Summary: A "farewell cruise" takes a luxury ship up the vast Yangtze River shortly before completion of the massive Three Gorges Dam. The passengers glimpse a rapidly changing countryside, while the local people struggle to adapt as their lives are irrevocably altered.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF UP
Summary: "The last ice age ended only a few thousand years ago, but there were earlier periods when the entire world was frozen, periods known as Snowball Earth."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIRSummary: "The human race is here today because of its abilitiy to adapt ... Episode 5 walks us down the incredible pathway that has brought humans to their dominant position on the planet and openly questions our role in the future development of life on Earth."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIRSummary: "The planet Earth was born out of chaos and disaster - and completely by chance. Episode 1 transports us to this breathtaking genesis, the violent past that created the fragile conditions for life itself."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIRSummary: "Seal meat is a staple food for the Inuit people, and many of the pelts are sold to offset the extraordinary cost of hunting. Inuit are spread across extensive lands and waters, and their tiny population is faced with a disproportionate responsibility for protecting the environment. They are pushing for a sustainable way to take part in the global economy, but in opposition stands an army of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ANGSummary: Examined Life takes philosophy into the hustle and bustle of the everyday. The "rock star" philosophers of our time take "walks" through places that hold special resonance for them and their ideas. These places include crowded city streets, deserted alleyways, Central Park, and a garbage dump.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Zeitgeist Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EXASummary: "Fascinated by the role technology played in transforming our lives, one of the twentieth century's most famous intellectuals realized, with stunning accuracy, the impact the digital age would have on our social, spiritual, economic and ideological selves. 'The global village' and 'the medium is the message' are among the most quoted phrases of our time. Now, twenty years after his death, in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Film Board of Canada 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MCLSummary: An unlikely trio - filmmaker Michael Rubbo, Geoff Stirling, a millionaire Canadian broadcaster and higher consciousness seeker - and Joey Smallwood, a former Premier of Newfoundland, travel to Cuba in a private jet. Their goal is to meet with Fidel Castro and create a dialogue between him and the United States. But Fidel never show up. Michael Rubbo records each step of this wayward quest to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WAINational Archives of Canada
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Manuscript Division, National Archives of Canada 1987
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.371 CHESummary: Environmentalist Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer followed a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot, across 1,500 kilometers of rugged Arctic tundra, from Canada's central Yukon to coastal Alaska (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) and back again. They wanted to raise awareness of threats to the caribou's survival, if proposed oil and gas development goes ahead in the herd's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: National Film Board of Canada 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Pink ribbons, the symbol of the breast cancer prevention movement, are everywhere: T-shirts, hats, yogurt cups, KFC buckets, car ads, NFL stadiums - the list goes on and on. They make people feel good, as if engaged in a successful battle against breast cancer. But who is really benefiting? More and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Wouldn't it be something if some of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PINSummary: Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Natives. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lorber Films 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ryan: Creating a hand-animated three-dimensional world, Chris Landreth explores the life of Ryan Larkin, a pioneer in Canadian animation who now lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change. Alter egos: Incorporating the animated documentary Ryan, Laurence Green's film explores the paths of animators Ryan Larkin and Chris Landreth and the relationship that developed between the two men....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Home Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RYASummary: Todd McFarlane is the most successful comic book artist in history. His multi-million dollar entertainment empire encompasses comics, action figures, television, video games, and music videos. The "Spawn" comic creator has sold more copies than any other urban drama character including Batman, Spider-man, and Superman. He is a self-confessed man of "contradictions and inconsistancies", who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2002
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TODCoderre, John E.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society 1987
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 CoderCanada
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Imprimé par S. Derbishire et G. Desbarats 1863
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3714 MONTREAL Commissioners Vol. 1Call number: R GEN 929.3714 MONTREAL Commissioners Vol. 3
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Imprimé par G. Desbarats 1863
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3714 COURONNE CommissionersSummary: This series traces the major advances in knowledge in Western civilization since the Greeks, and demonstrates how our view of the world changes as our knowledge develops.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DAYSummary: Democracies should protect their citizens, especially the most vulnerable among them, but the United States is increasingly failing to do so. This investigative documentary shows how corporations and billionaires have taken control of the American political process and in doing so have brought economic hardship and ruin. It combines insights from political thinkers and journalists with the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CORPaul, Ron
Summary: Ron Paul, an eleven-term congressman from Texas and one-time presidential candidate, advocates for the reduction of federal power throughout the government in the United States.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.11 PAUGouin, Jacques
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Methuen 1985
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.2 PANET GOUMacDowell, Marsha.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Museum 1996
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Native AnishnaabekCarnarvon, Fiona
Summary: Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey, a transporting companion piece to the New York Times bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, tells the story of Catherine Wendell, the beautiful and spirited American who married Lady Almina's son, the man who would become the 6th Earl of Carnarvon.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013