Heritage Minutes

Season 2

1992 · 14 episodes · 0h 14m in all · 8.0/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Governor Frontenac

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min · 8.0/10

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

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   2. Midwife

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

   A look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.

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   3. Agnes Macphail

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

4. 4

   4. Emily Carr

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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   5. Joseph Tyrrell

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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   6. Basketball

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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   7. Saguenay Fire

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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   8. Joseph Casavant

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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   9. Jean Nicollet

   28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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    10. Peacemaker

    28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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    11. Rural Teacher

    28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

    Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.

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    12. Emily Murphy

    28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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    13. Vikings

    28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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

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    14. Baldwin & LaFontaine

    28 Jun 1992 · 1 min

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