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Acadian Deportation

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Acadian Deportation

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Their peaceful existence was uprooted in 1755 when over 10,000 Acadians were ripped from their homeland to ensure British rule in North America. This Heritage Minute portrays the deportation through the eyes of an Acadian mother.

For more information about the Acadian Deportation visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.



CREDITS
  • Mother - Nancy Kenny
  • Father – Fabien Melanson
  • Grandmother – Murlane Carew
  • Narrator – Nancy Kenny
  • End Narration – Antonine Maillet
  • Director – Tess Girard
  • Director of Photography – Guy Godfree
  • produced by Fifth Town Films

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Sir George-Étienne Cartier

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Sir George-Étienne Cartier

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For more information about Sir George-Étienne Cartier visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Sir John A. Macdonald – Steve Cumyn
  • Sir George-Étienne Cartier – Jean L’Italien
  • John Sebastian Helmcken – Steve Coombes
  • Abbé Noel Joseph Ritchot – Christian Laurin
  • Antoine-Aimé Dorion – Jean Pearson

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Sir John A. Macdonald

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Sir John A. Macdonald

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For more information about Sir John A. Macdonald visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Sir John A. Macdonald - Steve Cumyn
  • Sir George-Étienne Cartier – Jean L’Italien
  • George Brown – Clyde Whitham
  • Thomas D'Arcy McGee – Matt Yantha

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Queenston Heights

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Queenston Heights

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For more information about Queenston Heights visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • John Norton – Billy Merasty
  • John Brandt – Meegwun Fairbrother
  • Narrator – Alanis Obomsawin

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Richard Pierpoint

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Richard Pierpoint

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For more information about Richard Pierpoint visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Officer Howard – Ray Kahnert
  • Deaf Moses – Roney Lewis
  • Younger Richard Pierpoint – Oke Nnawuchi
  • Officer Charles – Jordan Van Dyck
  • Richard Pierpoint age 68 – Rudy Webb
  • Narrator – Charles Officer

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Underground Railroad

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Underground Railroad

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For more information about the Underground Railroad visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Eliza - sister – Barbara Harris
  • Josh - brother – Donny Lucas
  • Narrator – Vlasta Vrana
  • Young Girl – Macha Grenon
  • Father – Yarro Tagoumthe
  • Gentleman – Christopher Maccabe

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Laura Secord

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Laura Secord

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For more information about Laura Secord visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Secord – Louisa Martin
  • FitzGibbon – Stephen McHattie
  • Mohawk person #1 – Eric Schweig
  • Mohawk person #2 – Denis Lacroix
  • Mohawk person #3 – Jonathon Fisher
  • Mohawk person #4 – Jack Burning
  • Additional Cast – J Winston Carroll
  • Additional Cast – Richard Hardacre
  • Additional Cast – Katherine Trowell

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Orphans

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Orphans

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For more information about Irish famine orphans in Canada visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Monsignor – Pierre Colin
  • Molly – Jennifer Jenei
  • Adoptive Father – Hugo Dube
  • Nun – Helene Gregorie
  • Adoptive Father - Husband of Mother who speaks – Jean L'Italien
  • Smallest Orphan – Melissa Pirrera
  • Priest – Andre Richard
  • Adoptive Mother – Jasmine Roy
  • Orphan – Christian Tessier
  • Speaking Adoptive Mother – Johanne-Marie Tremblay
  • Orphan – Kimberly Meehan
  • Orphan – Adriana Greenbelt
  • Orphan – Jason Harvey
  • Mother – Paule Brochu
  • Narrator – Katherine Trowell

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John Cabot

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John Cabot

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For more information about John Cabot visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Cabot – Bill Colgate
  • Sailor – Giuseppe Tancredi
  • King Henry VII – Julian Richings
  • Queen Elizabeth of York – Trish O'Rielly
  • Additional Cast – Robert Harris Bidaman
  • Additional Cast – Paul Saunders

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Responsible Government

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Responsible Government

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For more information about responsible government visit The Canadian Encyclopedia.

CAST
  • Victoria – Bronwen Mantel
  • Melbourne – Harry Hill

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