150 Stories that Shape British Columbia
2021 marks 150 years since British Columbia joined Confederation and became a part of Canada. Explore 150 films by BC filmmakers about history, art and culture that shape our province.
Lyana Patrick (Stellat’en First Nation) shares her story of her family's powerful story of love and survival at Lejac...
On November 7, 1885 the ceremonial last spike was driven to complete the Canadian Pacific Railway. This is the story of...
This is the story of how Joe Fortes, an immigrant from Trinidad, was appointed the first official lifeguard in Vancouver...
In May 1967 Dan McLeod published the first edition of his alternative newspaper, the Georgia Straight. He reflects on...
In 1947 a group of kids from Ladysmith BC protested the rising price of chocolate bars.
Renowned Vancouver artist Ken Lum reflects on his childhood and what the East Van Cross represents to him.
At the age of 12, Severn Suzuki delivered a passionate speech before the UN on climate change. Years later, she reflects...
Vancouver Sun photographer, Glenn Baglo, reflects on what it was like to be at the centre of the Gastown Riot, capturing...
Rex Weyler is one of the original founders of Greenpeace. Rex talks about his early days with the organization, and what...
Judy Williams, one of the central ambassadors and protectors of Vancouver's Wreck Beach, reflects on her life as a...
We follow the progression of a day at the cabin. Looking at different cabin types and locations, a rhthym is revealed in...
Nitobe Memorial Garden at UBC is one of the most authentic Japanese gardens in North America. Dedicated to Nitobe Inazo...
John and Patricia Patkau have designed many of the most notable pieces of architecture in Canada, including the Seabird...
A self-described conduit of creative energy, John Fleuvog has built a boutique empire of shoe stores known for their...
Touted worldwide as an outstanding example of mixed use urban design, Granville Island remains as popular today as it...
Fred Hollingsworth originally unveiled the "Sky Bungalow in 1949 in Vancouver, but didn't take off as much as the...
Arthur Erickson lived life to the fullest and never stopped expanding his practice and creative range. We look at some...
Charles Edward Pratt had a big impact on architecture in Vancouver and mentored some of Canada's infamous architects...
Invented by Rex Field of Courtenay, BC, the Buzz Bomb is an ingenious salmon fishing lure that is known world wide.
In 1911, Joseph Coyle invented the egg carton using leftover pulp from his newspaper publishing business. Now his design...
There are over 100 Aboriginal Friendship Centres across Canada. A Place to Belong celebrates Christmas at the very first...
The sumptuous Casa Mia mansion hides a dirty secret. Newspaper headlines reveal connections between rum running money...
An impressionistic moment in time at the Hastings Racecourse, Vancouver's oldest sporting facility.
Joseph R. Selsey's belongings were discovered in a shoebox by a dumpster in 2015. The provide us with a rare glimpse...
In 1930, Indar Singh traveled from India to Abbotsford and was forced to leave his wife behind. During their 22-year...
A dat in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio is a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalkmc language alive, broadcasting...
Spoken word artist Sol Diana shares a poem inspired by the origin stories of the Igarot people of northern Luzon...
Temple Emanu-El is Canada's oldest surviving synagogue building that is still in use as a synagogue.
The fine line between kitsch and caricature is examined in this quirky short about the Tomahawk Restaurant - the oldest...
Barkerville's historical interpreters debate the pros and cons of BC's entry into the Dominion of Canada in 1871.
BC's Pacific National Exhibition is over 100 years old, and this collection of archival artifacts highlights the fair's...
The year is 1922 and the city of Vancouver is about to make major changes to how traffic flows on its streets.
A tantalizing glimpse of Vancouver in a gilded age- scenes of daily life in 1933 featuring places like Stanley Park...
BC is dotted with old company towns, one of which is Powell River. Resident Stewart Alsgard takes us on a tour of the...
BC Electric Rail is fondly remembered by those who lived in the lower mainland in the early half of the 20th century, we...
There was a time when Union Steamships were "the streetcars of the coast" in BC. We hear from a woman who rode the ships...
Expo 86 was a celebration of technology, progress and a bold new future for the hopeful young city of Vancouver.
Warren Bernard was a young child when he was captured in a famous WW2 photograph titled "Wait For me Daddy." Now in his...
Marine Biologist Alexandra Morton sounds the alarm on BC's salmon farming industry and makes a passionate plea for...
Arts Umbrella co-founder, Carol Henriquez, tells the story of Arts Umbrella's inception, describes the impact the iconic...
Dr. Julio Montaner, a physician, researcher and professor, recounts his journey and explains how his pioneering therapy...
Freshwater advocate Kat Hartwig explains how we're at the beginning of a new era in which the impacts of climate change...
Pioneering author and sex educator Meg Hickling looks back over her career starting in the early 1970s when talking...
Community activist Sarah Blyth has been working on the front lines of the drug crisis in Vancouver's Downtown East Side...
Shel Piercy directs productions and recounts the history of Vancouver's iconic Theatre Under the Stars at Stanley Park...
Environmental activist Tzeporah Berman explains why climate change is a tipping point moment in history and posits that...
Acclaimed author and explorer Wade Davis to answer the question: "if a Martian anthropologist came to Earth, what would...
Vancouver's oldest used and antiquarian bookstore, MacLeod's Books, holds hundreds of thousands of colourful narratives.
Emily Carr's acclaimed work as an author informed her unique painting style she became famous for.
Author Doretta Lau examines the legacy and impact of Wayson Choy's "The Jade Peony"; for British Columbia's Chinese...
Author John Vaillant revisits the people and events on Haida Gwaii that inspired his interspecies murder-mystery "The...
Linguistic anthropologist Jay Powell delves into the history behind the "Dictionary of Chinook Jargon."
Author Evelyn Lau reflects on her groundbreaking memoir "Runaway: Diary Of A Street Kid" on the 30th anniversary of its...
Publisher Howard White looks back at how British Columbia's fledgling publishing industry began to emerge in the late...
The story of the real-life adventures of a young widow and her five children as they explore the southern coast of...
A the age of 16, Red Robinson became British Columbia's first rock & roll disc jockey. We follow Red's early career and...
British Columbia's Aldergrove is not exactly known as the epicentre of counterculture, but for one magic weekend in 1969...
At the height of his popularity, Paul Horn performed a series of solo flute concerts for a grieving orca named Haida...
Vancouver's Penthouse has been and seen a lot of things, but in the 40s and 50s- before becoming one of Canada's most...
After gaining popularity in Russia with his album "Live at the Planetarium," local jazz pioneer Fraser MacPherson went...
When it comes to the Vancouver punk rock scene, The Dishrags are at ground zero- and they were the first all-female punk...
A performative protest against the selling of Vancouver to the world at the expense of its less fortunate citizens, Slow...
For the better part of the 20th century a converted two-level garage on Hornby Street in downtown Vancouver was one of...
What began as a private club for railway workers became the hotbed of the Canadian roots, rock & roll and country scene.
Little Mountain Sound was initially designed to record radio jingles. With the hand of music producers Bob Rock and...
Author Sylvia Olsen and her daughter explain the origins of the Cowichan sweater and the ingenuity and resilience of...
In the early 1900s, Finnish socialist philosopher, Matti Kurrika, established a utopian colony off the coast of...
Leah Oke is one of Canada's female pioneers in professional cold water surfing. She attributes her success to her unique...
The sinking of the S.S. Valencia in 1906 was one of Canada's biggest marine tragedies at the time and would lead to the...
Seafood has always been a main stake of the west coast diet and an important resource for trade.
British-born Francis Rattenbury won a competition to design British Columbia's new parliament building. His vision would...
Robert Bateman is one of Canada's most prolific wildlife artists and naturalists. His move from Ontario to Salt Spring...
In 1964, a tsunami flooded the unsuspecting communities of Alberni and Port Alberni and forever changed British Columbia...
Poverty and discrimination rampaged Victoria's Chinatown in the late 1880s. A group of Chinese merchants created the...
Jeff George and Caroline Woodward are light keepers who care for Lennard Island Lighthouse just off the coast of Tofino...
