Season 2 (1992)

Governor Frontenac
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec (1690).

Midwife
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.

Agnes Macphail
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

Emily Carr
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.

Joseph Tyrrell
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

Geologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.

Basketball
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

Sports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.

Saguenay Fire
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.

Joseph Casavant
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.

Jean Nicollet
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

Peacemaker
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

The formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace ...Read more

Rural Teacher
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert...Read more

Emily Murphy
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

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

Vikings
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.

Baldwin & LaFontaine
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June 28, 1992 • 1m

Lawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.