The Canadian Experience

The Canadian Expereince is a television documentary series on the CBC; its one-hour episodes each present an event or story from Canadian history. The first episode is set to air on January 22, 2004. The series is produced by the Canadian History Project, the team behind Canada: A People's History.

Episodes

1. The Queen and the Skipper: The Story of The Bluenose - The history of the famous racing schooner
2. Talking Canadian - A look at distinctly Canadian [[English] language|English] words and modes of speech
3. The Underground Railroad: Flight to Freedom - The Canadian role during the American Civil War
4. Year of the Hunter: The Story of Nanook - The making of Nanook of the North, the first true documentary film
5. Expo '67: Back To The Future - The success of the World's Fair in Montreal, and its effect on Canada
6. Sisters in the Wilderness - The story of Susanna Moodie and her sister Catharine Parr Traill, writers in early-19th-century Upper Canada.

Program Schedule