Extraordinary Canadians

Name: Extraordinary Canadians
Released: 2011-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Holly Uloth

TV Show · Documentary

In each episode a Canadian writer presents a biography of an extraordinary Canadian.

2011 · 21m

EPISODE 1

Mark Kingwell on Glenn Gould

Genius, enigma, hypochondriac: a life shrouded in mystery. Mark Kingwell shows how rock star of classical music Glenn Gould was in fact a great philosopher and innovator.
EPISODE 2

Adrienne Clarkson on Norman Bethune

From working to revolutionize health care in Canada, to saving thousands of lives in the revolutions of Spain and China, Bethune’s life is devoted to a single purpose: socialized medicine.
EPISODE 3

Lewis DeSoto on Emily Carr

Join Lewis DeSoto as he travels through the life of Emily Carr and her beloved landscape of British Colombia from childhood talent through struggles for acceptance in a male-dominated art world.
EPISODE 4

Rudy Wiebe on Big Bear

Non-violent, a believer in discussion and diplomacy, Big Bear (Mistahi-maskwa) is the earliest forerunner of the traits Canadians today pride themselves on.
EPISODE 5

Margaret MacMillan on Stephen Leacock

Margaret MacMillan shows us the other side of Canada’s first funny man. World-famous satirist and professor of Political Economy Stephen Leacock is a keen commentator on human nature.
EPISODE 6

David Adams Richards on Lord Beaverbrook

A brilliant entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, the great merger manipulator Max Aitken had a life of great success and bitter disappointments.