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"This is the story of how Elias helped many Inuvialuit grow up with a better understanding of their language, who they are, and where they come from."

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"As told by Norm Wesley, my father and a member of Moose Cree First Nation."

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A brief history of African Canadians, from the 1600s to 2016.

"Were Canada’s Treaties based on a major misunderstanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples?

According to Elders, First Nations have lived on these lands since the beginning of time and were placed here by Creator. Everything that follows is based on this idea.

In this episode of Canada in Focus, host Darrell Stranger explains the worldview First Nations hold when making Treaty, how settler governments communicated that they understood that perspective, and why Treaty agreements still matter today.

'A Promise to Share' is the third of five episodes in our new Canada in Focus web series that will also explore war & peace, Treaties, languages and healthcare."

"Ogimaa Peltier speaks about the Robinson Huron Treaty."

"The Crown dishonourably breached the Robinson Treaties and must negotiate a settlement with First Nations within six months, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

The two treaties were signed in 1850, ceding a large swath of land in Ontario to the Crown in return for annual payments to the Anishinaabe of lakes Huron and Superior.

The treaties said the payments should increase over time, so long as the Crown did not incur a loss, but they have been frozen at $4 per person since 1875.

In a ruling Friday, the Supreme Court said the Ontario and Canadian governments had a mandatory obligation to raise that amount when economic circumstances warranted."

"A young Chinese worker volunteers to set a dangerous nitroglycerine charge at a CP construction site in British Columbia in the 1880s."

"As part of our Building Canada 150 series, the Journal of Commerce and Daily Commercial News examined the history of Chinese labourers and Canada’s first megaproject, the Canadian Pacific Railroad, which brought new economic and transportation possibilities to a young nation, but at a severe human cost.

Vancouver East MP Jenny Kwan spoke with us about the mistreatment Chinese labourers suffered as they worked on some of the most dangerous sections of the railroad, often with little to any safety measures.

Chinese workers also succumbed to malnutrition and other forms of sickness, and once the railroad was finished were shunned by Canadian society, eventually banding together to support one another and forming the Chinatown neighbourhood in Vancouver.

Kwan also spoke to the efforts at both the federal and provincial level to recognize the poor treatment of Chinese laburers at the time and to formally apologize to their descendants."

"The police killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed have brought renewed attention to systemic racism. In Canada, some have been quick to deny its existence. But these experts say racism has been normalized within Canadian institutions."

"An uncomfortable history of racism in British Columbia and Canada needs to be confronted if we are to truly grasp the way our past has shaped us, and to move past prejudices."

"The video, created for the Manitoba Museum's exhibit Strike 1919: Divided City, provides an over view of the Winnipeg General Strike."

"Winnipeg is marking one of the seminal strikes in Canadian history — 100 years ago tens of thousands of workers walked off the job in what would come to be known as the Winnipeg General Strike."

A brief overview of the events in Oka/Kanesatake in 1990.

"Waneek Horn Miller, Olympic athlete and Pan Am Games leader, talks about her painful, personal memories of the Oka Crisis."

"A one-minute video which explains what the great depression was all about. The events which took place as of 1929 definitely had a huge impact on the historic events which followed and even as far as the present is concerned, it's hard to genuinely understand the current worldwide economic landscape without knowing a thing or two about the Great Depression of 1929."

"The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn of the industrialized world, crippling the wealth of Americans throughout the 1930's. How did it happen? Let's find out with a 5 Minute History Lesson."

A partial summary of events during the Great Depression in Canada during the 1930s.

"The story of Chanie 'Charlie' Wenjack, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools. The 84th Heritage Minute in Historica Canada's collection."

"Gord Downie's The Secret Path and a post-show CBC Arts live panel on the road to reconciliation.

On October 22, 1966 near Kenora, Ontario, Chanie Wenjack died when he walking home to the family he was taken from over 400 miles away. Fifty years later, Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie has taken Wenjack's story and turned it into the Secret Path project, including a solo album, a graphic novel and an animated film."

"The Sixties Scoop happened in Canada from the 1960s to the late '80s and saw 1000's of Indigenous children taken from their parents to be placed with white families."

"Yukon is marking the 50th anniversary of the first comprehensive land claim accepted by Ottawa for negotiation in Canadian history, which was a major turning point for Indigenous rights across the country."

"This video has been developed by Elections Canada as part of an educational resource for secondary students."

"The western boundary for the Treaty 8 First Nations has finally been confirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada."

"For our latest edition of the CBC Arts series Poetic License, we bring together four Indigenous female poets to speak their truth. In this instalment, meet spoken word artist Sarah Lewis. Hailing from Curve Lake First Nation, the Ojibwe/Cree poet was recently appointed as the first poet laureate of Nogojiwanong-Peterborough.

Not one to take this appointment lightly, Lewis knows her presence and voice is a form of resistance, saying: 'My existence is a form of activism because we weren't supposed to be here.'

Watch Sarah Lewis perform Warrior Cry in the video above — a piece Lewis describes as being written from the perspective of a dangerously empowered Indigenous woman. It's an ode to the Indigenous warriors who fight daily for their communities, but also a reminder of the work that still needs to be done."

"Canada is already experiencing the effects of climate change. But global climate issues can affect Canadians, too. Geography professor and TikToker Robert McLeman joins About That with Andrew Chang to explain."

"Former host of The Nature of Things David Suzuki joins Cross Country Checkup to take your questions about the need for action in the climate change fight, cutting through 'hopeium' and the new normal stemming from wildfire smoke."

"W5’s Lloyd Robertson looks at how the movement began and the effect is still has on those who lived through it."

"Lloyd Robertson sits down with some of the major players to look back at the FLQ's campaign of violence that threatened to tear Canada apart in 1970."

"In 1995, millions of Quebecers cast their ballots in a referendum, ultimately rejecting separation. Now, in their new book, Chantal Hebert and Jean Lapierre have startling details about what was happening behind the scenes."

"In this short documentary, we explore the relationship between Band Council and traditional Indigenous forms of governance, climate justice, and 'land back' initiative—all through the eyes of a young activist: Serena Mendizabal."

"Lisa Jackson's Biidaaban sees a future where Indigenous values, language and land are all integral to survival.

Last night, I stood in Nathan Phillips Square and looked up into the evening sky engrossed by the galaxy of stars. They twinkled gently while the ethereal hum of frogs and crickets sang in chorus around me. I broke bread with the Creator and Indigenous communities speaking Wendat, Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway). And then a turtle walked over my foot.

No, this wasn't a hallucinogenic trip or a lucid dream — I had just stepped into filmmaker Lisa Jackson's VR experience Biidaaban: First Light.

The project is part of what Jackson calls 'a rising tide of Indigenous futurism.' As she explains: 'What Indigenous futurism does is it looks to break through that tendency to stereotype everything that's Indigenous as stuck in the past and incapable of moving into our present or our future.'"

"Brian Solomon is dancing as part of the new CBC Arts series The Move, where six dancers invite you into their routines, providing a deeper understanding of the movements that hold personal significance for them.

How would you walk on your mother if you had to?

In this video, contemporary Indigenous dancer Brian Solomon leads us through a meditation to think more consciously about the way in which our bodies connect us to the earth. By focusing on our feet and how they respond to the ground beneath them, he teaches us a softer way to walk, dance and be in the world."

"The launch of a report, tracing the colonial story of the lands on which SFU Burnaby sites from 1859 to the present, following the chain of title that links SFU's current title to the moment of original land theft in 1859, when all lands were declared the property of the Crown.

This is a story of massive land speculation, market crashes, tax seizures, land surveying, and park creation. It turns on racist assumptions of empty land, white supremacy, colonial 'improvement', and capitalist wealth creation. Our aim in producing the report is to open up this story, with the hope that others may put it into conversation with the law and narratives of local Host Nations.

Our hope is that the findings will be of interest and value to Host Nations, as well as staff, students, and faculty at SFU. The project takes its inspiration from similar initiatives regarding the colonial dimensions of university land across Canada and the United States."

"In 1961, students forced to attend the Edmonton Indian Residential School hit a breaking point. Fed up with abuse and meagre living conditions, they overpowered staff and took control of the school. CBC’s Wawmeesh Hamilton met people who were there, including the woman who started it by throwing cans of Spork."

"Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, NDP MP for Nunavut and her colleague, Timmins-James Bay MP, Charlie Angus, joined protesters on Saturday as they marched from Parliament Hill to the Justice Department to demand the government launch a criminal investigation into the discovery of unmarked burial sites at former residential schools.

Protesters voiced their frustration in the wake of the discoveries by chanting 'no justice, no peace' and 'no pride in genocide.'

Qaqqaq told protesters Saturday’s march was 'just the beginning,' adding, 'this is about individuals who lived and continue to live through horrors, through traumas.'

'People want justice, we want a criminal investigation into the actions of the church, into the deaths of these children,' Angus said.

An estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children were forced to attend residential schools and many survivors told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission stories of abuse they endured at the schools, including instances of starvation and harsh discipline."