Canada: A People's History - Season 5

Canada: A People's History - Season 5

Season 5

A new chapter in the landmark series first broadcast on CBC TV at the turn of the century, these two new episodes of Canada: A People's History cover some of the most dramatic changes of the past quarter century. It is history in the making, told through personal accounts from ordinary – yet extraordinary – people from across Canada.

Viewers will hear the stories of people who were swept up by life-changing historic events or who took tremendous risks to change the way we live today. Sam Gosse is a Newfoundlander who overcame the shock of the cod fishery closing to build a new life for his family. Angulalik Pederson is a young Inuit scientist trying to understand the impact of climate change. Colette Roy Laroche is the Lac Megantic mayor who kept the community together after one of the worst tragedies in Canadian history. Audrey Rivers is a survivor of residential schools who is now inspiring her grandson to save a dying language. Monia Mazigh is a Muslim immigrant who was forced to become a human rights activist when her husband was wrongly imprisoned after 9/11. By their actions, determination and commitment, these people have helped to shape the face of Canada as it is today.

Through these stories and many more, these episodes of Canada: A People's History takes viewers closer to the issues and events that have shaped our country in the recent past.

Network
Episodes2
Datesjuin 15, 2017 - juin 22, 2017
Previous Season

Episodes

New Times, New Ways (1991 to 2001)
Season 5Episode 160 min

New Times, New Ways (1991 to 2001)

Between 1991 and 2001, Canada undergoes changes in the way its citizens relate to each other.

juin 15, 2017
New Times, New Ways
Season 5Episode 260 min

New Times, New Ways

After 9/11, Canadian lives change in a dramatic way.

juin 22, 2017

Recently Updated Shows

Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.
Betamax
Upcoming

Betamax

Betamax unfolds across three timelines of a heist: the 12 months of planning, the 12 hours of the heist, and the 12 days following the heist. The series follows a disgraced FBI agent and an American career criminal who play a zero-sum game of cat and mouse across Europe. At the center of it all is the daring, epic raid on a bank vault deep beneath the streets of Zurich.

GenreDrama, Action, Crime
True Detective
Running

True Detective

Touch darkness and darkness touches you back. True Detective centers on troubled cops and the investigations that drive them to the edge. Each season features a new cast and a new case.

True Detective is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto. 

GenreDrama, Crime, Thriller
Shōgun
Running

Shōgun

Shōgun is set in Japan in the year 1600 at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

GenreDrama, Adventure, History
Sugar
Running

Sugar

John Sugar is an American private investigator on the heels of the mysterious disappearance of Olivia Siegel, the beloved granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel. As Sugar tries to determine what happened to Olivia, he will also unearth Siegel family secrets; some very recent, others long-buried.

GenreDrama, Crime, Science-Fiction
9-1-1
Running

9-1-1

9-1-1 is a fast-paced exploration into the lives and careers of first responders – cops, paramedics, firefighters – the people who put their lives on the line to save others.

GenreDrama, Action, Crime