Heritage MinutesSeason 21992 · 14 episodesEpisodes1Governor FrontenacNew France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec (1690).2MidwifeA look at the importance of midwives in early Canada.3Agnes MacphailThe first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.4Emily CarrThe British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.5Joseph TyrrellGeologist and cartographer Joseph Tyrrell discovers a plethora of dinosaur bones in Alberta.6BasketballSports coach James Naismith's invention of Basketball is tested by a group of young students in Springfield Illinois.7Saguenay FireOne family's quick thinking helps them to survive the 1870 fire in the Saguenay, Quebec.8Joseph CasavantJoseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.9Jean NicolletFrench coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.10PeacemakerThe formation of the Iroquois Confederacy presented by a First Nations grandfather explaining the significance of the Great Peace to his granddaughter.11Rural TeacherTeacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.12Emily MurphyWomen's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.13VikingsL'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is settled by Norsemen (Vikings) around the year 1000 CE.14Baldwin & LaFontaineLawyer and politician Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine build inter-lingual cooperation.Season 1Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9
