In the last 100 years, much has happened to Canada and to Canadians.
For each of us the story is different.
In 1994, Glass Co. Inc. produced Our Stories, a series of thirteen half-hour biographies featuring Canadians from a variety of experiences and heritages. The series was televised on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's public broadcaster, to critical acclaim. The series is now available in whole or in part for both broadcast and non-broadcast purposes.We invite you to learn more about the series and to meet the people profiled:
If you would like to receive more information about purchasing any or all of the series, please contact us.
- Johnny Johns - a member of the Tlingit First Nation in the Yukon;
- Tsuneko (Koko) Kokubo - a third generation Canadian stranded in Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbour;
- Connie Matthews - a gracious reminder of a class structure now vanished;
- Delmore W. (Buddy) Daye - Canada's first black Sergeant-at-Arms in the Nova Scotia Legislature;
- Mike Nolan - Newfoundland's one-of-a-kind conservationist, known as 'the caribou man';
- Jeanne Maranda - a feminist rebelling against the mores of the 1940's;
- Donatien Gaudet - a passionate Acadian and former priest, politician and teacher;
- Simma Holt - an accomplished journalist and crusader on behalf of the underdog;
- Nellie Pawlik - a woman determined to pass on the legacy of her Ukrainian heritage;
- Lila Fahlman - a various times, a dress-maker, a teacher, a political activist and a mother but always a Muslim;
- Jim Hong - a man willing to do anything for his home town of Cluny, Alberta;
- Doug Thompson - spent his life working the Saskatchewan land his father first laid claim to in 1905; and
- Elio and Jackie Rosati - active members of Toronto's Italian community for over 44 years.