2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 | Categories: |
The holidays on In The Field as a couple of facebook friends help out families in Thunder Bay who've lost all their decorations, as Torontonians...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012 | Categories: |
It puts Santa's Workshop to shame. A documentary on a group of miniaturists who got together this autumn in Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia. What's...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 | Categories: |
A Haitian proverb says, "With hands together ... the weight is not heavy." And that certainly applies to a small community in upstate New York where...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 | Categories: |
Young Angel Wolfe could have retreated into grief when she discovered her mother's remains were among those discovered on the Pickton farm outside Vancouver. Instead,...
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Monday, December 3, 2012 | Categories: |
In this part David Gutnick has some odd experiences reaching out to the operators of a shadowy essay mill and after a flurry of e-mails...
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Monday, December 3, 2012 | Categories: |
Frank Faulk asks whether it's better to strike back at someone bullying you, or to show some restraint. The answer may surprise you as Frank talks...
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Monday, November 26, 2012 | Categories: |
A look this week at Hemingway-esque grace under pressure. There's the graceful welcome by an immigration officer to a young Canadian man fleeing danger in...
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Monday, November 26, 2012 | Categories: |
There's a lot of talk about the growing problem of dementia in Canada. For the most part, those who have it are shut away and...
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Monday, November 19, 2012 | Categories: |
Uplifting tales to tide us over the dark days of late November. There's the story of a Sudbury man with cerebral palsy who finds the...
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Monday, November 19, 2012 | Categories: |
Why doctors find laughter really is the best medicine. How Erin Kapela and her very brave friend Lee-Anne Peters (see photo at left) lived it...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 | Categories: |
A looking at timing and how it can govern the course of our lives. Retailers deciding on earlier and earlier starts for their Christmas sales campaigns...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 | Categories: |
Survivors of a horrific plane crash in northern Alberta reflect on a time 30 years ago when a series of seemingly minor decisions ended up...
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Monday, November 5, 2012 | Categories: |
On this episode of In The Field, Remembrance Day week in Canada as seen in the light of our experience in Afghanistan. A documentary by veteran...
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Monday, November 5, 2012 | Categories: |
In the second part of our program on war and remembrance looks back on the experiences of World Wars I and II. In The Field remembers...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | Categories: |
On this episode, how we organize institutions. Organization gives us meaning and structure and allows us to do great things, like create an innovative new...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | Categories: |
On this episode on institutions we also look at how a degree of institutional disorganization denies needed health care to those looking after family...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | Categories: |
In this episode of In The Field we explore concepts about beauty, including an entire community in Toronto dedicated to hair care, a Kenyan-Canadian family...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | Categories: |
In the second of a two part exploration of Canadian beauty, In The Field showcases a feature documentary on the late Raylene Rankin. Before her...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | Categories: |
In this part of of the show we hear stories that evoke shock and surprise. This includes the amazing news that Newfoundland is sinking...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | Categories: |
In the second part of our show on shock and surprise, few incidents were more shocking in Canada in the early 1970s than the...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 | Categories: |
On this episode of the show, we look at the meaning of the work. In this part, a documentary on a program for unemployed Toronto...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 | Categories: |
A feature documentary by The Sunday Edition's Karin Wells. "Gatekeepers To A Promised Land" looks at Denmark and how having the toughest immigration laws in...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012 | Categories: |
A documentary and an interview with women who were children during Argentina's Dirty Wars. One woman learns she was stolen from her real parents, and...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012 | Categories: |
The heartbreaking account of Charlie Wenjack, a First Nations child who was forced into an Indian Residential School, but died running away. This is the...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 | Categories: |
We'll meet a young restaurant owner named Wilson Li who learned about hard work and hospitality from his Chinese forebears. Parents are taking their children...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 | Categories: |
A documentary from Regina tells us about the stormy early days of Canada's free medicare system. In 1962, some thought it was a communist plot,...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 | Categories: |
Dance a jig with Katie Lee of Edmonton who is a star highland dancer. Or, celebrate with Cree in James Bay who are finding new...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 | Categories: |
Meet people who are making the world a better place. Prisoners at the Happy Valley, Goose Bay detention centre are repairing bikes for charity. The Northern...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | Categories: |
The enduring story of the courageous musicians and their leader, Wallace Hartley, who played for the terrified passengers on the Titanic....
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 | Categories: |
Hear how an alzheimer's patient in Calgary is being helped by playing her accordion again. And how a dynamic hip hop program called "Blueprint for...
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012 | Categories: |
In Part two, hear the inspiring story of one of the most covered songs in history. "Some Kind of Wonderful" was written by John Ellison, who...
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012 | Categories: |
It's a brand new season for "In the Field" and the first week of classes for many students after the summer break. Today David Gutnick...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. The story of Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra . In 1940 ,the same year that...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.Winnipeg's Muslim community has come a long way since the city's first Mosque opened in 1976. Today, there are 4...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. God may be subtle,Albert Einstein once said,but he Isn't mean. It seems a lot of people would disagree.Recent research...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.According to the United Nations, 88 Aboriginal languages in Canada are nearing extinction.And among them, Tsuu T'ina, a language spoken...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. In Moncton, a couple of teachers were at wits end. When they looked around their classroom they saw groggy...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. The Cree School Board in Northern Quebec is determined to make sure that young Cree feel at home with...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. In Canada it is illegal to pay for human eggs. That law has been in effect for almost a...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.Chances are, the last time you took a photo, you didn't need film.Maybe you used the camera in your...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode.We know there are bullies on the school ground, and we know who they're picking on. It's the small kids,...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Newfoundlander Pat Stamp was working as a welder on a tanker ship when there was an explosion.He was...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. The Nisga'a are a small band who live 20 hours drive north of Vancouver. And twelve years ago,...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. You ever wonder where actor Sach Baron Cohen learned how to make you laugh so hard? Like lots of...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. A story about people who left Israel, partly to escape the constant threat of war.So where did they end...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.John Ware looms large in the small field of Black history in Alberta. Ware was a big man, a cowboy...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Tooker Gomberg was an Edmonton bicycle crusader, environmentalist, would-be-mayor of Toronto, sunflower lover and activist extraordinaire.With Angela Bischoff,...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Nelson B.C.'s homegrown opera is called KHAOS and it tells a story both ancient and modern.It's based on the...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Suicide is often thought to be a problem of the young. But it's not. A new documentary looks at...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of the this episode. A writer deals with his impending death by producing a volume of poems called "Cancer Songs." And the...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Junior high school boys often get their information about sex and relationships from their friends and increasingly the...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Nunavut is Canada's youngest territory.Almost half of Nunavut's population is under the age of 20. The average age in...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. It's no secret that many First Nation bands are struggling to keep the languages alive on the reserves across...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. 20 years ago the city of Sarajevo was being pounded by mortar shells and gunfire. It's believed that close...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Alberta is crazy for horses. There are more than a million of them in the province.And if you've ever...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. It was somewhere around the 2 hour mark that Christine Harrison began to hit the wall. Christine Harrison is...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. There are those who love the sound of a ticking clock, and there are those who can't abide...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. They are marketed around the world as a symbol of love and commitment.But in Sierra Leone diamonds have a...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.Winnipeg's Muslim community has come a long way since the city's first Mosque opened in 1976. Today, there are 4...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. The story of Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra . In 1940 ,the same year that...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.According to the United Nations, 88 Aboriginal languages in Canada are nearing extinction.And among them, Tsuu T'ina, a language spoken...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. God may be subtle,Albert Einstein once said,but he Isn't mean. It seems a lot of people would disagree.Recent research...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. The Cree School Board in Northern Quebec is determined to make sure that young Cree feel at home with...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. In Moncton, a couple of teachers were at wits end. When they looked around their classroom they saw groggy...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 | Categories: |
IIn part two of this episode. In Canada it is illegal to pay for human eggs. That law has been in effect for almost a...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.Chances are, the last time you took a photo, you didn't need film.Maybe you used the camera in your cell...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Newfoundlander Pat Stamp was working as a welder on a tanker ship when there was an explosion.He was...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. We know there are bullies on the school ground, and we know who they're picking on. It's the...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. You ever wonder where actor Sach Baron Cohen learned how to make you laugh so hard? Like lots of...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. The Nisga'a are a small band who live 20 hours drive north of Vancouver. And twelve years ago, the...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.John Ware looms large in the small field of Black history in Alberta. Ware was a big man, a...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. A story about people who left Israel, partly to escape the constant threat of war.So where did they...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Nelson B.C.'s homegrown opera is called KHAOS and it tells a story both ancient and modern.It's based on...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Tooker Gomberg was an Edmonton bicycle crusader, environmentalist, would-be-mayor of Toronto, sunflower lover and activist extraordinaire.With Angela Bischoff, his...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of the this episode. A writer deals with his impending death by producing a volume of poems called "Cancer Songs." And...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Suicide is often thought to be a problem of the young. But it's not. A new documentary looks at...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Nunavut is Canada's youngest territory.Almost half of Nunavut's population is under the age of 20. The average age...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Junior high school boys often get their information about sex and relationships from their friends and increasingly the...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.One of the worst disasters in U.S. naval history occurred 70 years ago off the coast of Newfoundland. A...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Chickens are what brought jobs and security to St Francois, New Brunswick. And chickens are what's tearing the community...
Friday, March 9, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Reg Knelson was a man down on his luck.A troubled childhood left him with addiction issues and living on...
Friday, March 9, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Living through the teenage years can be quite the challenge ,far too challenging to throw parenthood into the mix....
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.Most of us have heard there are dozens of words in Inuktitut for snow. Wrong. Inuit languages add suffixes.So a...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. She was a titan among oil rigs and like the Titanic, believed to be unsinkable. Thirty years ago,last...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. This winter many Canadians are zipping around on snowmobiles. Some in the ditches along highways and some in backcountry...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. This evening as most of us pull up the covers and get comfy on the pillow some people...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. It's a growing problem in the Aboriginal community. Generations of children growing up without fathers.The percentage of Aboriginal children...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode.If you live in Saint John New Brunswick or have been listening to your car radio while passing through,you may...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.In the bad old days, the main responsibility of a groom on his wedding day was simply to show-up. On...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. From the main highway going up Newfoundland`s Bonavista Peninsula, Port Union looks like a typical fishing outport It citizens...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Quebec's language laws dictate that French is the main language at all francophone schools.For most Quebec kids,and that includes...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. Canadian mining companies have been conducting business in Guatemala for the past 50 years ,right through the 36 year...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.In the 1940's, W.T. Hawkins Limited was a North American salty snack food giant. The Chicago based company shipped...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. When humanitarian workers go abroad they do so with the idea of helping those in need. Anything else, politics,...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode.The scientific name is Echinoderms. But for most of us calling them Sea Urchins will do just fine. The...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. It's a good thing the crime rate is falling because the new boss of the RCMP has plenty...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode. When it opened in 1921, the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children was the only institution in Halifax that...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. Even when the boy grows into the man that doesn't always mean old hobbies get forgotten. The bones may...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. 50 somethings pretending they are 65 to get a seniors discount. 10% off, on the second Monday of...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this epsiode.No one knows for sure how many of Canada's former soldiers are living on the street, couch-surfing or camping out...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 | Categories: |
In part one of this episode. There's an RCMP officer who's been rubbing the residents of Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula the wrong way for the...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 | Categories: |
In part two of this episode.It's January. The Christmas holidays are over and the kids are back in school.A chance for the students to keep...
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