Memory: Brain and Body
Is there such a thing as a perfect recollection or photographic memory? This program examines that question and others related to the brain’s ability to store knowledge. Using a wide range of examples, the program demonstrates that even the sharpe...
Clot busters: case studies of stroke treatment
Stroke is about sudden loss of function. Stroke intervention is about rescuing the brain - and, by extension, the mind and personality. This program brings viewers into the ER and the OR, the CT-scanning suite and the rehab room, of Calgary's Foothi...
One red paperclip: Kyle MacDonald makes the deal of a lifetime
Meet Kyle MacDonald, an unemployed young Canadian with a crazy-wonderful dream: to trade his way up from one red paperclip to a house in just one year using only his blog as his bartering tool. This program - an intriguing example of online entrepre...
Sc@mmed: Online Identity Theft
Bouncing between Canada and the U.S., Sc@mmed exposes an urgent problem of global proportions: phishing, the illegal gathering of others’ personal information online in order to steal all their money—and even their identities. Through the cautio...
Malls r us
Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, "Malls R Us" examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination - the enclosed shopping center - and how for consumers they function as a communa...
Le Sel de la Semaine: Jack Kerouac
Largely overlooked in popular and critical assessments of Jack Kerouac's work is how intimately it is connected to his French-Canadian background and his childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts. Kerouac grew up among Canadian ex-pats, learning English on...
Rage Against the Darkness: Gert's Secret
Gert is 102, a happy survivor of one of society's unhappiest institutions: a nursing home. While others barely survive emotionally, Gert maintains her charm and her spirit. She's been a feisty, independent lady all her life. Widowed at 48, she never...
Cafeteria confidential
Though alternatives may be available, greasy, high-carbohydrate foods still dominate high school cafeteria menus, despite public attention to the issue of childhood obesity. In Toronto, high school student Allison Ewell decided that enough was more ...
Biomimicry : Learning From Nature - Part 2
This two-part series is based on the acclaimed book, "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature", by Janine Benyus.
Biomimicry is a new science that studies nature's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.
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Biomimicry : Learning From Nature - Part 1
This two-part series is based on the acclaimed book, "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature", by Janine Benyus.
Biomimicry is a new science that studies nature's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.
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