Episode 8: 1850 to 1867 BCE. The resistance of 1869-70 lays the groundwork for Manitoba to join Canada, but it also sets the stage for decades of conflict over the rights of French and English, Catholic and Protestant in the new territories. At the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775, American rebels invade Canada, but despite the efforts of rebel spies to entice Quebec to join the revolution, les Canadiens refuse to take up arms against British rule, and the invasion ultimately fails. From Sea to Sea Canada's new Charter begins to have an impact. The mass migration of Loyalists that follows - more than 40,000 people in all - creates an English-speaking Canada virtually overnight. As the fur trader's day comes to an end, settlers on the prairies and gold miners in British Columbia begin to claim the west for themselves. The domestic consequences of Canada's war effort are also wrenching - the conscription crisis of 1917 marks a low point in English-French relations. A Question of Loyalties Diaries, letters and archival documents tell the stories of those who shaped this country, in their own words. Subscribe to our newsletter and stay up to date with our latest releases! When war does arrive, Canada finds itself fighting virtually alone at Britain's side. Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. Years of Hope and Anger But Canada blunders catastrophically in seeking to take over the west without the consent of its inhabitants, especially the Métis of Red River and their leader, the charismatic, troubled Louis Riel. Free trade, globalization, and regionalism converge with the rise of feminism, aboriginal claims, growing multiculturalism and the explosion of computer technology. Episode 6 With winter soon arriving, Wolfe forces the commander of the French troops, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, into one last desperate encounter. As well, growing tensions over Canada's role in the British Empire help put an end to Sir Wilfrid Laurier's reign in 1911. With the search for the Northwest Passage and the expansion of the Grand Banks fishery, the New World soon becomes a destination for permanent European colonies, in Newfoundland and along the St. Lawrence. Samuel de Champlain begins his legendary journeys, and the precarious beginnings of New France are established. The story of Confederation, its supporters and its bitter foes, is told against a backdrop of U.S. Civil War and Britain's growing determination to be rid of its expensive, ungrateful colonies. Time Span: 1670 To 1755 Thanks to an audacious promise of a transcontinental railway in 10 years, the settlers of British Columbia are more easily convinced of the merits of union; by 1873 Prince Edward Island has joined as well, and Canada can boast a dominion that extends from sea to sea. As the colonies grow in wealth and population, a generation of charismatic reformers -- Joseph Howe in Nova Scotia, Louis-Joseph Papineau in Lower Canada and William Lyon Mackenzie in Upper Canada - confront the appointed governors and their local favourites with one demand: let the citizens' elected representatives run their own affairs. Rebellion and Reform Canada's heavy military role in World War I (60,000 dead in a population of 8 million) transforms its society, its politics and its place in the world. Episode 5: 1775 to 1815 CE. But this fast-paced growth brings New France into ever more bitter conflict with the wealthier and more numerous - but less venturesome - British colonists to the south.
By 1830, the struggle for democratic government in the colonies of British North America has reached fever pitch. Diaries, letters and archival documents tell the stories of those who shaped this country, in their own words. Episode 1: 15 000 BCE to 1800 CE. Time Span: 1964 To 1976 The horror, bravery and sacrifice of trench warfare are evoked in Canada's great battles: Ypres, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Courcelette and Passchendaele. In an Uncertain World Episode 2: 1540 to 1670 CE. A small French settlement in New France builds a flourishing society and stakes a claim to a massive continent. In the Canadas, the struggle leads to bloody rebellion and disastrous defeat for the rebels. This second of two new Canada: A People's History episodes begins as 9/11 shakes the world. The return to stability in the mid-1920s lasts only briefly as the crash of 1929 plunges the country into economic chaos.

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The Great Transformation Episode 3 Claiming the Wilderness But in the midst of plenty, growing fears of the Cold War and nuclear conflict create an unsettled atmosphere. Over the next 30 years, the colony continues to develop. The Crucible Episode 12 Those who shape the new society include peasants from Eastern Europe, in search of free land; socialists who try to mobilize an emerging urban working class; and campaigners for temperance and women's suffrage. Episode 15 Time Span: 15,000 BC to 1800 AD Canada: A People's History Explore the Episodes Click on an episode title to learn more about a period in Canada's history. The production was an unusually large project for the national network, especially during budget cutbacks. In the context of the Dust Bowl, the relief camps and the Regina Riot, political leaders such as William Aberhart, Maurice Duplessis, and Mitchell Hepburn capture national attention. The rich video resource is supported by two Teacher Resource Packages. Episode 17 Episode 2 The dawn of the photographic era provides a vivid portrait of the diverse people who make up the new Dominion of Canada: the railway magnates, the unwed mothers of Montreal, the nuns who provide refuge for the destitute, the prosperous merchants of Halifax, the brave fugitives of the Underground Railroad, and the tide of Irish immigrants who flood into the cities. Episode 10 Episode 11 Samuel de Champlain begins his legendary journeys, and the precarious beginnings of New France are established. Episode 3: 1670 to 1755 CE. Canada: A People's History chronicles the human drama that is Canada's journey from past to present. From the rich resource of native oral history and archeology come the stories of the land's first people - how dozens of distinct societies took shape, and how they encountered a strange new people, the Europeans. When World War I breaks out, a burst of enthusiasm in English Canada and resistance in French Canada foreshadows domestic conflict as wartime pressures grow. on July 5, 2017. Time Span: 1896 To 1915 Pierre Esprit Radisson defies a governor to take New France's trade far into the continent's interior and later, founds an English trading empire; Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de la Vérendrye, spends a lifetime searching for the Western Sea and pays dearly for it. Canada: A People's History is a 17-episode, 32-hour documentary television series on the history of Canada.It first aired on CBC Television from October 2000 to November 2001. Episode 16 Fortress Louisbourg, symbol of the French empire, is the target of 27,000 soldiers and sailors in the greatest naval invasion in North America's history. | Terms of Use. It is an era of unprecedented alliances and devastating conflicts with native people, driven by the merchants' search for furs and the Jesuits' quest for souls. The country's first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, faces economic depression in the fast-growing factories of the east and a new revolt in the west, led by his old nemesis, Louis Riel. Yet within 10 years, the prize of self-government is won, thanks in part to an unexpected alliance between the French and English-speaking forces of reform. Teacher Resource Packages are available to help you maximize classroom presentation of the series — Grades 5-9 or Grades 10-12. Episode 8 During this same era, debates over provincial powers and the Manitoba Schools Question rage, and a dream is realized: the Canadian Pacific Railway links the country and opens the prairies to new floods of immigration. The battle for North America unfolds on an abandoned farmer's field, the Plains of Abraham, just outside the city's walls. When the next American invaders arrive in 1812, they are fought to a stand-still at the battles of Queenston Heights, Chateauguay and Lundy's Lane, setting boundaries that remain today. Uploaded by

Episode 7: 1815 to 1850 CE. Two new episodes were added in 2017, offering educators and students an unprecedented visual resource to support Canadian history, geography, civics, politics and issues courses. Tough Dene chief Matonabbee leads Samuel Hearne on a monumental trek into the Barren Lands; Alexander Mackenzie's dash to the Pacific makes him one of the most celebrated men of his age. After a half-century of struggle, with the colony on the verge of extinction, Louis XIV takes personal control, sending French soldiers to defend the struggling outpost and eligible young women, the "filles du roi," to become their wives. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Meanwhile, an increasingly menacing international climate sees the rise of fascism and mounting likelihood of another world war. The Canadian west is opened by the great fur-trading empires of the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies, the native people who were their indispensable allies, and bold explorers and map makers who ventured from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean and long-sought-for Pacific. Canada comes of age in the anguish of World War II, with soldiers on the beaches at Dieppe and women in the industrial work force back home. éducatifs have been offering educators access to Canada's premier educational programming. Time Span: 1775 To 1815 Time Span: 1670 To 1850 Part 1 covers events from the last decade of the 20th century. There are no reviews yet. Time Span: 1946 To 1964 Among the earliest of these epoch-making encounters is the meeting between Jacques Cartier and Donnacona, the Iroquoian chief whom Cartier first met on the Gaspé shore in 1534 and later kidnapped. The Canadian west is opened by the great fur-trading empires of the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies, the native people who were their indispensable allies, and bold explorers and map makers who ventured from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean and long-sought-for Pacific. A charismatic law professor is elected Liberal leader, then Prime Minister; Trudeaumania changes the face of Canadian politics. In a few short years, a handful of small and separate British colonies are transformed into a new nation that controls half the North American continent.