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Pigeons Are Taking Over Our Cities

July 8, 2016February 19, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

Can we co-exist with urban birds?

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Photograph courtesy of the National Film Board
December 2015 / Film

The Original Reality Show

November 17, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Matthew Hays

Tanya Tree’s depiction of a poor Montreal family changed documentary filmmaking

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Screenshot from Flight of the Bumblebee
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Flight of the Bumblebee

July 9, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Smithsonian Channel

A third of the food we eat is pollinated by bees. We need them to survive

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Screenshot from Walrus TV: Edible Bugs
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Bugging You

June 29, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Smithsonian Channel

Are insects the next big food?

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The Urban Coyote

June 23, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Smithsonian Channel

Coexisting with wildlife in our cities

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A group children sitting around a campfire
Film / June 2014

Lucky Number Seven

June 10, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Matthew Hays

The Canadian behind Britain’s iconic documentary series

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Illustration of a film roll with a man holding a sword, with a fire flame at the bottom
April 2014 / Film

Slow Dissolve

April 1, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Jason McBride

Why has it become almost impossible to make a documentary in Canada?

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Man sticking his head out of a frame
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About Rae

January 23, 2014September 13, 2021 - by Chris Berube

An interview with the director and subject of alt-musical documentary My Prairie Home

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Under the Influence

June 30, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

Beer is to Canada as wine is to France. How Labatt and its allies brewed up a nation of beer drinkers

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Illustration by Sonia Roy
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The New Normal

March 30, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Smithsonian Channel

Canada’s largest mental health facility is undergoing a multimillion-dollar facelift that reflects a greater cultural shift, the mainstreaming of mental illness

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