Episodes

Christmas comes to Thunder Bay, Calgary and charitable giving

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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Christmas reflections on a teeny weeny, itsy bitsy world

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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Our history together in community retailing and online gaming

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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Our history together fighting violence against women

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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Presenting ourselves online and as victims of scarring injuries

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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Presenting ourselves to bullies and to the world as Elvis

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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Grace under pressure for the endangered and grieving

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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Grace under pressure and the ways Danes tackle dementia

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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The uplift episode on beautiful music, laughter and crazy love

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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The uplift episode on hope against all odds and whales

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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Timing is everything at Christmastime and for hippies

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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Timing is everything for crash survivors and a 90 year business

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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War and remembrance of Afghanistan

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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War and remembrance of the 20th Century

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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Great institutions that we should pay attention to

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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