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- A Canadian producer buys the film rights of a famous Canadian novel, Lantern Moon and wants it to reflect his home country. But he soon realizes that once Hollywood becomes involved, his Canadian vision has to take a back seat.
- The movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.
- Fabricating credentials to score a last-ditch job as a high school guidance counsellor, a boozing, drug-addled former child star becomes an improbable hit with his students by dispensing the worst advice possible.
- Its the 1960s at the University of Toronto. Doug is a well-liked senior with an equally popular girlfriend. Peter is a shy freshman, and new to the big city. Peter and Doug become best friends and soon start going to concerts, drinking, and playing in the snow together. When Doug brings Peter to a steam bath and washes his back, the friendship seems headed to a whole new level, at least in Doug's mind. But when Peter emerges from a party after having sex with a co-ed, things get even more complicated...
- A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.
- A 1957 period piece about Italian immigrants in Toronto.
- This documentary short is a portrait of Scottish-born journalist, politician, and rebellion leader William Lyon McKenzie. The first mayor of Toronto, he was an important leader during the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion. This film portrays his election, his later defeat, his exile, and his fight for responsible government.
- Dr. Donald Redford, Univ. Of Toronto & Penn State, reveals the formative years of Akhenaten via uncovered inscriptions and art.
- Artist Jack Bush discusses his life, his work, and art in Canada.
- According to Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, 'there is ample metaphysics in not thinking at all.' But what if you devoted your whole life to thinking? Featuring philosopher Ronald de Sousa and shot on location at the University of Toronto, 'Philosopher's Walk' brings to life one of Pessoa's most celebrated poems.
- Twelve elderly Canadian women discuss how they were munitions factory workers during World War I.
- Two musicians from Cape Breton Island visit Ireland.
- A short historical vignette focusing on Lord Durham, author of the Durham Report, and governor general of British North America for five months in 1838, following the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada (Ontario and Quebec.)
- Noted undersea explorer Dr. Joseph MacInnis leads a team to find the ship HMS Breadalbane, which had been missing for more than 150 years.
- A man serves as essentially a double for Marshall McLuhan.
- Season 2 of the I'm Pharmacy Podcast explores the lifecycle of a drug. From thought to therapeutic, the journey of a drug has more steps than you may think, and each of them is crucial to success.
- Open Questions: An Ethics Podcast is a talk show podcast that explore everyday ethical questions such as "Should I Order the Fish?" and "What Can Money Buy?" The program is hosted by philosophers Jeremy Davis and Eric Mathison and is produced by the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.
- Host Robert Osborne interviews director Norman Jewison about his life and career. Clips from several of his movies are included. For the first time, an entry in this series was recorded before an audience. It was taped at the Historic Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, Florida as part of the 9th annual Sarasota Film Festival. The interview took about two hours and was edited down to one hour for broadcast.
- The Great Lakes region provided geologists with much of the evidence for the frequent ice ages that visited North America. But the lakes may be a rather transient feature of the continent dependent upon the recurring ice ages to maintain their existence.
- Dr Jennifer Gardy conducts an experiment on herself in an attempt to prove or disprove popular health claims.
- An investigation into an attempt to fool the Dragons' Den investors'an investigation into the tip-out tactic.
- Air pollution is a major killer, even in places we think of as 'safe,' so scientists are using new technology to measure it and study its effects on our bodies.