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Black History Month
Mathieu Da Costa may have been the first black freeman, acting as an interpreter, to visit Canada with de Mons & Champlain. People of African descent have had a part in shaping Canada’s identity. Some Loyalists who came during and after the American Revolution and settled in East Coast provinces, were black. Black History Month…
Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear)
The great Cree Chief, Mistahimaskwa, was the last Chief to reluctantly sign the infamous numbered treaties that confined aboriginals to reservations. He held out because he accurately foresaw the consequences of that policy. Changes brought by the railway and settlement in the west tragically destroyed the way of life of the First Peoples. Mistahimaskwa, known…
Nellie McClung Wins the Vote
In 1918, through the efforts of social reformer Nellie McClung, Canadian women finally received the vote. In 1929, through the activism of Nellie and the “Famous Five“, women were officially declared “persons” in Canada. Led by judge Emily Murphy, the group included Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby. Together, the five women had many years of…
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The 10,311 km2 island accounts for 18.7% of Nova Scotia’s total area. Although the island is physically separated from the Nova Scotia peninsula by the Strait of Canso, the 1,385 m long rock-fill…
How to Make Maple Syrup
March is the month the maple syrup flows. Canada is known for our maple syrup-gifted to us from our First Peoples! Join the Quad Squad as they visit a farm in Ontario to see how maple syrup is made.A family of Attikamek First Nations show a French Canadian family how to harvest the syrup of…
Bush Pilots – Into the Wild Blue Yonder
Head in the clouds and experience a light-hearted giddiness, a surge of adrenaline, and the exhilarating freedom of flight. Have you dreamed of flying? This documentary paints a vivid portrait of the bush pilots who soar daily above the boreal forests and tundra of Quebec’s Great North. Bush pilots of northern Quebec, the last of…