacobovici and Afua Hirsch, to go on location in the footsteps of the slavers. In the ancient world, colour ...
- 2020
- 00:53:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/18/2021
Enslaved Cultures Left Behind (Episode 1) Must-See
Having traced his DNA to the Benga people of Gabon, Hollywood icon and activist Samuel L. Jackson takes a deeply personal journey to his ancestral homeland to meet today's Benga leaders. They welcome him as a long lost son and initiate him into the tribe. Then, he goes one step further. He turns his personal odyssey into a monumental effort ...
- 2020
- 00:53:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/18/2021
News in Review - December 2020 Remembering Joyce Echaquan: Systemic Racism in Canada’s Health Care
Calls for the Quebec government to recognize and address systemic racism within the province were revived by the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Atimatekw woman who filmed as nurses at a hospital in Joliette hurled racist slurs at her before she died. Joyce’s family has announced a lawsuit and a criminal complaint against the hospital. Meanwhile, Quebec premier Francois Legault ...
- 2020
- 00:12:51
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/08/2021
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CBC News Looking Back: Quong Wing Must-See
In 1912, a restaurant owner in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, is fined for breaking a law that prohibited Chinese business owners from hiring white women. With the support of the Chinese community, Quong Wing fights the case all the way to the Supreme Court.
- 1999
- 00:04:03
- 15-17
- Added on: 12/31/2020
News in Review - November 2020 COVID-19: Social Inequities Exposed by the Pandemic
COVID-19 is exposing the social inequalities in our society. Socio-economic data being studied on the coronavirus pandemic is now revealing that the most at risk in our society are the poorest, living in densely populated communities, as well as low income residents and front line workers. Data is also showing those most at risk are from racialized communities. We look ...
- 2020
- 00:13:59
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/05/2020
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News in Review - November 2020 Unaffordable Cities: Canada’s Housing Crisis
Does Edmonton have the answer to the homeless crisis? Affordable rental options in Canada were already a scarcity prior to the onset of COVID-19. But the pandemic has increased the housing challenge as more people lose their jobs and government rent benefits run out. As the pandemic drags on, housing experts predict that the number of people living on the ...
- 2020
- 00:14:37
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/03/2020
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News in Review - October 2020 The Shooting of Jacob Blake: Protests, Boycotts and Racial Tensions
In August 2020, an African-American man named Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Protestors took to the streets demanding an end to police violence against Black people. Counter-protestors also poured into the streets bringing about clashes during which three more people were shot — two fatally. A 17-year old teenager was charged. ...
- 2020
- 00:14:03
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/21/2020
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News in Review - September 2020 Defunding the Police: What Does it Mean?
The police killing of George Floyd in 2020 led to worldwide protests with many people calling for an end to police violence against Black people and for the defunding of police. Research done by the CBC over a 20 year period shows that Black and Indigenous people are disproportionately represented among fatalities in encounters with police. And a majority of ...
- 2020
- 00:14:41
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/30/2020
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News in Review - September 2020 Systemic Racism: Does it Exist in Canada?
After the death of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020, and the global protests that followed, many began to hear the term “systemic racism.” The term suggests that many businesses, institutions and society itself is rife with underlying racism. In Canada, we tend to deny that our culture is racist, from ignoring ...
- 2020
- 00:10:59
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/30/2020
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News in Review - September 2020 George Floyd: Why He Matters
In May 2020, 46-year-old George Floyd, a Black American, died during an arrest under the knee of a White police officer. His death galvanized a nation fed up with police brutality and racism against the black population. The fury spread as hundreds of thousands of protesters and rioters took to the streets demanding change in cities across the country. Those ...
- 2020
- 00:16:43
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/30/2020
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News in Review - September 2020 Black Lives Matter Canada: A Call for Racial Equality
The death of George Floyd in May 2020 during an arrest in Minneapolis led to widespread protests across the U.S. and around the globe, with calls for an end to racial inequality and police violence against Black people. In Canada, thousands marched under the banner of Black Lives Matter, demanding an end to racism here too. Those protests highlighted the ...
- 2020
- 00:15:51
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/30/2020
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Good People with Mark Sakamoto Veterans
Host Mark Sakamoto takes a hard look at Canada's treatment of military veterans, and looks to a small entrepreneur program for inspiration.
- 2019
- 00:22:05
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/23/2020
Good People with Mark Sakamoto Between the Cracks
Host Mark Sakamoto investigates the homelessness crisis in Hamilton, Ontario before looking to Medicine Hat, Alberta for innovative solutions — specifically the Housing First approach.
- 2019
- 00:22:07
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/22/2020
