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The Greatest Canadians from the CBC Archives Topic timespan: The 'Other Revolution': Louis Robichaud's New Brunswick Topic timespan: 1755-1970 In November 2004, Canada voted Tommy Douglas as the Greatest Canadian. Competition was fierce among the Top Ten... (8 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) They called him a man of destiny, and indeed he was. Louis Robichaud was born to a large... (15 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Lester B. Pearson: From Peacemaker to Prime Minister Topic timespan: 1918-1972 June Callwood: Canada's Conscience Topic timespan: 1926-2004 United Nations peacekeeping. Canada's first Nobel Peace Prize. The Maple Leaf flag. Official bilingualism. The Canada Pension Plan. These... (10 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic No one is excluded in the world of June Callwood. The celebrated journalist/activist with a "just fix it" attitude... (8 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Margaret Laurence: Canada's Divine Writer Topic timespan: 1926-1987 The Long Run: The Political Rise of John Turner Topic timespan: 1929-1999 Margaret Laurence was one of Canada's most esteemed and beloved writers. She is best known for her Manawaka novels... (5 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic From track star to Rhodes Scholar, destiny seemed to have paved a golden path for John Napier Turner. Born... (18 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) Tommy Douglas and the NDP Topic timespan: 1935-2001 Mackenzie King: Public Life, Private Man Topic timespan: 1937-2002 Tommy Douglas was the most influential politician never to be elected Prime Minister. He pursued his radical ideas... (4 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic With his cautious policies and shrewd political skills, he successfully led Canada for almost 22 years. But behind closed... (8 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) The Voice of Hockey: Foster Hewitt Topic timespan: 1942-1996 Reports from Abroad: Matthew Halton Topic timespan: 1942-1956 "He shoots, he scores!" With those words, legendary hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt united Canada each Saturday night. From his... (8 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) "This is Matthew Halton of the CBC." So began Halton's war broadcasts. His reports were at times... (6 TV Clips, 16 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Legendary #9: Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Topic timespan: 1944-2000 Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Giant Topic timespan: 1944-2003 Maurice Richard wasn't an outstanding stickhandler. And he wasn't the finest skater the NHL has produced. But he became... (6 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Oscar Peterson is a giant in every sense of the word. Standing well over 6 feet, he's even... (7 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Gouzenko Affair Topic timespan: 1945-1987 Uncle Louis and Canada's Golden Age Topic timespan: 1946-1961 On Sept. 5, 1945, just after the end of the Second World War, a Russian cipher clerk named Igor... (9 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) Louis Stephen St. Laurent never cared much for politics, its gamesmanship or its pretense. Yet under the leadership of... (5 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Gilles Villeneuve: Racing at the speed of light Topic timespan: 1950-1982 Dief the Chief Topic timespan: 1950-1990 Legendary racing car driver Gilles Villeneuve rose from humble origins in a small Quebec town to win hearts around... (5 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic His eyes blazing and his finger stabbing the air, John George Diefenbaker set 1950s Canada alight with his vision... (13 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Canada's New Queen Topic timespan: 1951-1964 The Life and Legend of Bill Reid Topic timespan: 1954-2002 On Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was proclaimed Queen of Canada. Her spectacular coronation in Westminster Abbey... (8 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Bill Reid spent his life confronting public opinion. The artist, who was of Haida and European descent, was... (10 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Master Storyteller Norman Jewison Topic timespan: 1955-2001 Maurice Duplessis Topic timespan: 1956-1999 "Film is the literature of this generation," says Toronto-born Norman Jewison. Small wonder then the Oscar-winning director is... (10 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Maurice Duplessis's death was a rare historical marker, forever discussed in terms of before and after. Before his... (6 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Kim Campbell, First and Foremost Topic timespan: 1957-2004 Glenn Gould: Variations on an Artist Topic timespan: 1957-2000 When Kim Campbell set her sights on Ottawa, she was a tart-tongued, unapologetically determined, razor-sharp intellectual. She confounded... (11 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) He adored Arrowroot cookies, Barbra Streisand and animals. He abhorred sunlight, the stage and airplanes. Eccentric, genius, solitary, head-strong,... (9 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Swinger, Philosopher, Prime Minister Topic timespan: 1957-2005 Mordecai Richler Was Here Topic timespan: 1957-2002 He slid down banisters, dated movie stars and wore a red rose in his lapel. Pierre Elliott Trudeau is... (21 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) When Mordecai Richler left Canada for Paris, he was a brooding young intellectual with lots to say. He returned... (17 TV Clips, 11 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Robert Lepage: Canada's renaissance man Topic timespan: 1957-1995 Still Standing: The People's Champion George Chuvalo Topic timespan: 1958-2001 Director, writer, actor Robert Lepage is one of Canada's most renowned figures in performing arts. Highlights from his... (6 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) George Chuvalo is the greatest Canadian Heavyweight champion of all-time. Noted for his toughness, he fought all the... (14 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Dr. Gerald Bull: Scientist, Weapons Maker, Dreamer Topic timespan: 1958-1991 Marshall McLuhan, the Man and his Message Topic timespan: 1960-1980 Dr. Gerald Bull was like a figure in a spy novel, designing arms for some of the world's harshest... (7 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) He was a man of idioms and idiosyncrasies, deeply intelligent and a soothsayer. He had prescient knowledge of the... (9 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Great Wayne Gretzky Topic timespan: 1960-1988 Leonard Cohen: Canada's Melancholy Bard Topic timespan: 1961-1993 By now it's practically hockey legend. Wayne Gretzky started playing the game in the backyard rink built by his... (16 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Poet, musician, novelist, ladies' man, monk, actor... Leonard Norman Cohen, one of Canada's most influential cultural icons was born... (5 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Jeanne Sauvé, a Woman of Firsts Topic timespan: 1961-1993 Gordon Lightfoot: Canada's Folk Laureate Topic timespan: 1962-2002 When describing Jeanne Sauvé, it's hard not to think of the word "first." She was the first woman MP... (9 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) His melodic, soulful voice is unmistakable. A modern day troubadour, Gordon Lightfoot has touched the lives of millions... (11 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) Ski Queen Nancy Greene Topic timespan: 1964-2000 'Comrade' Bethune: A Controversial Hero Topic timespan: 1964-1999 When Nancy Greene first broke out on the skiing circuit in the 1960s, she was called "Nice Nancy" because... (6 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) In China, he's been a national hero since his death in 1939. But in his birthplace of Canada Dr.... (6 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Man from High River: Joe Clark Topic timespan: 1965-2001 Politics, Sex and Gerda Munsinger Topic timespan: 1966-2001 "Joe Who?" read a newspaper headline when Alberta's Joe Clark claimed the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives in 1976.... (17 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) If Lucien Cardin had kept his mouth shut on March 4, 1966, the sensational political sex scandal may have... (10 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Robert Bourassa: Political Survivor Topic timespan: 1966-1996 Peter Gzowski: Voice of Canada Topic timespan: 1966-2002 Robert Bourassa made history in 1970 by becoming the youngest premier of Quebec, only to suffer a humiliating defeat... (8 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic For three hours a day, five days a week – for 15 years – millions tuned in to CBC... (14 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Rethinking Riel Topic timespan: 1966-2004 Jean Chrétien: From pool hall to Parliament Hill Topic timespan: 1967-1986 Who was Louis Riel? The Métis leader commanded two rebellions in western Canada and was tried, convicted and hanged... (12 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic It was a hardscrabble climb to the top for Jean Chrétien. "The little guy from Shawinigan" surprised everyone -... (19 TV Clips, 11 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Moshe Safdie: Hero of Habitat Topic timespan: 1967-2003 Al Purdy, An Uncommon Poet Topic timespan: 1967-2004 Moshe Safdie achieved worldwide fame when his sensational Habitat pavilion was the showcase of Expo 67. The visionary architect... (11 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) During the first forty-odd years of his life, Al Purdy wrote a lot of bad poetry. Where others... (4 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Margaret Atwood: Queen of CanLit Topic timespan: 1967-2000 Sir John A. Macdonald: Architect of Modern Canada Topic timespan: 1967-2003 Poet, novelist, storywriter and essayist — the Ottawa native is a Canadian literary giant. Margaret Atwood first raised eyebrows... (8 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Sir John A. Macdonald has been described as a pragmatic statesman, earning the title of Old Chieftain, and a... (4 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic René Lévesque's Separatist Fight Topic timespan: 1967-1980 Michel Tremblay: L'enfant terrible of Canadian Theatre Topic timespan: 1968-2000 In the 1960s, René Lévesque made Quebec separatism a reality. A shrewd politician, he gathered enough support to start... (8 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Michel Tremblay exploded on to the stage in 1968 with his highly acclaimed and controversial play Les Belles-soeurs. His... (6 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Trudeaumania: A Swinger for Prime Minister Topic timespan: 1968-1971 Ed Broadbent: A Voice from the Left Topic timespan: 1968-2004 In 1968, a swinger ran for prime minister. Canadians had never before seen anyone like Pierre Elliott Trudeau in... (11 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic As leader of the NDP, Ed Broadbent was a democratic socialist who loved to smoke cigars and drive fast... (12 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) The Rise and Fall of Alan Eagleson Topic timespan: 1968-1998 Dr. Henry Morgentaler: Fighting Canada's Abortion Laws Topic timespan: 1969-1989 He never played the game, but he was the most powerful man in hockey. Alan Eagleson played many roles... (12 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) In 1969 Dr. Henry Morgentaler emerged as one of Canada's most controversial figures when he broke the law and... (16 TV Clips, 2 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard Topic timespan: 1969-1999 Barbara Frum: Pioneering Broadcaster Topic timespan: 1969-1996 He was a carefree teenaged hippie just passing through Saskatoon on Jan. 31, 1969 — the same day nursing... (16 TV Clips, 2 Radio Clips) The sudden death of Barbara Frum on March 26, 1992 shocked Canadians. The loss of one of the... (18 TV Clips, 13 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Karen Kain, Prima Ballerina Topic timespan: 1971-1996 David Suzuki: Scientist, Activist, Broadcaster Topic timespan: 1972-2002 When a journalist addressed Karen Kain as "prima ballerina" in 1974 the dancer quickly corrected him: "I wouldn't go... (7 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic For over three decades, David Suzuki has been Canada's foremost environmental conscience. From his experiments with fruit... (8 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Beyond Green Gables: The Life of Lucy Maud Montgomery Topic timespan: 1972-2004 Antonine Maillet, Acadian Avenger Topic timespan: 1973-1998 Nearly a century ago Anne of Green Gables introduced readers to one of the most enduring characters in fiction... (9 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic "I have avenged my ancestors," said author Antonine Maillet in 1979 with the publication of her book Pélagie-la-Charrette. ... (5 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) From Cheers to Jeers: The Mulroney Years Topic timespan: 1976-2003 Don Cherry: A Coach, A Commentator, A Controversy Topic timespan: 1979-2004 In 1984, Brian Mulroney led the federal Conservatives to the biggest election victory in Canadian history. Almost a decade... (14 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic He was a better hockey coach than a player, and a better commentator than a coach. But as Don... (7 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope Topic timespan: 1980-1981 Terry Fox 25: Reliving the Marathon of Hope Topic timespan: 1980 The night before his right leg was amputated, Terry Fox read about an amputee who ran the New York... (12 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic This is how it all began. On April 12, 1980, Terry Fox began an epic cross-country journey to raise... (11 TV Clips, 15 Radio Clips) Rick Hansen: Man In Motion Topic timespan: 1981-2002 Georges Erasmus: Native Rights Crusader Topic timespan: 1983-2002 They said it couldn't be done, but Rick Hansen defied all the odds. The long, gruelling hours. ... (17 TV Clips, 2 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Georges Henry Erasmus has a dream: Self-government for the native peoples of Canada. The charismatic native leader has devoted... (4 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Marc Garneau: Canadian Space Pioneer Topic timespan: 1983-2000 Running Off Track: The Ben Johnson Story Topic timespan: 1986-1997 His bravery is inspiring, his grace is charming and his credentials are out of this world. In 1984 Marc... (10 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic In 1976, Benjamin Sinclair Johnson was just a skinny immigrant kid struggling to make his high school track team.... (13 TV Clips, 9 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Paul Martin: Prime Minister in Waiting Topic timespan: 1988-2006 Phil Fontaine: Native diplomat and dealmaker Topic timespan: 1990-2003 Paul Martin Jr. has worn many crowns: captain of industry, slayer of the deficit, heir to his father's Liberal... (15 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) Don't be fooled by his soft-spoken and conciliatory manner. Phil Fontaine has been a dominant force in native politics... (7 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Sue Rodriguez and the Right-To-Die Debate Topic timespan: 1991-1995 Witness To Evil: Roméo Dallaire and Rwanda Topic timespan: 1993-2005 "Whose body is this?" With those four words Sue Rodriguez single-handedly catapulted the right-to-die debate onto the public stage.... (10 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic With more than 800,000 people slaughtered in 100 days the Rwandan genocide stands as one of the most horrific... (13 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) "On This Day" 1919 The death of Sir Wilfrid Laurier 1944 Stephen Leacock dies 1958 Poet Ned Pratt on turning 75 1961 Goodbye Ernest Hemingway, old friend 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated 1965 Remembering Peter Jennings 1970 Bill McNeil on life and career at CBC 1976 Sittler scores incredible 10-point record 1980 Marathon of Hope: Day 1 1980 Claude Ryan leads 'No' side to victory 1982 Finally, a woman on Canada's Supreme Court 1986 Remembering Tommy Douglas 1986 Sondra Gotlieb's slap flap 1990 Donald Marshall exonerated of wrongful conviction 2000 CanWest founder Israel Asper acquires Hollinger Inc. 2003 Marc Garneau to be Canada's first astronaut 2004 Pierre Berton: icon and iconoclast 2005 Scott Young, the dean of Canadian sports writing, dies 2006 Lister Sinclair, Renaissance man
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