Forest School

Nature learning has been embedded in indigenous culture for thousands of years, and within the past few decades the philosophy has formalized in Scandinavian countries as "FOREST SCHOOL". This concept of alternative education is now flooding into North America and the rest of the world. Forest school is a form of early education delivered entirely outdoors – rain or shine or snow - in which students explore nature to learn personal, social and technical skills. By using twigs to write in the mud they draw their favorite animals, the trees become story-tellers as they imagine the great adventures they can have, and animals become teachers of empathy and kindness.

China Revealed

CHINA REVEALED is a 3D expedition into a still undiscovered land. Lost in the vastness of China are sublime landscapes and cultural sites that the Western world has never seen.

Zara McDermott: Disordered Eating, Uncovering Rape Culture And Revenge Porn

In this series, Zara McDermott, former Love Island contestant, confronts the issues of revenge porn, rape culture and eating disorders—all rising astronomically in the past few years. What societal trends are causing these behaviours to escalate?

The Mum Who Got Tourettes

Without warning, Elizabeth Hall developed Tourette’s shortly after her 40th birthday. In this affectionate and extremely funny special, we follow Elizabeth and her family across a year, witnessing every triumph and tribulation amplified by the unpredictable impact of her Tourette’s. A captivating, humorous and heartfelt look at a serious medical condition.

Aging Well Suzuki Style

David Suzuki is 83. That’s three years beyond the life expectancy for the average Canadian male, so he’s ahead of the game. While he admits that he’s officially old, he’s also quick to point out that “aging is not a disease... it’s just a natural part of life". While everyone would love to live a long life, Suzuki is more interested in living a longer, healthier one - so he’s taking a journey to discover if he’s still alive because of the choices he’s made, or if he’s just been lucky to have inherited good genes. *David Suzuki won the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Screen Awards

Cracked: The Perplexing World of Egg Donation

CRACKED reveals the world of egg donation at a time when fertility rates are collapsing. Infertile potential parents are desperate to find egg donors with the right traits, the right ethnicity. But donating an egg is not simple and invites multiple risks. Through intimate stories of couples searching for donors, a Hollywood actor who had her child through egg donation, and frank confessions from a donor who is helping scores of families welcome babies, the film explores the economics, emotional costs and ethics of egg donation. It illuminates how rapid advances in reproductive science have left countries, cultures and laws struggling to catch up and both egg donors and those yearning for babies walking on eggshells.

Woman Raised By Monkeys

After being abducted and abandoned in the jungle, Marina Chapman claims she survived by living with a troupe of monkeys. She says, that for five years, they were her only family. Now, fifty years later, Marina and her daughter are on a quest to find the answers to her life; Who were her real family? Why was she taken? And did she really survive five years alone in the jungle with only monkeys for company? For the first time, Marina Chapman’s incredible story will be put to the test as we forensically examine her claims to have been raised by monkeys. Could a five year old girl really survive in the jungle in the company of monkeys? Working with neuroscientists, forensic anthropologists and primatologists we search for the clue. Will they reveal Marina to be a hoax or prove her amazing story to be true?

Fight For Justice: David & Me

David McCallum was a 16-year-old kid from the mean streets of Brooklyn when he went to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. David has been incarcerated longer than Canadian filmmaker Ray Klonsky has been alive. But Klonsky has spent the last 10 years doing everything he can to help get David out of jail. Why? Because when Ray was a troubled teenager, David helped him turn his life around. Their unlikely bond turns this gut-wrenching wrongful conviction story into a transformative film about going the distance for what you believe.

Expat

EXPAT takes viewers to exotic and legendary locations, where expatriates are creating new lives for themselves. These modern day explorers and long-term travellers have all faced challenges and have fascinating stories to tell. This series is about the expats - the true heroes of the show - and they are just a sampling of the ever-increasing number of people who choose to pick up their entire lives and move abroad. Following in the success of its inaugural season, this innovative program is back with 12 new episodes that push the envelope of what anyone could ever have dreamed.

That's Art

Art is all around us: tattoos, graffiti, movie posters and book covers. THAT'S ART introduces you to the people that create ‘the Art of the Every Day' and profiles the biggest, most influential artists working in unusual mediums – creative geniuses that make art out of Lego, desserts and even dead animals.