Crb Foundation Ca Movies

L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.

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

The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.

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

One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

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

Journalist and government official Étienne Parent demands equality for French and English.

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

The band of this famous French Canadian regiment rehearses for the first performance of O Canada in 1880 at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations.

The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight...

Montréal Royals players and fans welcome the first African American player, marking the beginning of the end of baseball's colour barrier.

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

Major General and police official Sam Steele of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bars an unruly American from entering the Yukon with pistols, despit...

New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.

The story of how Mary Travers becomes a famed popular singer in Quebec.

French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.

Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting o...

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

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