CBC News #Beyond94 – Aging out: First Nations youth on life after foster care
Meet a young Manitoba man who's just aged out of foster care. For Troy Bird, turning 18 wasn't nearly as happy an occasion as it is for most young adults. For him, it was terrifying. He was one of the estimated 11,000 children and youth in the care of the Manitoba child welfare system, close to 90 per cent of ...
- 2018
- 00:09:45
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/18/2018
North by Northwest A Callanish Christmas: When Grief Comes for the Holidays
Tragedy and loss, unfortunately, do not take holidays. Christmas can be a difficult and emotional time of year for those dealing with the death of a loved one or many other kinds of loss. What can we do when grief is taking up space at Christmas time? This CBC Radio documentary by Vancouver journalist Pamela Post introduces us to Callanish, ...
- 2012
- 00:16:34
- 15-17
- Added on: 12/09/2013
News in Review - October 2006 A Gunman Attacks Students in Montreal
On September 14, 2006, a gunman walked into Dawson College in Montreal and opened fire. One student was killed and 19 others were injured. The gunman killed himself. In this News in Review story we'll retrace the events of that tragic day. We'll look at who the gunman was and what might have led him to commit such a senseless ...
- 2006
- 00:15:24
- 15-17
- Added on: 10/15/2006
Firsthand A Jihadi in the Family
How could a much-loved boy born and raised in Calgary become a violent extremist that embraced a life of terrorism halfway around the world? This emotional documentary tries to answer these difficult questions as it follows Christianne Boudreau, the mother of just such a young man. She tries to understand what happened to her son, Damian Clairmont, with a firm ...
- 2016
- 00:44:16
- 15-17
- Added on: 05/31/2016
Enjeux A Lesson in Discrimination Classroom Favourites
Since the dawn of time, humans have tended to form clans... thereby excluding strangers, enemies and anyone who is different. We may not exactly encourage them, but such attitudes become entrenched at a very early age. Radio-Canada followed an experiment in a primary school that shows just how quickly our young people can assimilate discrimination and all its dangerous repercussions. A ...
- 2006
- 00:43:35
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/25/2013
Enjeux A Lesson in Discrimination (Japanese version with English subtitles)
Since the dawn of time, humans have tended to form clans... thereby excluding strangers, enemies and anyone who is different. We may not exactly encourage them, but such attitudes become entrenched at a very early age. Radio-Canada followed an experiment in a primary school that shows just how quickly our young people can assimilate discrimination and all its dangerous repercussions. A ...
- 2006
- 00:43:45
- 9-12
- Added on: 10/01/2014
Enquête A Lesson in Discrimination: 10 Years Later Classroom Favourites
In 2006, a Grade 3 teacher in Quebec resorted to a drastic strategy to solve a persistent problem in her class. She subjected her 26 students to a “lesson in discrimination,” in the hope that experiencing it would help them understand the distress of students who are ostracized because they are different. The resulting documentary stunned television viewers in Canada ...
- 2016
- 00:40:57
- 9-12
- Added on: 12/14/2016
News in Review - December 2010 A New Campaign to Fight Bullying
Bullying is a serious issue in many Canadian schools. In recent years, cyberbullying has only made the situation worse. This month, News in Review examines the scale of the problem in Canada. We’ll also explore a new viral campaign to reassure bullied kids that it does get better.
- 2010
- 00:15:41
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/15/2010
Documentary A Skill for Life (with English subtitles)
In our societies, stress has become a scourge. It was long believed, and some still believe, that children are not affected by stress. In 1988 in Edmundston, New Brunswick, nurse Renée Guimond Plourde noted that her 6-year-old son, who was just starting school, was suffering from symptoms related to stress. In the absence of literature on the subject, parents, in ...
- 2015
- 00:45:42
- 15-17
- Added on: 01/21/2016
The Fifth Estate Above Suspicion: The Shocking Case of Colonel Russell Williams
He piloted prime ministers and royalty and later commanded our country's largest air force base in Trenton, Ont. Today, Colonel Russell Williams sits segregated in a prison cell convicted of murder, sexual assault and dozens of break and enters. This unbelievable story has captured the country's attention and left people asking the same simple questions: What really happened? Who is ...
- 2010
- 00:41:37
- 15-17
- Added on: 09/25/2013
