Episode guide
Heritage Minutes: Season 6
14 episodes · premiered Oct 1, 2012
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- Episode 1: Richard Pierpoint Oct 1, 2012 · 1m Richard Pierpoint was a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist who, at age 68, enlisted black men to fight in the War of 1812.
- Episode 2: Queenston Heights Jun 18, 2013 · 1m October 13, 1812, Mohawk Chief John Norton and 80 Grand River warriors surprised hundreds of advancing American soldiers and skirmished with them for hours until reinforcements arrived and…
- Episode 3: Sir John A. Macdonald Jan 11, 2014 · 1m Sir. John A. Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier and George Brown discuss how to go about uniting the colonies in British North America. The Charlottetown Conference is featured, and…
- Episode 4: Sir George-Étienne Cartier Jan 11, 2014 · 1m George-Étienne Cartier was a dominant figure in the politics of Canada East (now Quebec) overseeing its entry into Confederation.
- Episode 5: Winnipeg Falcons Nov 6, 2014 · 1m A team of Icelandic-Canadians serve in the First World War before bringing home the very first gold medal in Olympic hockey.
- Episode 6: Nursing Sisters May 14, 2015 · 1m Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
- Episode 7: Terry Fox Sep 21, 2015 · 1m Terry Fox inspires the nation with his Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research.
- Episode 8: Viola Desmond Feb 2, 2016 · 1m The story of Viola Desmond, an entrepreneur who challenged segregation in Nova Scotia in the 1940s.
- Episode 9: Chanie Wenjack Jun 21, 2016 · 1m The story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools.
- Episode 10: Naskumituwin (Treaty) Jun 21, 2016 · 1m The making of Treaty 9 from the perspective of historical witness George Spence, an 18-year-old Cree hunter from Albany, James Bay.
- Episode 11: Kenojuak Ashevak Oct 20, 2016 · 1m As a founding member of Cape Dorset's famed print making cooperative, Kenojuak Ashevak introduced Inuit art to the world (1927-2013).
- Episode 12: Edmonton Grads Mar 8, 2017 · 1m The Grads challenge the self-proclaimed 'world champions' the Cleveland Favorite Knits to a two game tournament in 1923. They would go on to become the most successful team in Canadian…
- Episode 13: "Boat People" Refugees Jun 20, 2017 · 1m A family escapes persecution in Vietnam, traveling by boat to a Malaysian refugee camp before finding a new home in Montreal (1980).
- Episode 14: Kensington Market Oct 25, 2017 · 1m Neighbourhoods like Toronto's Kensington Market have helped shape our country by providing newcomers a first stop in Canada. In the first animated Heritage Minute, a single store is…