Videoteca

Heritage Minutes

Season 1

faceArtists sticky_note_2Notes bookmark_borderBookmarks settingsSettings

help_outlineSupport

Broadcast date

31-03-1991 • 13 episodes

Season 2 chevron_right

Episodes of this season

1. Underground Railroad

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

Read morearrow_drop_down

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.

Read morearrow_drop_down

3. Jacques Plante

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

Read morearrow_drop_down

4. Jennie Trout

Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

Read morearrow_drop_down

Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.

Read morearrow_drop_down

6. Peacekeepers

Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

Read morearrow_drop_down

7. Responsible Government

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

Read morearrow_drop_down

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

Read morearrow_drop_down

9. Nellie McClung

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

Read morearrow_drop_down

French Canadian families adopt Irish orphans in the 1850s while allowing them to maintain part of their Irish heritage.

Read morearrow_drop_down

11. Jacques Cartier

French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.

Read morearrow_drop_down

12. Halifax Explosion

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

Read morearrow_drop_down

13. Wilder Penfield

A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.

Read morearrow_drop_down

Show more expand_more

keyboard_double_arrow_down