Historica Canada releases new Heritage Minutes
By Rob Bale
Toronto-based charitable organization Historica Canada has released a new series of “Heritage Minute” videos to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the initiative. The 60-second videos feature Canadian celebrities recalling their favourite past videos from the series. The Heritage Minute videos highlight various moments from Canadian history. Seven new videos have been released on social media, with new installments scheduled to be released through the end of the year.
“A whole generation of Canadians quite literally grew up with the first generation of ‘Minutes’ in the 1990s, just as millions more have done the same since we brought them back in 2012,” said Anthony Wilson-Smith, president and CEO of Historica Canada. “Among their many strengths, they bring our past to life in a very human way, by telling stories at ground level of individual Canadians who found the strength to do remarkable things. That’s one of the reasons why we turned to some pretty remarkable Canadians to give their individual takes on their personal favourites, why that is so, and why the ‘Minutes’ continue to have such great impact three and a half decades after the first ones.”