Heritage Minutes: Season 1

S1·E1 Mytharc

Underground Railroad

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

S1·E2 Core

Valour Road

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

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.

S1·E3 Core

Jacques Plante

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

S1·E4 Core

Jennie Trout

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

S1·E5 Core

Superman

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

Comic book artist Joe Shuster, en route to visit his cousin, Frank Shuster, creates Superman.

S1·E6 Core

Peacekeepers

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

Canadian peacekeepers are stationed in Cyprus to help diffuse tension between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

S1·E7 Core

Responsible Government

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

S1·E8 Core

Soddie

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

S1·E9 Core

Nellie McClung

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

Feminist, politician, and social activist Nellie McClung demands the right to vote in Manitoba.

S1·E10 Core

Orphans

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

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

S1·E11 Core

Jacques Cartier

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier misunderstands some Natives resulting in the name Canada.

S1·E12 Mytharc

Halifax Explosion

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

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

S1·E13 Mytharc

Wilder Penfield

Mar 31, 1991 · 1 min

A Montreal neurosurgeon makes ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders.