Heritage Minute

• Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson subject of upcoming feature documentary

  Canadian filmmaker Barry Avrich has started production on a feature documentary on the late Montreal-raised jazz legend Oscar Peterson.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2021
  
• New Heritage Minute celebrates life of Black Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson

  Both the English and French versions of the Heritage Minute celebrating Oscar Peterson are narrated by Black Canadian pianists.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2021
  
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• New Heritage Minute focuses on dark history of the Acadian Expulsion

  The release of the video on Thursday will have special significance. August 15 marks National Acadian Day — a day to celebrate Acadian culture — in Canada. 

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2019
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• Calgary’s McKenzie Lake transformed into Normandy for D-Day Heritage Minute

  Seventy-five years after Canadian soldiers stormed the beaches at Normandy, a Canadian filmmaker was tasked with recreating the battle in a south Calgary neighbourhood.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2019
• New Heritage Minute pays tribute to N.B. major who lost his life on D-Day in emotional video

  The organization's latest dramatized vignette tells the story of 47-year-old Major Archie MacNaughton, a First World War veteran and leader of the North Shore New Brunswick Regiment’s A Company.

  Canada

  May 30, 2019
• Conservatives pull Trudeau ‘Heritage Minute’ parody ad

  Earlier in the day, the non-profit organization known for producing the "Heritage Minute" TV spots called on the Tories to remove the ad.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2019
• Last surviving member of Edmonton Grads basketball team has died

  Kay MacBeth, the last surviving member of the famous Edmonton Grads basketball team, has died at the age of 96. 

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2018
• Heritage Minute pays tribute to gay activist Jim Egan’s fight for equality

  The latest Heritage Minute follows a goal set by leaders at Historica Canada to widen the focus of Canada's history to consider some of its more shameful moments.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2018
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• Toronto’s Kensington Market featured in new Heritage Minute

  The minute-long video depicts a single store as it transforms over five decades from one generation to the next and through the infusion of new cultures to the area.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2017
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• Vietnamese ‘boat people’ focus of new Heritage Minute

  The release of the new Heritage Minute has been timed to coincide with World Refugee Day.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2017