CBC Short Docs Ru-tsu
Ru-Tsu follows snowboarder Tamo Campos on an educational journey to learn about his Japanese ancestry and his activist roots. Through reflections with his grandfather, award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster David Suzuki, this personal film dives into themes of intergenerational trauma, passionate activism, and a family’s deep love of nature. This film is a rare look inside the family of one ...
- 2020
- 00:14:02
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/30/2020
CBC Short Docs Fast Horse
In Blackfoot country, they call Indian Relay “North America’s original extreme sport.” Jockeys bareback gallop their horses around a track, jumping off one and on to another in a chaotic melee of horses and handlers at “the exchange”. Accidents happen. Simply finishing a race demands masterful skill and courage. Siksika horseman Allison RedCrow dreams of bringing a team to the ...
- 2018
- 00:13:09
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/16/2020
News in Review - February 2020 Street Life: Canada's Homeless Crisis
You see them on the streets, under bridges and in doorways, but mostly we turn a blind eye to Canada’s homeless population. It’s a growing problem, especially in larger cities, and it’s becoming a crisis that our welfare system can’t keep up with. Shelters are full and the homeless end up trying to salvage an existence on the street. But ...
- 2020
- 00:16:45
- 13-14
- Added on: 08/28/2020
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CBC Docs POV Cottagers & Indians
James Whetung is reclaiming his Indigenous right to cultivate wild rice on Ontario’s Pigeon Lake, but local homeowners are furious about large-scale changes in the waterways — so there’s going to be a dust-up. In this documentary, award-winning author and humourist Drew Hayden Taylor looks at the big issues behind this conflict: food sovereignty, property rights, restricted access to capital ...
- 2020
- 00:45:00
- 13-14
- Added on: 08/21/2020
CBC Docs POV The Mill
When the government of Nova Scotia announced that the Boat Harbour Effluent Treatment Facility would close on January 31, 2020, it was a huge win for the members of Pictou Landing First Nation. In 2014, a spill of untreated wastewater headed to the facility took place near a Mi’kmaq burial ground, prompting residents to set up a protest blockade that ...
- 2019
- 00:44:09
- 13-14
- Added on: 08/13/2020
CBC Docs POV nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
On August 9, 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the back of his head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property with his friends. The jury’s subsequent acquittal of Stanley captured international attention, raising questions about racism embedded within Canada’s legal system and propelling Colten’s family to national and international stages in their pursuit ...
- 2020
- 00:44:02
- 13-14
- Added on: 08/12/2020
Enquête Imialuk: Tracing alcohol smugglers in Nunavik communities
The sale of alcohol is forbidden or severely restricted in Quebec's Nunavik region, but bootleggers are skirting the rules. They ship bottles of liquor with high alcohol percentages to sell at steep prices. These high-proof spirits are potentially lethal and can result in an upsurge in domestic violence, as well as physical and sexual assaults. Radio-Canada's Enquête follows the path ...
- 2020
- 00:28:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/10/2020
CBC News What is the Métis sash?
This news report takes a closer look at the history behind the Métis sash and its cultural significance to the Métis today.
- 2020
- 00:04:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/02/2020
CBC News Students Ask CBC News: COVID-19 worst-case scenarios, immunity, risk to young children
In this video, host Carole MacNeil discusses questions from high school students on COVID-19 with Dr. Lisa Barrett from Dalhousie University's Division of Infectious Diseases. This is the third in a series of videos that CBC News will be producing to answer questions from students across Canada.Teachers, if you know a high school student with questions about the global pandemic, ...
- 2020
- 00:07:52
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/27/2020
The National Indigenous communities divided over pipeline
A group of Indigenous communities want to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline to help alleviate First Nations poverty, while others say the pipeline could leak and poison the water in their communities.
- 2019
- 00:07:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/26/2020
