Crb Foundation Ca Movies

The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.

Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

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

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

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

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

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

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.

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

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

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

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

An enterprising Canadian cinema operator invents the modern multi-screen movie theatre.

One family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in Saguenay, Quebec.

Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

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

Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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

An engineer who planned three railways plays a pivotal role in the creation of Standard Time (1885).

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