Heritage Minutes

Season 1

13 episodes · premiered Mar 31, 1991

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  1. E1 Underground Railroad

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

    An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

  2. E2 Valour Road

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

    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.

  3. E3 Jacques Plante

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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

  4. E4 Jennie Trout

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

    Jennie Trout becomes Canada's first woman doctor.

  5. E5 Superman

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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

  6. E6 Peacekeepers

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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

  7. E7 Responsible Government

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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

  8. E8 Soddie

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

    Prairie settlers build a house of sod.

  9. E9 Nellie McClung

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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

  10. E10 Orphans

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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

  11. E11 Jacques Cartier

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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

  12. E12 Halifax Explosion

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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

  13. E13 Wilder Penfield

    Mar 31, 1991 · 1m

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