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Public Record
The Future of Culture
Catherine Perrin, host at Ici Radio-Canada, leads a panel discussion in Montreal on the future of culture. Professionals from the culture sector Michelle Allen (author), Hélène Messier (AQPM), Solange Drouin (ADISQ), Moridja Kitenge (...)
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Public Record
The Future of Media
Catherine Perrin, host at Ici Radio-Canada, leads a panel discussion in Montreal on the future of media. Professionals from the media industry Denis Bolduc (FTQ), Brian Myles (Le Devoir), Pascale St-Onge (FNC-CSN), Colette Brin (ULaval), (...)
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Public Record
Federal Candidates Hold Debate on Culture and Media
Candidates from the major federal parties, Gérard Deltell (Conservative), Pierre Nantel (Green), Monique Pauzé (Bloc Québécois), Chu Ahn Pham (NDP) and Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal), express their vision during a debate led by Catherine (...)
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Public Record
Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony – July 5, 2018
Governor General Julie Payette invests 27 recipients into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at the Citadelle in Quebec City. (no interpretation)
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Public Record
Investiture of the Order of Canada
Governor General David Johnston invests 44 Canadians into the Order of Canada at a ceremony at Rideau Hall. (August 25, 2017)
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CPAC Special
2017 Royal Tour – Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony
Governor General David Johnston presents the Prince of Wales with the insignia of the Companion of the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on July 1, 2017.
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Public Record
Canada 150 Senate Symposium – Science and Culture
On May 26, 2017, at the Senate Symposium on the 150th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Hubert Reeves (an astrophysicist), Yves Gingras (the founder and scientific director of the Observatoire des sciences et des technologies at the (...)
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Public Record
Investiture of the Order of Canada
Governor General David Johnston invests 45 Canadians into the Order of Canada at a ceremony at Rideau Hall. (May 12, 2017)
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Flag Day: The Maple Leaf Turns 54
National Flag of Canada Day was introduced in 1996 to celebrate the red, the white, and the maple leaf every February 15th.
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Tête à Tête
François Moreau
Of the many festivities planned to celebrate 150 years of Confederation, few can rival the splendor of 40 tall ships docked in Quebec city’s port, this July. Pierre Donais interviews François Moreau, Chairman of Rendez-vous 2017, the (...)
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Extraordinary Canadians
Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin
Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin formed a party of Upper and Lower Canada liberal reformers and eventually succeeded in establishing a government in 1842. Canada’s current existence and democratic foundation owes much to the (...)
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Extraordinary Canadians
Mordecai Richler
Author Mordecai Richler had a voice all his own and until his death in 2001, he continued to create original protagonists struggling to find morality and redemption in a corrupt world. His novel “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” (...)
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Tête à Tête
Jacques-André Dupont
His love of photography has taken him around the globe, but his greatest works take center stage in Montreal. Jacques-André Dupont is president of Équipe Spectra, which produces the annual Montreal International Jazz Festival, the (...)
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Extraordinary Canadians
Lucy Maud Montgomery
One of Canada’s most exported literary characters is PEI’s famed Anne of Green Gables, created by author Lucy Maud Montgomery in the early 1900’s. Her many short stories, poems and novels earned her international fame and put Prince (...)
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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
Banking, Trade and Commerce – March 1, 2017
Senators continue their study the development of a national corridor to facilitate internal trade in Canada. Appearing before the committee are Infrastructure Canada’s Marc Fortin and Glenn Campbell; Association of Canadian Port (...)
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Extraordinary Canadians
Lester B. Pearson
Regarded as one of the most influential Canadians of the 20th century, Lester B. Pearson was Canada’s fourteenth Prime Minister. Under his leadership, the government introduced universal health care, the Canada Pension Plan, student (...)
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Extraordinary Canadians
Nellie McClung
Suffragist, reformer, legislator and author, Nellie McClung was a women’s rights activist who is perhaps best known for her involvement in the famous “Person’s’ Case”, whereby Canadian women were legally declared persons. (...)
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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
Foreign Affairs – February 15, 2017
The committee continues its study on Bill S-219, an act about non-nuclear-sanctions against Iran. Richard Nephew (Senior Research Scholar for the Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University) appears via videoconference to offer (...)
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Extraordinary Canadians
Lord Beaverbrook
Lord Beaverbrook (William Maxwell Aitken) was born on the Miramichi river in New Brunswick in 1879, left Canada in 1910 to become a multimillionaire press baron, businessman and English politician. He was considered by some to be one of (...)
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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
Foreign Affairs – February 8, 2017
The committee continues its study on Bill S-219, an act about non-nuclear-sanctions against Iran. Author Marina Nemat appears via videoconference to speak on her experience in an Iranian prison and surviving torture. (February 8, 2017)
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Builders of Canada
Laurier LaPierre
Canadian Senator, professor, broadcaster, journalist, and author Laurier LaPierre sits down with Tasha Kheiriddin in 2002 to discuss his work in the Senate as well as Canada’s First Nations and issues related to bilingualism and gay (...)
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Builders of Canada
Jacques Hébert
Canadian Senator, author, journalist and world traveler Jacques Hébert sits down with Laurier LaPierre in 2001 to discuss his life in politics, the role of youth and his travels around the world.
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Builders of Canada
Toller Cranston
Canadian artist and skating legend Toller Cranston sits down with Tasha Kheiriddin in 2001 to discuss how he revolutionized the sport of figure skating — and how he became just as well known for his paintings.
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Builders of Canada
Willie P. Bennett
Juno award-winning Canadian folk music singer and songwriter Willie P. Bennett sits down with Ken Rockburn in 2002 to discuss his musical career, life on the road, and how he has influenced a generation of folk and roots musicians.
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Builders of Canada
Mel Hurtig
Publisher, author, pundit, and political activist Mel Hurtig sits down with Tasha Kheiriddin in 2001 to discuss creating the Canadian Encyclopedia and his goal to connect Canadians over issues vital to them.
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Builders of Canada
Pierre Berton
Author, historian and journalist Pierre Berton sits down with Michelle Lavoie in 2003 to discuss his early newspaper career, working in Klondike mining camps and his life as one of Canada’s best-selling authors.
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Builders of Canada
Mavor Moore
Canadian writer, producer and actor Mavor Moore sits down with Nyka Alexander in 1998 to discuss his role in founding many of Canada’s key arts organizations and his career in the theatre, radio and television.
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Builders of Canada
Alex Colville
Alex Colville, one of Canada’s most celebrated artists, sits down with Laurier LaPierre in 2000 for an in-depth discussion on his work as a war artist.
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Builders of Canada
June Callwood
Journalist, author and social activist June Callwood sits down with Tasha Kheiriddin in 2001 to discuss her early career as a journalist, the importance of her family and her work as an activist for social causes such as the homeless and (...)
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Extraordinary Canadians
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Arguably Canada’s most popular Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau was elected in 1968 and became the nation’s fifteenth Prime Minister. “Trudeaumania” swept the country soon after but his most notable achievement was paving the (...)