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Gord Downie confronts a dark part of Canada's past in The Secret Path, telling the tragic story of Chanie Wenjack, an Ojibwa boy who died running away from residential school.
Centered on Gord Downie's The Secret Path, this collection explores the necessary work of creating new relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
Educators are raving about this series! Find out how today's students and teachers work through the tough and emotional terrain of the teen years together.
Our latest edition of News in Review tackles Black Lives Matter, the challenges of reaching Indigenous kids in isolated communities, and more!
A hard-hitting documentary on discrimination and bullying, coming soon to Curio.ca
Kick off the new school year with new releases, our classroom favourites, must-sees and Kids' CBC.
She is a highly regarded anthropologist and academic and an expert on the role of the veil in Muslim societies. Yet at 65 years of ...
Canadians tortured abroad — sent by their own government and national police force: many would consider it unthinkable. Yet, after 9-11 both Canada’s spy agency ...
In May 2015, Montreal inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru was recognized as having broken the world record for the longest hoverboard flight. He flew up to ...
A thousand years ago, Vikings were renowned as a great seafaring nation and known to have travelled far and wide in their long ships. Back ...
This report follows Krista Shore and Lani Elliott, two Indigenous women who have survived great trauma. Now they're trying to make a difference for the ...
How can Chanie Wenjack's story make a difference? Following The Secret Path broadcast, CBC live-streamed The Road to Reconciliation, a special one-hour panel conversation hosted by Melanie Nepinak ...
In this the United Nations Decade of Biodiversity (2011-2020), Every Living Thing follows a 20-year biodiversity research project to identify and catalogue as many species as possible ...
The theme for Episode 4 is wanderlust. David Trevelyan talks about his mask-making and sculpture in Bali; House of Venus founder Michael Venus discusses his ...
The Secret Path is a powerful film about an Indigenous boy who dies escaping a residential school. Does art — films, books and music — offer ...
This powerful animated film tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Ojibwa boy who died of exposure in 1966 while running away from Cecilia ...
CBC’s premiere point-of-view documentary series gets to the heart of issues that matter to Canadians. Celebrating the great Canadian tradition of documentary, Canada’s best filmmakers ...
Scout & the Gumboot Kids invites children to experience the wonders of nature. In each episode, Scout, an eccentric mouse, devises a nature mystery for ...
The Nature of Things is one of the most successful series in the history of Canadian television. Hosted by the world-renowned geneticist and environmentalist David Suzuki, ...
Beloved, maligned and hotly debated, Canada's health care system is a source of national pride, collective frustration and mounting concern, as the demands we place ...
Mia is a very grown up six year old mouse! Curious, adventurous and even a little impetuous at times – she wants to see, do ...
Launching a business is no small task. No matter how big an idea you think you have, it still takes a lot of work and ...
For almost four decades, the fifth estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program, acquainting viewers with a dazzling parade of political leaders, shady characters and ordinary ...
Marketplace is Canada's consumer watchdog, and #1 current-affairs show. Whether it is a slick scam, misleading marketing claim, a product that could put your health at ...
CBC's flagship documentary series explores and expands on the major issues of our time. Around the corner, around the world, our cameras bring viewers to ...
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