In this short film, Dr. Nathan Hatton of the Lakehead University Department of History describes the remarkable life and accomplishments of Elizabeth Smellie, a field nurse in the First World War who quickly rose through the ranks and became the first female colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces.
Blueberries, nutrition and tradition in Nipigon, Ontario
A short sequence that illustrates the everyday challenges for people living in an occupied territory. A not so happy Mother's Day is marked each year on the border between the Golan Heights and Syria.
Canadian soldiers returning home have always been changed by war and peacekeeping, frequently in harmful but unseen ways.
