CBC Maritimes

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  • # Episodes

    53 episodes

  • Rating

    TV-G

Episodes of CBC Maritimes

    • Play Colin Dodds - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Colin Dodds

      As President of St. Mary's University in Halifax, Colin Dodds has been a leader in attracting international students. Currently, one in four students at SMU is from outside Canada. These students not only help to build diversity on campus but are critical to the financial viability of the university.

      • Release date
        May 9, 2012
      • Runtime
        25:21
    • Play Margaret McCain - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Margaret McCain

      As a stay at home mom in rural New Brunswick in the 1960's, Margaret McCain was very involved in her community. She became an activist in the quest to eliminate family violence. In 1994, she became Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and continued to use her voice to fight for the rights of women and children. Today, at 77, she is still passionate about making high quality childcare accessible across the country.

      • Release date
        May 2, 2012
      • Runtime
        24:03
    • Play Dave Carroll - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Dave Carroll

      Musician Dave Carroll’s life changed in July 2009 when United Airlines broke his guitar and refused to pay for it. He turned his customer service gripe into a video called “UNITED BREAKS GUITARS”. The video went viral. Today, over 11 million people have viewed it. Now in addition to being a musician, he’s travelling the world as a corporate speaker on customer service and the power of social media.

      • Release date
        Apr 25, 2012
      • Runtime
        25:22
    • Play Steve Blasco - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Steve Blasco

      As a marine geologist, Steve Blasco has a professional interest in ship wrecks. In 1990, he spent 17 hours in a small submarine studying the most famous shipwreck of them all, the unsinkable Titanic. On the 100th anniversary of the infamous marine disaster, he remembers what it was like to see the titanic up close…from both a scientific and emotional point of view.

      • Release date
        Apr 4, 2012
      • Runtime
        22:32
    • Play Dr. Camille Hancock Friesen - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Dr. Camille Hancock Friesen

      As the Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the IWK Hospital, Dr. Camille Hancock Friesen has watched childhood obesity reach epidemic proportions. In 2005, she began the Heart Healthy Kids program. (H2K) has become an innovative initiative… encouraging kids to lead heart healthier lifestyles.

      • Release date
        Mar 28, 2012
      • Runtime
        22:34
    • Play Harry Thurston - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Harry Thurston

      Harry Thurston is a biologist, poet, environmentalist and award winning nature writer. He writes about the world around him from the salt marsh in his own back yard to the oases of Egypt. His latest book 'The Atlantic Coast' is a sweeping exploration of the east coast of North America.

      • Release date
        Mar 21, 2012
      • Runtime
        24:46
    • Play Measha Brueggergosman - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Measha Brueggergosman

      Measha Brueggergosman grew up in Fredericton singing in the local Baptist church choir. She is now an award winning, critically acclaimed Canadian opera singer...her career takes her around the globe. This spring she came home for a series of sold out recitals in a Fredericton coffee shop and a Halifax tavern.

      • Release date
        Mar 14, 2012
      • Runtime
        23:56
    • Play Pete Luckett - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Pete Luckett

      Pete Luckett’s career started with $250 worth of produce in a stall at the Saint John Market. Since then, 'Pete’s Frootique' has grown into a multi –million dollar venture employing over 300 people. And Pete has become a father, grandfather, public speaker, tv personality and now vintner.

      • Release date
        Feb 29, 2012
      • Runtime
        22:19
    • Play John Johnston - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      John Johnston

      For 23 years, John Johnston lived and breathed the history of fortress Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. The Government of France recently honoured Mr. Johnston with its highest civilian award, the Ordres des Palmes, in recognition of his contribution to understanding the history of Louisbourg.

      • Release date
        Feb 22, 2012
      • Runtime
        21:53
    • Play Dr. Afua Cooper - CBC Maritimes on Blip CBC Maritimes episodes on Blip

      Dr. Afua Cooper

      Dr. Afua Cooper is a scholar, author, and a dub poet. As the recently appointed Chair in Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University, her goal is to raise the profile of African Nova Scotian history to Nova Scotians and Canadians.

      • Release date
        Feb 15, 2012
      • Runtime
        28:38
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