Season 6
14 episodes · Oct 1, 2012
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- S6E1
Richard Pierpoint
Oct 1, 20121mRichard Pierpoint was a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist who, at age 68, enlisted black men to fight in the War of 1812.
- S6E2
Queenston Heights
Oct 1, 20121mOctober 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 the battle was won.
- S6E3
Sir John A. Macdonald
Oct 1, 20121mSir. 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 highlights the final push toward Canadian confederation.
- S6E4
Sir George-Étienne Cartier
Oct 1, 20121mGeorge-Étienne Cartier was a dominant figure in the politics of Canada East (now Quebec) overseeing its entry into Confederation.
- S6E5
Winnipeg Falcons
Oct 1, 20121mA team of Icelandic-Canadians serve in the First World War before bringing home the very first gold medal in Olympic hockey.
- S6E6
Nursing Sisters
Oct 1, 20121mNursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.
- S6E7
Terry Fox
Oct 1, 20121mTerry Fox inspires the nation with his Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research.
- S6E8
Viola Desmond
Oct 1, 20121mThe story of Viola Desmond, an entrepreneur who challenged segregation in Nova Scotia in the 1940s.
- S6E9
Chanie Wenjack
Oct 1, 20121mThe story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools.
- S6E10
Naskumituwin (Treaty)
Oct 1, 20121mThe making of Treaty 9 from the perspective of historical witness George Spence, an 18-year-old Cree hunter from Albany, James Bay.
- S6E11
Kenojuak Ashevak
Oct 1, 20121mAs a founding member of Cape Dorset's famed print making cooperative, Kenojuak Ashevak introduced Inuit art to the world (1927-2013).
- S6E12
Edmonton Grads
Oct 1, 20121mThe 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 sports history.
- S6E13
"Boat People" Refugees
Oct 1, 20121mA family escapes persecution in Vietnam, traveling by boat to a Malaysian refugee camp before finding a new home in Montreal (1980).
- S6E14
Kensington Market
Oct 1, 20121mNeighbourhoods 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 transformed as it passes between generations and cultures.