Canada: A People's History From Sea to Sea
Episode 9: 1867 to 1873. Confederation is barely accomplished when the new dominion must face an enormous challenge: extending its reach into the vast prairies and beyond, to the Pacific Ocean. But Canada blunders catastrophically in seeking to take over the west without the consent of its inhabitants, especially the Métis of Red River and their leader, the charismatic, troubled ...
- 2000
- 00:50:42
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Canada: A People's History Taking the West
Episode 10: 1873 to 1896 CE. The 1870s and 1880s are a time of trial for the young Dominion of Canada. The country's first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, faces economic depression in the fast-growing factories of the east and a new revolt in the west, led by his old nemesis, Louis Riel. The suppression of the Northwest Rebellion and ...
- 2000
- 01:46:54
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Canada: A People's History The Pathfinders
Episode 6: 1670 to 1850 CE. The Canadian west is opened by the great fur-trading empires of the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies, the native people who were their indispensable allies, and bold explorers and map makers who ventured from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean and long-sought-for Pacific. Pierre Esprit Radisson defies a governor to take New France's ...
- 2000
- 01:47:19
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Canada: A People's History A Question of Loyalties
Episode 5: 1775 to 1815 CE. At the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775, American rebels invade Canada, but despite the efforts of rebel spies to entice Quebec to join the revolution, les Canadiens refuse to take up arms against British rule, and the invasion ultimately fails. The mass migration of Loyalists that follows - more than 40,000 people in all ...
- 2000
- 01:46:19
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Canada: A People's History Adventurers and Mystics
Episode 2: 1540 to 1670 CE. With the search for the Northwest Passage and the expansion of the Grand Banks fishery, the New World soon becomes a destination for permanent European colonies, in Newfoundland and along the St. Lawrence. Samuel de Champlain begins his legendary journeys, and the precarious beginnings of New France are established. It is an era of unprecedented ...
- 2000
- 01:46:37
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Canada: A People's History When the World Began Must-See
Episode 1: 15 000 BCE to 1800 CE. The opening episode of this series ranges across the continent, looking back more than 15,000 years to recount the varied history of the first occupants of the territory that would become Canada. From the rich resource of native oral history and archeology come the stories of the land's first people — how ...
- 2000
- 01:48:04
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The National Nunavut's Response to Kyoto
The government of Nunavut embraced the 1997 Kyoto Accord, signed by 160 countries, to stop global warming. The territory's leaders say climate change is ruining the Inuit way of life. Not everyone agrees. Some argue the new way of life lies in tapping the resources of the land. This conflict is causing a massive rift among the territory's people, forcing ...
- 2002
- 00:09:37
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The National The Indian Courthouse
Over the past decade, Winnipeg has earned an unfavourable reputation for its escalating crime rate and growing number of street gangs. In an overzealous attempt by politicians and police to reclaim the streets of Winnipeg, one of these street gangs, the Manitoba Warriors, was charged under a severe federal anti-gang law. Many critics argue that this is just another example ...
- 2000
- 00:23:39
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Doc Zone Canada, Above and Beyond: Conquering Geography (Part 2 of 4)
From the beginning, air flight in Canada presented dizzying possibilities. It would link citizens across the country and make it possible to exploit Canada’s immense natural resources. But there were formidable hurdles to overcome. Follow the story of the Beaver, Canada’s solution to flying backcountry; of native communities taking command of their destiny by owning their own airline; of fighting ...
- 2009
- 00:42:42
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/14/2013
The National Fight or Flight
The health care system in remote northern communities is in an abysmal situation. In Island Lake Reserve in Northern Manitoba, there isn't a hospital, an emergency ward or even a resident doctor. The situation is even more critical given that this community has the highest rate of diabetes in Canada, four times higher than the national average – particularly among ...
- 2000
- 00:24:04
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
