Pir Dîtin Ji CRB Foundation (CA)

A one-minute vignette on renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield's pioneering procedure to cure epilepsy.

Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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

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.

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

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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

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

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

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

Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.

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

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

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

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Tom Patterson’s vision transforms a quiet railway town into a world-renowned cultural destination.