Historica Canada Movies
- 2021
Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin
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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...
- 2014
Heritage Minutes: Winnipeg Falcons
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A team of Icelandic-Canadians serve in the First World War before bringing home the very first gold medal in Olympic hockey.
- 2021
Heritage Minutes: Oscar Peterson
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This Heritage Minute follows Canada’s most honoured jazz musicians from his humble beginnings in the Black neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in...
- 2019
Heritage Minutes: D-Day
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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...
- 2015
Heritage Minutes: Nursing Sisters
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Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
- 2012
Heritage Minutes: Richard Pierpoint
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At 68, a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist enlists men for the Coloured Corps, an instrumental company in the War of 1812.
- 2022
Heritage Minutes: Tom Longboat
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This Heritage Minute follows the life of Onondaga long-distance runner Gagwe:gih, whose name means “Everything.” Known around the world...
- 2017
Heritage Minutes: Edmonton Grads
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The Grads challenge the self-proclaimed 'world champions' the Cleveland Favorite Knits to a two game tournament in 1923.
- 2024
Heritage Minutes: Norman Kwong
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This Heritage Minute celebrates Norman Kwong, the first CFL player of Chinese heritage and 4x Grey Cup winner.
- 2022
Heritage Minutes: Chloe Cooley
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This Heritage Minute follows Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada in 1793. Her acts of resistance in the face of violence led to...
- 2022
Heritage Minutes: Jackie Shane
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As a pioneering trans soul singer in the 1960s, Jackie Shane’s unapologetic and authentic presence in Toronto contributed to the local R&B...
- 2023
Heritage Minutes: Mary "Bonnie" Baker
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This Heritage Minute celebrates Saskatchewan’s Mary “Bonnie” Baker, an all-star catcher in the All-American Girls Professional...
- 2013
Heritage Minutes: Queenston Heights
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Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors hold off American soldiers until reinforcements arrive and the Battle of Queenston Heights is...
- 2019
Heritage Minutes: Acadian Deportation
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The Acadians are descendants of early French settlers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1604 and built a distinct culture and society over generations....
- 2020
Heritage Minutes: Liberation of the Netherlands
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Between 1944 and 1945, the Canadian Army was given the important yet deadly task of liberating the Netherlands.
- 2016
Heritage Minutes: Viola Desmond
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The story of Viola Desmond, an entrepreneur who challenged segregation in Nova Scotia in the 1940s.
- 2016
Heritage Minutes: Chanie Wenjack
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The story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential...
- 2023
Heritage Minutes: Paldi
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This Heritage Minute introduces the mill town of Paldi, BC, through the eyes of a Sikh woman, Bishan Kaur.
- 2014
Heritage Minutes: Sir John A. Macdonald
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Canada's first Prime Minister outlines his vision for Confederation en route to the Charlottetown Conference.
- 2019
Heritage Minutes: Vancouver Asahi
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From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and...