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It’s the great Canadian book debate! Five champions choose books by Canadian writers that they believe the entire country should read. After four days of debate, one book is named the winner.

Education | 8 seasons

Canada Reads

A sudden stroke is like a brush fire in the brain, burning over a million neurons per minute. Without intervention stroke causes debilitating neurological damage, or even death.  Medical researchers have long known that a drug that could lessen or prevent the damage done by stroke could save countless lives and be worth a fortune. It might even win a Nobel Prize. Over the years, drug companies have created what they think are effective stroke drugs. But when it came down to human testing, it proved impossible. But Dr. Mike Tymianski thinks he’s not only created a stroke drug that works, he also believes he has finally figured out a way to test it. Now he just has to prove it. The Stroke Doc is a high-stakes medical drama that follows the final stages of testing this drug on stroke victims. It takes place in the back of screaming ambulances, in hospital corridors and emergency wards around the world, taking us from Muskoka to Manila, where success is measured by tiny changes on an MRI, scrutinized in the middle of the night. And where failure could mean the loss of decades of research and tens of millions of dollars. Is Dr. Tymianski’s drug just another in a long line of failed stroke drugs? Or is he actually on the cusp of the biggest Canadian medical innovation since the discovery of insulin?

Education | 0 episode

The Stroke Doc

In Planet Wonder, Johanna Wagstaffe asks unexpected climate questions, on a journey of discovery through science, connecting perspectives on and solutions to climate change.

News | 1 season

Planet Wonder

A collection of short films about the Indigenous experience in communities across Newfoundland and Labrador.

Documentary | 1 season

Mi'kma'ki

A spinoff of The Great British Baking Show, this show features children aged 9-13 battling to win the prize. They are given recipes to bake and also asked to use their own original recipes.

Education | 3 seasons

Junior Baking Show

Dogs are the UK’s favourite pet but with many owners battling with their boisterous hounds, there’s one man willing to take on the task of taming them. Master dog trainer Graeme Hall believes there’s no such thing as a naughty dog - just owners needing help to regain control of their canines.

Education | 2 seasons

Dogs Behaving Badly

Join hosts Steven Scott and Marc Aflalo as they help viewers better understand how technology can assist in everyday life.

Double Tap TV

Leading Hollywood stars take deeply personal and emotional journeys to uncover what happened to their grandparents during major conflicts of the 20th Century.

Documentary | 2 seasons

My Grandparents' War

Comedian Rhod Gilbert's got a secret: he’s painfully shy, and it’s no joke. After a lifetime of social anxiety, can he finally come to terms with his shyness; and help others to do the same?

Documentary | 59 min

Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness

This hand-processed 16mm film reflects on botanical animism. It is a song written for night-crawlers, compost, and shadows, inspired by human flower-lust. Water, fire, earth, and air are interwoven with the garden's creature crew. The work draws a parallel between the photographic alchemy of cinematic experiments, and the photosynthetic processes of plants.

Education | 3 min

Petal to the Metal

In this new series, chef Mark Moriarty brings easy-to-follow recipes that will arm you with a brand-new repertoire of dishes, using simple, fresh ingredients, with very little fuss.

Education | 1 season

Mark Moriarty: Off Duty Chef

Jamie kicks off with seared scallops with black pudding and speedy spuds and peas. There's also rib-eye steak; flatbreads and mango chutney; and Jamie's almond pastry puff.

Jamie's Quick & Easy Food

CBC’s new documentary program gets to the heart of current affairs and social issues that matter to Canadians. With unique and often unexpected access, these stories will ignite discussions.

Current Affairs | 5 seasons

CBC Docs POV

In the wake of an inquest into the mysterious deaths of seven First Nations high school students in Thunder Bay, Ont., Tanya Talaga examines what — if anything — has changed since they died.

Specials | 44 min

Mashkawi-Manidoo Bimaadiziwin Spirit to Soar (Anishinaabemowin version)

Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned-Buddhist-priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. But this work has come at the cost of his own family and health.

Specials | 87 min

The Departure

Alanis Obomsawin’s film reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has been enriched through the power of education.

Education | 97 min

Our People Will Be Healed

A Native elder explains the energy and tremendous healing power of smudging sage handed down by the ancients thousands of years ago.

Education | 180 min

As the Smoke Rises

Emerging from years in isolation to an enraptured crowd, transgender musical genius Beverly Glenn-Copeland finally finds his place in the world.

Specials | 60 min

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story

The story of Ted Ngoy, a Cambodian refugee who arrived in Los Angeles in 1975 and changed everything we know about America’s favorite pastry, the donut.

Current Affairs | 99 min

The Donut King

The unlikeliest of friendships are forged on opposite sides of the world, in the wake of a massive natural disaster in Japan.

Lost & Found

An intimate look at Prince William's global mission to champion action for the natural world and celebrate the pioneering work of local heroes.

Specials | 48 min

Prince William: A Planet For Us All

An immersive look into hair stylist Nancy Falaise’s monthly workshops for young girls of colour and their natural hair.

Nancy's Pro Tips

With his industry on lockdown and no end in sight, Toronto chef Luke Donato tries to keep his culinary passion alive during the COVID-19 pandemic - even if it means teaching a group of misfits online.

Documentary | 1 episode

Until Further Notice

Professor Tim Flannery investigates how seaweed in helping to save the world - from growing the foods of the future, helping save the reef, and even combating climate change.

Can Seaweed Save the World?

Sabrina Grant examines why the gut is so important to a person's overall well being and how it affects everything from their moods and energy, to sleep and health.

Education | 47 min

How Healthy is Your Gut?

Canadians have never faced a challenge quite like COVID-19. It's changed the way we live. The way we work. And our relationships with each other. New phrases have entered our daily vocabulary. Social distancing. Flattening the curve. Personal protection equipment. Hosted by Andrew Chang and Adrienne Arsenault, Coping with COVID explores life in the world of a pandemic stepping back from the headlines to give context to Canada’s new reality.

Current Affairs | 2 seasons

CBC News: Coping with COVID

Dr. Jen Gunter is “Twitter’s Gynecologist.” Through humour and expertise, she helps us understand how celebrity endorsed popular pseudoscience "wellness" products and trends are anything but harmless.

Jensplaining

Raised in the remote fly-in community of Wapekeka, Miranda faces the same daunting challenge as many First Nations youth: there’s no high school on reserve. To continue the education most Canadians take for granted, the 14-year-old must leave the only home she has ever known and travel 500 km south to Thunder Bay. She’ll be alone, living with strangers in a boarding home. Her parents must stay in Wapekeka to work. Miranda’s high school in Thunder Bay focuses on Indigenous youth from remote communities; staff and teachers face many obstacles in their tireless efforts to support and educate the teens. Miranda faces a system that brings culture shock, isolation, loneliness and hardships that few teenagers can imagine. Back home, Miranda’s parents must deal with the separation; it’s painful to see their child leave home so young. They’re also coping with how to keep her connected to her heritage, language, traditional teachings and culture. All while trusting their daughter to strangers in an urban environment that can be harsh to Indigenous youth. With the help of dedicated educators, other brave students, the endless support of her family and her own passion for art, Miranda is slowly carving a path for herself.

Documentary | 7 min

Hard Learning

Jet Age considers the evolution of airports from generic atriums into bonafide art galleries that surround and engage their visitors with stunning sculptures, architecture, and paintings.

Jet Age

Gord Downie's Secret Path tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a young boy who died trying to get home from residential school in 1966. It's been taught in classrooms across Canada this year. Daisy and Pearl Wenjack, Chanie's sisters, visit a school in Toronto where the children have a special surprise for the family.

Documentary | 10 min

The Secret Path: In The Classroom

Young bakers tackle a series of challenges.

Reality | Season 7

Biography | Season 2

Johanna Wagstaffe asks unexpected climate questions.

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Canada Reads

The Stroke Doc

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Mi'kma'ki

Junior Baking Show

Dogs Behaving Badly

Double Tap TV

My Grandparents' War

Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness

Petal to the Metal

Mark Moriarty: Off Duty Chef

Jamie's Quick & Easy Food

CBC Docs POV

Mashkawi-Manidoo Bimaadiziwin Spirit to Soar (Anishinaabemowin version)

The Departure

Our People Will Be Healed

As the Smoke Rises

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story

The Donut King

Lost & Found

Prince William: A Planet For Us All

Nancy's Pro Tips

Until Further Notice

Can Seaweed Save the World?

How Healthy is Your Gut?

CBC News: Coping with COVID

Jensplaining

Hard Learning

Jet Age

The Secret Path: In The Classroom