News in Review - November 2017 Border Running: Asylum Seekers Head To Canada
Thousands of asylum seekers are fleeing into Canada from the U.S. They left their native countries to escape hardship, poverty, and in some cases war, only to learn that new U.S. immigration policies have made it hard for them to stay. Now they're heading to Canada – using illegal border crossings like Roxham Road. It's a one-way route out of the ...
- 2017
- 00:18:06
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/27/2017
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CBC News Borrow a Stereotype
They say familiarity breeds contempt, but could it actually breed acceptance? That's the idea behind a project called the Living Library. It started in Europe, and recently CBC News Sunday visited California for the launch of the first Living Library in North America. The idea: "check out" a person, instead of a book. Sit down face-to-face with the type of ...
- 2008
- 00:10:25
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The National British suffrage movement celebrates 100 years
The British suffrage movement is celebrating 100 years of voting for women and looks at what struggles still lie ahead.
- 2018
- 00:06:59
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/27/2018
The Fifth Estate Butting In: Big Tobacco Meets Big Media
An alarming investigation that exposes the corporate interests running TV news in the United States. Journalist Linden MacIntyre presents the true story behind the movie The Insider which dramatized 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace and Diane Sawyer's fight to broadcast whistleblower Dr. Jeffrey Wigand's story. Journalists, lawyers, tobacco industry experts and TV executives take sides in a story that questions journalistic ...
- 1999
- 00:48:38
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
CBC News Can Canada’s health care system cope with immigration? New
Canada’s universal health care system makes it an attractive place to live, but it’s not perfect. Can it cope with tens of thousands of new immigrants?
- 2017
- 00:01:44
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/13/2018
News in Review - September 2003 Canada Debates Same-Sex Marriages
In June 2003 an unprecedented court decision made same-sex marriages legal in Canada. For some, this development was an inevitable step in the evolution of human rights. But for others, the decision failed to acknowledge the institution of marriage’s critical role in society and its religious significance. News in Review takes a look at the controversy.
- 2003
- 00:13:52
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/15/2003
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CBC Books Canada Reads 2018: Elaine "Lainey" Lui on the art of debate
Elaine "Lainey" Lui is proud of her competitive spirit and argues for the importance of women showing their competitive side, along with other aspects of her debating strategy. She defended Raziel Reid's debut novel When Everything Feels like the Movies in Canada Reads 2015.
- 2018
- 00:07:54
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/16/2018
CBC Books Canada Reads 2018: Mark Sakamoto on Forgiveness
Mark Sakamoto's grandparents endured much hardship during the Second World War. His maternal grandfather Ralph MacLean was a Canadian soldier, who spent years as a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp. His paternal grandmother Mitsue Sakamoto was one of thousands of Japanese‐Canadians interned by the Canadian government during the war. But instead of being bitter about their experiences, they ...
- 2018
- 00:04:27
- 9-12
- Added on: 03/05/2018
The National Canada should apologize for forced adoptions: Senate report New
Between 1945 and 1971, an estimated 350,000 Canadian women were forced to give up their babies for adoption because they weren't married.
- 2018
- 00:03:56
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/12/2018
News in Review - October 2014 Canada's Disgrace: Our Missing Aboriginal Women
Over the past three decades, more than 1,100 Aboriginal women and girls have been murdered or gone missing in Canada. Despite countless studies, investigations and special committees, there are no clear solutions to this ongoing problem.
- 2014
- 00:14:23
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/07/2014
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