A Scattering of Seeds
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A Scattering of Seeds, also known as A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada is a 52 part television series created by White Pine Pictures celebrating the contributions of immigrants to Canada. The television series was broadcasted on various Canadian Television Networks, such as TVOntario, CBC Television, Vision TV and also on The Discovery Channel.
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[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1
- Something From Nothing: The Shumiatcher Saga
David Paperny profiles the legendary Shumiatcher family of Calgary; Russian Jews, who's company Smithbilt, became synonymous with the white hats of the Calgary Stampede and the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary.
- The Force Of Hope: The Legacy Of Father McGauran
Lindalee Tracey traces the heroic efforts of an Irish priest to comfort thousands of dying immigrants who poured into Québec during the Irish Potato Famine of 1847.
- The Road Chosen: The Story Of Lem Wong
Keith Lock follows Lem Wong who laboured in Chinese laundries from Vancouver to Cape Breton Island, and finally founded a popular restaurant in London, Ontario.
- For The Love Of God: The Mennonites And Benjamin Eby
- Breaking The Ice: The Story Of Mary Ann Shadd
- Acadian Spirit: The Legacy Of Philippe D'Entremont
- Sons And Daughters: The Italians Of Schreiber
- Watari Dori: A Bird Of Passage
- The Impossible Home: Robert Kroetsch And His German Roots
- Passage From India
- The Fullness Of Time: Ukrainian Stories From Alberta
- The First Seeding: A Legacy Of Tenacity
- A Land As Green As The Sea
[edit] Season 2
- First Lady of the Yukon
In 1898 an irrepressible American woman set off for the Klondike. Martha Black became the second woman Member of Parliament and the first woman M.P. from the Yukon.
- An English Sense of Justice
The grandfather of Pierre Berton arrived from England in 1857. T. Phillips Thompson became a crusading newspaperman in Toronto, a champion of the poor and the working class.
- Brothers from Vietnam
A filmmaker s first-person account of sponsoring a Vietnamese Boat family in Edmonton, Alberta, and their relationship over the years.
- New Norway: The Immigrant Trail
- Straight Arrow
- The Magnificent Abersons
- Voice of Freedom
Ugandan refugee Opiyo Oloya became the cultural centre of Toronto's diverse African community through his popular community radio program.
- Saga of Hope
A descendant traces two Icelandic families as their fortunes are made and broken in rural Manitoba at the turn of the century.
- The Stowaway
Antonio da Silva, a 15 year-old Portuguese stowaway arrived in Newfoundland in 1920. He later opened a boarding house, which became a home away from home for the famous White Fleet.
- Opening Night
- The Wanderer
- The Boatswain
Recently arrived Serbian poet, Radovan Gajić, is the caretaker and community leader of a high-rise apartment building in Toronto. The building is a magnet for other Serbian immigrants.
- The Haitian Heart of Love
Haitian Jesuit, Karl Lévêque, arrived in Montréal in the 1970s. He used sport, religion and community radio to rally his community and build bridges into Québec society.
