Historica Canada Beliebter Film

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...

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Besetzung: Jeremy Schuetze

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...

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Besetzung: Michael Shanks

Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors hold off American soldiers until reinforcements arrive and the Battle of Queenston Heights is...

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Besetzung: Billy Merasty

Mary Riter Hamilton painted the battlefields after the First World War as a testament to its devastating cost. She would suffer mental and physical...

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Besetzung: Megan Follows

The story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential...

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Besetzung: Shohnáhose Davin Bomberry

Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.

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Besetzung: Siobhan Williams

This Heritage Minute celebrates Norman Kwong, the first CFL player of Chinese heritage and 4x Grey Cup winner.

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Besetzung: Patrick Kwok-Choon

The Acadians are descendants of early French settlers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1604 and built a distinct culture and society over generations....

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Besetzung: Nancy Kenny

This Heritage Minute follows Canada’s most honoured jazz musicians from his humble beginnings in the Black neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in...

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Besetzung: Thompson Egbo-Egbo

A team of Icelandic-Canadians serve in the First World War before bringing home the very first gold medal in Olympic hockey.

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Besetzung: Jared Keeso

This Heritage Minute follows the life of Onondaga long-distance runner Gagwe:gih, whose name means “Everything.” Known around the world...

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Besetzung: Joshua Odjick

After losing his sight during the First World War, Edwin A. Baker co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. His determination and...

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Besetzung: Bruce Horak

Canada's first Prime Minister outlines his vision for Confederation en route to the Charlottetown Conference.

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Besetzung: Steve Cumyn

At 68, a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist enlists men for the Coloured Corps, an instrumental company in the War of 1812.

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Besetzung: Rudy Webb

This Heritage Minute celebrates Saskatchewan’s Mary “Bonnie” Baker, an all-star catcher in the All-American Girls Professional...

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Besetzung: Michelle Mylett

Pioneering gay activist Jim Egan publicly challenged a culture of rampant homophobia in the press starting in the late 1940s, when it was dangerous...

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Besetzung: Theodore Saunders

Québec's Father of Confederation negotiates entry into Union of his home province, as well as Manitoba and British Columbia.

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Besetzung: Jean L'Italien

Between 1944 and 1945, the Canadian Army was given the important yet deadly task of liberating the Netherlands.

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Besetzung: Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi

Elsie MacGill was the world’s first female aeronautical engineer and Canada’s first practicing woman engineer.

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Besetzung: Kayla Deorksen

From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and...

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Besetzung: Lou Ticzon