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Motorcycles and Sweetgrass
The Hate U Give
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WW II CHC 2D/P/DF
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Major Battles and Events of WW II CHT3O
3O Summative CHT3O
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L'exposition: Canada de notre vivant
WWII CHC2P
CHC2P Heritage Minute Project
Cold War
Commemorating Historical Injustice
Cold War Canada (CHC)
20s & 30s CHC2D
Heritage Minutes
Ancient Rome CHW3M
Languages
La francophonie vivante FIF4U
Les ISMS
La médecine au 17e siècle
FIF4U Les Auteurs
Spanish Foods
Francophone Countries
Spanish Countries
Proyecto Cultural
Regions of France
DELF
PhysEd
10 Fitness Research PAF20
9 PhysEd Harvest House Research Sources PPL10
10 PhysEd Health Issues Research PPL20
11 PhysEd Trending Health Issues PPL3O
12 PhysEd Trending Health Issues PPL40
10 Fitness Article Evaluation PAF20
11 Fitness Research PAF3O
12 Fitness Research PAF4O
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Alternative Energy Sources
Controversial Chemicals
Medical Tech/Technologie medicale
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HIP Stress Management
HSP Marvelous Library
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HIP Non-verbal Communication
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Canadian Identity (CHC2D)
Below you'll find a variety of Heritage Minutes & other short videos from Historica Canada that are categorized by theme. They cover the time period of 1914 - present. Some videos fit into more than one theme so you'll see them twice!
Battles & Conflicts
WWI
Vimy Ridge
Major-General Arthur Currie discusses the plan of attack on Vimy Ridge with General Julian Byng (1917).
Mary Riter Hamilton
Mary Riter Hamilton painted the battlefields after the First World War as a testament to its devastating cost. She would suffer mental and physical illnesses as a result of documenting the experiences of Canadian soldiers.
Halifax Explosion
Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.
John McCrae
Author, artist and physician during World War I, John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields (starring Colm Feore as McCrae), a poem that is still recited across Canada on November 11th.
Valour Road
Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg are awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.
WWII
Juno Beach
Broadcaster Johnny Lombardi entertains his comrades in the field during a respite of the World War II D-Day taking of Juno Beach by Canadian forces.
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach.
Liberation of the Netherlands
Between 1944 and 1945, the Canadian Army was given the important yet deadly task of liberating the Netherlands.
Andrew Mynarski
A young Canadian gunner, Andrew Mynarski, stays behind to save his friend in a flaming Lancaster bomber and dies in the attempt (1944).
Osborn of Hong Kong
Sergeant Major Osborn of Winnipeg protects his company by throwing himself on a live grenade during the Battle of Hong Kong (1941).
Tommy Prince
A eulogy is given for Tommy Prince, Canada’s most-decorated Indigenous war veteran.
Marion Orr
The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight school operator (1943).
Post-WWII
Dextraze in the Congo
General Jacques Dextraze of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force rescues a group of hostages from Katangan rebels (1963).
Technological Developments
The Discovery of Insulin
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.
Canada History Week 2018: The Discovery of Insulin
For many years scientists believed that some kind of internal secretion of the pancreas was the key to preventing diabetes and controlling normal metabolism.
Water Pump
Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries (1980).
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
A boyhood fascination with tinkering evolves into a career as innovator and entrepreneur (1920).
Elsie MacGill
Elsie MacGill was the world’s first female aeronautical engineer and Canada’s first practicing woman engineer.
Avro Arrow
Canadian aerospace scientists design and test the world's fastest and most advanced interceptor aircraft (1953).
Jacques Plante
A Montréal goalie challenges hockey's conventions by wearing his invention, the hockey mask, during an NHL game (1959).
Marshall McLuhan
The world-renowned communications theorist fascinates students with his insights about mass media (1961).
Le Réseau
Bell Canada's Thomas Eadie leads the construction of a trans-Canada microwave network to carry television broadcasts and telephone calls across the country (1953).
Canada History Week 2018: Ursula Franklin
Ursula Franklin was a physicist, educator, feminist and social activist who pioneered the development of archaeometry, which applies modern techniques of materials analysis to archaeology.
Health Crises & Outbreaks
Terry Fox
Terry Fox inspires the nation with his Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research (1980).
Wilder Penfield
A Montréal neurosurgeon makes groundbreaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders (1934).
Clement Ligoure: The Unsung Hero of the Halifax Explosion
The first Black doctor to practice in Nova Scotia, Clement Ligoure tended to hundreds of patients in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion.
Canada's Growing Independence
Vimy Ridge
Major-General Arthur Currie discusses the plan of attack on Vimy Ridge with General Julian Byng (1917).
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach.
Juno Beach
Broadcaster Johnny Lombardi entertains his comrades in the field during a respite of the World War II D-Day taking of Juno Beach by Canadian forces.
Liberation of the Netherlands
Between 1944 and 1945, the Canadian Army was given the important yet deadly task of liberating the Netherlands.
John Humphrey
A Montréal lawyer drafts and wins support for the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights (1947).
Flags
MP John Matheson, a member of the parliamentary committee to choose a national flag, surveys the many designs proposed for consideration (1964).
Expo '67
Montréal's Expo rises from the depths of the St. Lawrence River to give Canada a dazzling 100th birthday party (1967).
French/English Relations
Paul-Émile Borduas
Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio (1957).
Canada History Week 2019: The Asbestos Strike
Social Programs
J.S. Woodsworth
Political pressure from opposition parties, led by J.S. Woodsworth, led to the creation of the Old Age Pension in 1927.
Myrnam Hospital
The struggle of one small Alberta community to care for its residents during the Great Depression marks a tiny step in the evolution of Canada's universal health care system (1937).
Heritage Minute: Edwin A. Baker
After losing his sight during the First World War, Edwin A. Baker co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
Labour Issues & Rights
Canada History Week 2019: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Canada History Week 2019: The Winnipeg General Strike
Canada History Week 2019: The Asbestos Strike
Government Wrongdoings & Apologies
Home from the Wars
After WWII, veterans confront a politician about the lack of shelter, launching the construction of 10,000 units of Veterans' Housing.
Environmental Issues
The woman who revolutionized environmental education
Marcelle Gauvreau introduced a hands-on educational approach to natural science decades before environmental studies was included in the curriculum.
Canada History Week 2018: Joey Angnatok
Joey Angnatok, a community leader and fisherman from Labrador adapted his boat, the MV What’s Happening into an offshore marine research vessel.
Sports
Norman Kwong
Our newest Heritage Minute celebrates Norman Kwong, the first CFL player of Chinese heritage and 4x Grey Cup winner.
Mary “Bonnie” Baker
This Heritage Minute celebrates Saskatchewan’s Mary “Bonnie” Baker, an all-star catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and a pioneer for women in sports.
Tom Longboat
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.
Vancouver Asahi
From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Northwest Coast.
Edmonton Grads
The Grads challenge the self-proclaimed 'world champions' the Cleveland Favorite Knits to a two game tournament in 1923.
Winnipeg Falcons
A team of Icelandic-Canadians serve in the First World War before bringing home the very first gold medal in Olympic hockey.
Jackie Robinson
Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier (1946).
Maple Leaf Gardens
An arena that will come to be known as Canada's "cathedral of hockey" is built in Toronto (1931).
Jacques Plante
A Montréal goalie challenges hockey's conventions by wearing his invention, the hockey mask, during an NHL game (1959).
Maurice "Rocket" Richard
After moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, the hockey legend scores 5 goals toward a 9–1 victory against the Detroit Red Wings (1944).
Pop Culture: Music, Television, & Film
Oscar Peterson
This Heritage Minute follows Canada’s most honoured jazz musicians from his humble beginnings in the Black neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in Montreal to his rise to fame.
Nat Taylor
An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre (1972).
La Bolduc
Mary Travers, whose songs cheered les Québécois during the Great Depression, pays for her first recording session (1930).
Jackie Shane
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.
Joe Trouillot: Cultural Influencer and Champion of the Haitian-Canadian community
Joe Trouillot’s career spanning more than sixty years, with more than 300 original songs in five languages, earned him the title of the Patriarch of Haitian music.
Portia White: The African-Canadian contralto singer who won international acclaim
Portia White was a teacher and singer, and the first African-Canadian contralto to win international acclaim.
Pop Culture:
Art, Literature, & Theatre
Mary Riter Hamilton
Mary Riter Hamilton painted the battlefields after the First World War as a testament to its devastating cost. She would suffer mental and physical illnesses as a result of documenting the experiences of Canadian soldiers.
John McCrae
Author, artist and physician during World War I, John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields (starring Colm Feore as McCrae), a poem that is still recited across Canada on November 11th.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery battled depression, rejection, and sexism to become known around the world for Anne of Green Gables and 19 other novels. This Heritage Minute tells her story in her own words, as drawn from her journals.
Kenojuak Ashevak
A founding member of Cape Dorset’s famed printmaking co-op, Kenojuak Ashevak introduced Inuit art to the world (1927-2013).
Stratford
Tom Patterson’s vision transforms a quiet railway town into a world-renowned cultural destination (1953).
Emily Carr
The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work (1871–1945).
Superman
Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created (1931).
Winnie
A Canadian soldier's bear becomes the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne (1915).
PNIAI: The artists collective that championed Indigenous art and culture in Canada
Professional Native Indian Artists Inc (PNIAI) was a collective of Indigenous artists from across Turtle Island that brought awareness and appreciation of Indigenous art in Canada.
Rose Ouellette: The Québécoise director and performer with an 80-year career
Best known as her character La Poune, Rose Ouellette was the first female director of two theatres in North America.
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk: The Inuk author who championed Inuit language and culture
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk was an Inuit author, teacher, and historian best known for writing the first novel in Inuktitut.
The Fight for Equal Rights // Recognition of Contributions of Communities and Groups in Canada
Indigenous Peoples
The Anishinaabe woman who walked for water rights
In 2003, Josephine Mandamin began walking around the Great Lakes to raise awareness about water pollution.
Canada History Week 2018: Joey Angnatok
Joey Angnatok, a community leader and fisherman from Labrador adapted his boat, the MV What’s Happening into an offshore marine research vessel.
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk: The Inuk author who championed Inuit language and culture
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk was an Inuit author, teacher, and historian best known for writing the first novel in Inuktitut.
Tom Longboat
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.
Chanie Wenjack
The story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools.
Kenojuak Ashevak
A founding member of Cape Dorset’s famed printmaking co-op, Kenojuak Ashevak introduced Inuit art to the world (1927-2013).
Inukshuk
An RCMP officer watches an Inuit family build the Northern landmark, a sign of human activity on the vast arctic landscape (1931).
PNIAI: The artists collective that championed Indigenous art and culture in Canada
Professional Native Indian Artists Inc (PNIAI) was a collective of Indigenous artists from across Turtle Island that brought awareness and appreciation of Indigenous art in Canada.
Chief Joe Capilano: The Squamish leader who inspired a century of activism
In 1906, Chief Joe Capilano led a delegation of Chiefs to England to meet with King Edward VII and ask for justice for Indigenous peoples.
Canada History Week 2020: Canada’s first and only mixed World Heritage Site
In the Anishinaabemowin language, Pimachiowin Aki means “the Land that Gives Life.”
Minority Groups
Norman Kwong
Our newest Heritage Minute celebrates Norman Kwong, the first CFL player of Chinese heritage and 4x Grey Cup winner.
Paldi
This Heritage Minute introduces the mill town of Paldi, BC, through the eyes of a Sikh woman, Bishan Kaur.
Jackie Shane
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.
Oscar Peterson
This Heritage Minute follows Canada’s most honoured jazz musicians from his humble beginnings in the Black neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in Montreal to his rise to fame.
Vancouver Asahi
From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Northwest Coast.
"Boat People" Refugees
A family escapes persecution in Vietnam, traveling by boat to a Malaysian refugee camp before finding a new home in Montreal (1980).
Viola Desmond
The story of Viola Desmond, an entrepreneur who challenged segregation in Nova Scotia in the 1940s.
Jackie Robinson
Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier (1946).
Tommy Prince
A eulogy is given for Tommy Prince, Canada’s most-decorated Indigenous war veteran.
Kensington Market
Neighbourhoods like Toronto’s Kensington Market have helped shape our country by providing newcomers a first stop in Canada.
Portia White: The African-Canadian contralto singer who won international acclaim
Portia White was a teacher and singer, and the first African-Canadian contralto to win international acclaim.
Canada History Week 2019: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Violet King: The Professional Trailblazer Who Broke Down Barriers
The first Black woman to become a lawyer in Canada, Violet King spoke out about racism and sexism in the workplace.
Joe Trouillot: Cultural Influencer and Champion of the Haitian-Canadian community
Joe Trouillot’s career spanning more than sixty years, with more than 300 original songs in five languages, earned him the title of the Patriarch of Haitian music.
Clement Ligoure: The Unsung Hero of the Halifax Explosion
The first Black doctor to practice in Nova Scotia, Clement Ligoure tended to hundreds of patients in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion.
LGBTQIA2S+ Communities
Jackie Shane
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.
Jim Egan
Pioneering gay activist Jim Egan publicly challenged a culture of rampant homophobia in the press starting in the late 1940s, when it was dangerous to speak out.
Canada History Week 2017: We Demand
We Demand was a 13-page document that called for changes to discriminatory federal laws and policies concerning gays, bisexuals, and lesbians in Canada.
Women
Mary “Bonnie” Baker
This Heritage Minute celebrates Saskatchewan’s Mary “Bonnie” Baker, an all-star catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and a pioneer for women in sports.
Edmonton Grads
The Grads challenge the self-proclaimed 'world champions' the Cleveland Favorite Knits to a two game tournament in 1923.
Elsie MacGill
Elsie MacGill was the world’s first female aeronautical engineer and Canada’s first practicing woman engineer.
Marion Orr
The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight school operator (1943).
Nursing Sisters
Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
Mona Parsons
Mona Parsons, a partisan World War II Allied agent in the Netherlands escapes execution and later imprisonment by the Nazis.
Lucille Teasdale
One of the first female surgeons in Canada, Lucille Teasdale devotes her life to health care in Uganda (1962).
Emily Murphy
The Famous Five secure the rights of women as persons throughout the Commonwealth (1929).
Agnes Macphail
The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.
Nellie McClung
Despite resistance from Premier R.P. Roblin, the famous suffragist fights for Manitoban women's right to vote (1916).
Violet King: The Professional Trailblazer Who Broke Down Barriers
The first Black woman to become a lawyer in Canada, Violet King spoke out about racism and sexism in the workplace.
Canada History Week 2019: The Winnipeg General Strike
Canada History Week 2018: Ursula Franklin
Ursula Franklin was a physicist, educator, feminist and social activist who pioneered the development of archaeometry, which applies modern techniques of materials analysis to archaeology.
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