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Canada: A People's History is a 17-episode, 32-hour documentary television series on the history of Canada. It first aired on CBC Television from October 2000 to November 2001. The production was an unusually large project for the national network, especially during budget cutbacks. The unexpected success of the series actually led to increased government funding for the CBC. It was also an unusual collaboration with the French arm of the network, which traditionally had autonomous production. The full run of the episodes was produced in English and French. The series title in French was Le Canada: Une histoire populaire. In 2004, OMNI.1 and OMNI.2 began airing multicultural versions, in Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian.
Original Release
10/22/2000
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Maggie Huculak | Narrator |
Lorne Cardinal | Harold Cardinal / Huron Warrior / Mike Mountainhorse / Poundmaker / Tecumseh |
Nigel Bennett | Additional Voice / Guy Carleton |
Graham Greene | Elijah Harper / Kondiaronk |
Paule Baillargeon | Marie de L'Incarnation |
Eric Peterson | William Lyon MacKenzie King |
Andrew Gillies | (voice) / Additional Voice |
Ned Vukovic | (voice) / Charles Clerke |
Michael Hanrahan | John Day |
Carl Marotte | Perre Boucher |
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# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | When the World Began | Sunday, 22 October 2000 |
2 | Adventurers and Mystics | Saturday, 28 October 2000 |
3 | Claiming the Wilderness | Tuesday, 31 October 2000 |
4 | Battle for a Continent | Sunday, 05 November 2000 |
5 | A Question of Loyalties | Sunday, 12 November 2000 |
6 | The Pathfinders | Sunday, 07 January 2001 |
7 | Rebellion and Reform | Sunday, 14 January 2001 |
8 | The Great Enterprise | Sunday, 21 January 2001 |
9 | From Sea to Sea | Sunday, 28 January 2001 |
Directors
Serge Turbide, Claude Lortie, Jim Williamson, Marquise Lepage, Laine Drewery, Jill Offman, Susan Teskey, Peter John Ingles, Jacqueline Dubé-Corkery, Michelle Métivier, Susan Dando, Andrew Gregg
Writers
Hubert Gendron, Gene Allen, Mark Starowicz, Laine Drewery, Jill Offman, Gordon Henderson, Susan Dando, Andrew Gregg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maggie Huculak | Narrator |
Lorne Cardinal | Harold Cardinal / Huron Warrior / Mike Mountainhorse / Poundmaker / Tecumseh |
Nigel Bennett | Additional Voice / Guy Carleton |
Graham Greene | Elijah Harper / Kondiaronk |
Paule Baillargeon | Marie de L'Incarnation |
Eric Peterson | William Lyon MacKenzie King |
Andrew Gillies | (voice) / Additional Voice |
Ned Vukovic | (voice) / Charles Clerke |
Michael Hanrahan | John Day |
Carl Marotte | Perre Boucher |
C. David Johnson | John Guy |
Raymond Cloutier | François le Mercier |
Ghyslain Tremblay | Samuel de Champlain |
Torri Higginson | Susan Agnes Bernard |
Jeff Page | Royal Artillery gunner / NWMP trooper |
Evan Adams | West Coast Storyteller |
Raven Wright | Samuel J. Hathaway |
Levi Aguonie | Domagava |
Wayne Best | Thomas Walker |
Simon Baker | Vision Quest Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mark Starowicz | Executive Producer |
Lynn Glazier | Producer |
Hubert Gendron | Producer |
Jim Williamson | Producer |
Julia Bennett | Producer |
Sally Reardon | Producer |
Fiona McHugh | Producer |
Gordon Henderson | Producer |
Metchild Furlani | Producer |
Denis Boucher | Producer |
Pauline Payette | Producer |
Marquise Lepage | Producer |
Johanne Ménard | Producer |
Laine Drewery | Producer |
Gail Gallant | Producer |
Jill Offman | Producer |
Andrew Burnstein | Producer |
Lynette Fortune | Producer |
Susan Teskey | Producer |
Gene Allen | Producer |
Wayne Chong | Producer |
Grazyna Krupa | Producer |
Jacqueline Dubé-Corkery | Producer |
Marcy Cuttler | Producer |
Mark Starowicz | Producer |
Susan Dando | Producer |
Kelly Crichton | Producer |
Andrew Gregg | Producer |
Editors
André Daignault, Murray Green, Mark Solnoky, Jacques Milette