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Lucy Maud Montgomery battled depression, rejection, and sexism to become known around the world for Anne of Green Gables and 19 other novels. This...

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

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

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

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

KENSINGTON MARKET depicts the evolution of a small shop within a vibrant community as new arrivals make their home in Canada. This is the 88th short...

A founding member of Cape Dorset’s famed printmaking co-op, Kenojuak Ashevak introduced Inuit art to the world.

A family escapes persecution in Vietnam, traveling by boat to a Malaysian refugee camp before finding a new home in Montreal.

This Heritage Minute introduces the mill town of Paldi, BC, through the eyes of a Sikh woman, Bishan Kaur.

Terry Fox inspires the nation with his Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research.

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

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