18 ~ Friday, October 2, 1992 — North Share News HOME & GARDEN | Heritage Minutes helping to appreciate accomplishments PRODUCTION STARTED Sept. 13 on two ‘Heritage Minutes” which are being shot in Vancouver and on location in Hope, British Columbia. Under the direction of Greg Sheppard of the- Partners Film Co. of Toronto, the programs are employing the talents of over 100 local actors and crew. One of the 60-second “‘micro-movies’’ highlights the determination of engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the principal architect of the [ntercolonial Railway and inventor of Standard Time. The other is a dramatic depic- tion of the use of nitroglycerine to clear mountainous railway passes and the hazardous conditions fac- ed by thousands of Chinese workers. . These new Heritage Minutes will soon join 25 other such cap- sules of Canadian history which are currently airing on all Cana- dian broadcast networks, French and English, who regularly air the Heritage Minutes. series in the midst of television commercials and daily programming. Since 1991, the Heritage Minutes: have exposed audiences to a wide range of Canadian heroes, heroines and events, in- cluding the invention of basketball by James Naismith, the discovery of dinosaur bones on the Prairies, the creation of Superman by Joe Shuster, the naming of Canada by Jacques Cartier and the. artistic commitment of Emily Carr. Over the next year, movie-goers are also being treated to a “minute movie’? in Cineplex- Odeon and Empire theatres across the country. ~- : “Everyone I talk to seems to have a favorite “minute,” and it is great to find that Canadians are learning to appreciate our coun- try’s past and discover things they didn’t know while they are being entertained in the same time it takes to watch a television com- mercial,*’ says director Sheppard. The Heritage Minutes are the most visible manifestatibn of the Heritage Project, an extensive multi-media educational program being developed to heighten and encourage awareness of Canadian ‘ history and culture. The project was conceived and initiated by the CRB Foundation (named after Charles R. Bronsman), and is co-sponsored by Power Broadcasting and Canada Post Corporation. that when you look at Canadian history and the people who gener- ated that legacy, there is truly never a dull moment, and getting that message across to young people is important,’’ said EX- CITE director Dr. Gerri Sinclair. Dr. Sinclair is the executive edi- tor of The Heritage Post, a full- color tabloid magazine which is distributed to more than 60,000 © teachers across Canada. Funded by The CRB Founda- tion and Canada Post Corpora- tion, The Heritage Post is published quarterly from Van- couver and expands on themes generated in the Heritage Minutes and highlights from Canadian his- tory. In addition, the Heritage Pro- ject is setting its sight on the classrooms of Canadg in the 21st century. With the support of the CRB Foundation and Simon Fraser University, a complete package of interactive computer programs and software related to classrooms is being developed to encourage children to explore new technologies while learning a pro- found respect far Canadian culture and heritage. One young person who has al- ready demonstrated an exceptional interest in Canadian heritage is 15-year-old Tania Ahmad of Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec, who will be visiting British Coi- umbia for the first time to attend the filming of the Heritage Minutes, along with her father. Tania is the winner of Canada Post Corporation's 8th National Student Letter Writing Competi- tion and this trip is one of her prizes. Close to 10,000 entries were submitted by I1- ta 15-year-olds across Canada who were invited to explore the | community in which they live and write a letter sharing some unique aspect of its history. Tania’s winning entry imagina- tively recounted the establishment of the first town hall in Dollard des Ormeaux. The Heritage Project is current- ly developing a script based on Tania’s theme. Also attending the filming of the ‘‘Sandford Fleming’’ and ‘‘Nitro’’ Minutes is Patrick Wilson, creative director of the Heritage Minutes. “Sandford Fleming was a vi- sionary engineer. In the process of creating the Intercolonial Railway, he realized the need for a global standard of time. On the other hand, Chinese workers risked their lives constructing the same railway. In some cases, such as the planting of nitroglycerine we are dramatizing, they were treated as disposable lives,’ explained Watson. Both are stories of great Cana- dian fabric, flaws and all. ‘*In the space of one minute, we cannot expect to explain history, but if we can translate an event, or a hero, or a feeling of the pro- cess of nation-building that in- forms and inspires a national au- dience at home, in movie theatres and in the classroom, we have succeeded,”’ said Watson. Rhododendron society holds sale VANCOUVER Rhodcdendron Society is -having a sale of members’ plants at Clay’s Nurseries, 3666 - 224th St. in Langley, on Sunday, Oct. 4 from I p.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors are welcome to come early for a preview, but no early-bird sales will be allowed. This is a terrific opportunity In addition to the Heritage fj + Minutes, the project is developing educational materials for teachers and students, many of which are created by the EXCITE Centre at Simon Fraser University. 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