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- A series of short films illustrating interesting moments of Canadian history.
- During the Second World War, on 19 August 1942, the Allies launched a major raid on the French coastal port of Dieppe. Operation Jubilee was the first Canadian Army engagement in the European theatre of the war, designed to test the Allies' ability to launch amphibious assaults against Adolf Hitler's "Fortress Europe." The raid was a disaster: More than 900 Canadian soldiers were killed, and thousands more were wounded and taken prisoner. Despite the bloodshed, the raid provided valuable lessons for subsequent Allied amphibious assaults on Africa, Italy and Normandy.
- This Heritage Minute follows the life of Onondaga long-distance runner Gagwe:gih, whose name means "Everything." Known around the world as Tom Longboat, he was one of the most celebrated athletes of the early 20th century.
- As a pioneering trans soul singer in the 1960s, Jackie Shane's unapologetic and authentic presence in Toronto contributed to the local R&B music scene and made her an enduring queer icon in Canada.
- The passengers aboard the SS Komagata Maru were part of a dramatic challenge to Canada's former practice of excluding immigrants from India. In 1914, the Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver carrying some 376 passengers, all British subjects from India. The events that followed illustrated that Canada was considered "a white man's country" by those in power and affirmed the second-class status of South Asians within the British Empire.
- Canadian Contributions to International Peace and Security explores Canadian military contributions during the Second World War, Korean War, Cold War, peace missions and the war in Afghanistan.
- Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
- The "Voices from Here" oral history video series features stories from First Nations, Inuit and Métis participants. Stories shed light on histories of resilience and resurgence, and are part of a bigger history.
- On August 16, 1933, the Christie Pits Riot was sparked by Nazi-inspired youth flying a swastika flag at a public baseball game to antagonize and provoke Jewish Canadians. The Christie Pits Riot remains one of the worst outbreaks of ethnic violence in Canadian history with over 10,000 participants and spectators.
- A series of animated shorts to commemorate the contributions of great Canadians on various topics. Series includes nine vignettes on topics ranging from reconciliation to global warming.
- The development of the Avro Arrow (this Heritage Minute was produced based on the 1996 mini-series "The Arrow").
- Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.
- Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.
- Englishman Archie Belaney (played by Pierce Brosnan) rises to prominence as a notable author and lecturer after he took on the First Nations identity called Grey Owl. Adapted from the film of the same name.
- Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.
- Author, lecturer and social activist J. S. Woodsworth convinces Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to introduce old age pensions.
- Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.
- Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.
- The bear of Canadian soldier Harry Colebourn becomes the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
- Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.
- From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city's most dominant amateur baseball teams. In 1942, after Canada declared war on Japan, 22,000 Japanese Canadians were interned in the interior of BC, including the Asahi players.
- On June 6, 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach. D-Day, as this day would become known, was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, led to the liberation of France, and marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
- The Acadians are descendants of early French settlers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1604 and built a distinct culture and society over generations.
- Between 1944 and 1945, the Canadian Army was given the important yet deadly task of liberating the Netherlands.
- Elsie MacGill was the world's first female aeronautical engineer and Canada's first practicing woman engineer.
- This Heritage Minute follows Canada's most honored jazz musicians from his humble beginnings in the Black neighborhood of Little Burgundy in Montreal to his rise to fame.
- Scientists Banting, Best, Collip and Macleod at the University of Toronto as they race for a treatment to cure 13-year-old Leonard Thompson of his life-threatening diagnosis of diabetes.
- Follows Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada in 1793. Her acts of resistance in the face of violence led to Canada's first legislation limiting slavery.
- As a pioneering trans soul singer in the 1960s, Jackie Shane's unapologetic and authentic presence in Toronto contributed to the local R&B music scene and made her an enduring queer icon in Canada.
- In 1927, Bishan Kaur left her home in Punjab, India to join her husband, the lumber entrepreneur Mayo Singh, in Canada. They helped shape the community of Paldi as a welcoming and inclusive home to people of all backgrounds.
- It follows the life of Onondaga long-distance runner Gagwe:gih, whose name means "Everything." Known around the world as Tom Longboat, he was one of the most celebrated athletes of the early 20th century.
- In 1952, celebrity panelists on the game show "What's My Line?" attempt to guess the extraordinary profession of guest Mary "Bonnie" Baker, with panelist Dorothy Kilgallen correctly guessing Baker is a professional baseball player.
- The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, John A. Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada.
- A team of Icelandic-Canadians serve in the First World War before bringing home the very first gold medal in Olympic hockey.
- Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
- The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.
- L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.
- George-Étienne Cartier was a dominant figure in the politics of Canada East (now Quebec) overseeing its entry into Confederation.
- Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.
- December 28, 1944 was moving day for 23 year old Maurice Richard. All day he hefted furniture - including a piano - into his new house. That night he scored 5 goals and 3 assists setting an NHL record.
- What thoughts ran through Louis Riel's mind as he stood on the scaffold, waiting for the trap door to open to his death?
- Richard Pierpoint was a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist who, at age 68, enlisted black men to fight in the War of 1812.
- October 13, 1812, Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors surprised hundreds of advancing American soldiers and skirmished with them for hours until reinforcements arrived and the battle was won.
- French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.
- Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.
- French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.
- An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.
- Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.
- Prairie settlers build a house of sod.