Crb Foundation Ca Filmes

A young Chinese Canadian risks his life helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.

An RCMP officer watches an Inuit family build the Northern landmark, a sign of human activity on the vast arctic landscape.

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

Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

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

The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

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

Toronto cartoonist Joe Shuster describes the comic book hero he created.

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

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

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.

A Canadian soldier's bear becomes the object of adoration and inspiration for a young boy and his father, A.A. Milne.

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

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.

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

Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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