Heritage Minutes: Andrew Mynarksi

A young Canadian gunner stays behind to save his friend in a flaming Lancaster Bomber and dies in the attempt. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery.

The Chola Heritage

The film highlighting the Dravidian temple architecture and bronze sculpture which attained the creative pinnacle during the rule of the Cholas in the 10th and the 11th centuries. Cholas were great temple builders. The

Heritage Minutes: Halifax Explosion

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

Heritage Minutes: Sam Steele

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

Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital

The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

Heritage Minutes: John McCrae

Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.

Toshiro's Heritage

An Irishman finds out he is part Slovene and also Japanese. On the way to coming closer to his roots and finding out his family's heritage the man faces the rough reality.

AAPI Heritage Heroes

Heritage Minutes: Norman Kwong

This Heritage Minute celebrates Norman Kwong, the first CFL player of Chinese heritage and 4x Grey Cup winner.

Heritage Minutes: Chloe Cooley

This Heritage Minute follows Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada in 1793. Her acts of resistance in the face of violence led to Canada’s first legislation limiting slavery.

Heritage Minutes: Vimy Ridge

Major-General Arthur Currie discusses the plan of attack on Vimy Ridge with General Julian Byng.

Heritage Minutes: Emily Murphy

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

Heritage Minutes: Nellie McClung

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

Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier

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

Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord

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

Heritage Minutes: D-Day

On June 6, 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach. D-Day, as this day would become known, was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, led to the liberation of France, and marked the beginning of the end of the S

Our Marine World Heritage

What do the Phoenix Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the Wadden Sea in the North Sea and Cocos Island National Park in Costa Rica have in common? These are just three of the 43 exceptional marine places inscribed on the Wor

Heritage Minutes: Elsie MacGill

Elsie MacGill was the world’s first female aeronautical engineer and Canada’s first practicing woman engineer.

Morgan Heritage @ Summerjam Festival 2025

In 1994, five children of Jamaican reggae singer Denroy Morgan launched the group Morgan Heritage. Their irresistible charisma and hard-hitting talent won them an international following and two Grammy Awards.