DISCOVERY EDUCATION CANADA BRINGS NEW ENGAGING DIGITAL CONTENT TO CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

– Through a partnership with PMA Biographies, new video content will enhance curriculum and bring learning alive to inspire students and improve achievement – Toronto, Ontario, (November 19, 2012) – Discovery Education Canada has partnered with PMA Biographies to bring dynamic and engaging digital media to K-12 classrooms across the country. Digital content, such as …

Extraordinary Canadians nominated for Golden Sheaf Awards

Great News! The Yorkton Film Festival has announced the first round of our 2012 GSA nominations and Extraordinary Canadians has been nominated for three awards. EC: Rudy Wiebe on Big Bear is nominated in category of best Documentary Biography EC: John Ralston Saul on Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin is nominated in category of best …

EC in the Globe and Mail

Excerpt from John Doyle’s Weekend Viewing Extraordinary Canadians Sunday, 8:30 p.m., CITY-TV This series, one of those all-too-rare explorations of Canadian history and culture on TV these days, has prominent Canadian figures dwelling for 30 minutes on the life and achievements of important figures from our past. On this one, Adrienne Clarkson looks at Norman …

TV: ‘Extraordinary Canadians’ Showcases Country’s Heritage

Oct 27, 2011 Robin Shanks for iVillage.ca Montreal director Karen Cho brings three extraordinary Canadians into your home this fall. Citytv, OMNI Television and The Biography Channel are airing a 12 week series, Extraordinary Canadians, featuring some of the country’s most influential people. Cho, who directs three of the 12 segments (which profile Norman Bethune, …