CRB Foundation (CA) Popular Movie

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

genus:

cast: Graham Greene

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

genus:

cast: Cedric Smith

Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.

genus:

cast: Mark Walker

Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

genus:

cast: Dan Aykroyd

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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cast: Aidan Devine

An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

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cast: David Calderisi

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting...

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cast: Ara Carrera

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

genus:

cast: Jason Cavalier

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.

genus:

cast: Ron Lea

The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

genus:

cast: Robin Craig

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

genus:

cast: Kate Nelligan

Two decades after Ezekiel Hart is denied his seat in the assembly, Louis-Joseph Papineau's government enacts religious tolerance laws in Lower Canada.

genus:

cast: Joel Miller

Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.

genus:

cast: Peter MacNeill

The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.

genus:

cast: Anik Matern

The band of this famous French Canadian regiment rehearses for the first performance of O Canada in 1880 at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations.

genus:

cast: Jacques Thisdale

Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.

genus:

cast: Colm Feore

The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.

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cast: Marie-Renée Patry

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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cast: Barbara Eve Harris

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

genus:

cast: William Samples

Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

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cast: Ron Lea