Timetrackers
The Time Trackers travel back in time to learn about people and events in Canada's history. Viewers can log onto TVOKids.com to play along and obtain a secret file.
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Explorers - Part 4 (William Baffin)
June 2, 2011
Part 4: Agent Scotty concludes the story of famous explorers. William Baffin explores Canada's north - 180km more north than anyone has ever travelled in history.
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Explorers - Part 3 (Samuel de Champlain)
June 1, 2011
Part 3: Agent Scotty continues the story of famous explorers. Samuel de Champlain, explorer and an expert map maker, is assigned to make maps of Canada for the King of France. Champlain is famously known as the ,Father of New France,.
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Explorers - Part 2 (Jacques Cartier)
May 31, 2011
Part 2: Agent Scotty continues the story of famous explorers. The King of France sends Jacques Cartier on a mission to find a water shortcut from Europe to Asia. Cartier makes three voyages to find a water shortcut but instead finds something entirely unexpected.
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Explorers - Part 1 (John Cabot)
May 30, 2011
Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: Explorers. John Cabot is hired by the King to search out land and trade routes. Cabot was the first European explorer to come to Canada and the first to discover a NEW FOUND LAND.
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First Nations - Part 4 (Tepee)
May 19, 2011
Part 4: Agent Scotty concludes the First Nations series with another invention: TEPEE. Tepees, made of wooden poles and animal skins, were lived in and invented by the First Nations people hundreds of years ago. Tepees were portable, light, and easy to assemble which was very useful when following a buffalo migration.
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First Nations - Part 3 (Lacrosse)
May 18, 2011
Part 3: Agent Scotty continues with a First Nations invented sport: LACROSSE. For hundreds of years, the First Nations people have been playing Lacrosse. First Nations people were the first to teach it to the Europeans when the Europeans came to North America.
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First Nations - Part 2 (Snowshoe)
May 17, 2011
Part 2: Agent Scotty continues with another First Nations invention. Snowshoes were very important to First Nations people because they allowed them to hunt for food and travel through deep snow in the winter months..
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First Nations - Part 1 (Canoe)
May 16, 2011
Part 1: Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: First Nations Hundreds of years ago First Nations people used birch bark canoes for trade and communication. The First Nations people shared their knowledge with the Europeans.
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John A. MacDonald - Part 4
May 5, 2011
Part Four: Agent Scotty concludes the story of John A. MacDonald. In this episode, John A. MacDonald feels that a railroad, that goes across Canada, should be built. This railroad would finally unite all the provinces in Canada.
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John A. MacDonald - Part 3
May 4, 2011
Part Three: Agent Scotty continues the story of John A. MacDonald. In this episode, John A. MacDonald has become the first Prime Minister of Canada. He still feels that the nation could be bigger and rallies the remaining province to join Canada.
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John A. MacDonald - Part 2
May 3, 2011
Part Two: Agent Scotty continues the story of John A. MacDonald. In this episode, John A. MacDonald wants the Maritime provinces to join with the province of Canada. He believes that if they join - then a whole country could be born.
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John A. MacDonald - Part 1
May 2, 2011
Part One: Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: John A MacDonald. In this episode, John A. MacDonald believes that Canada would be a stronger nation if all the colonies were united. He decides to go to the colonies to find out what they think about a stronger Canada.
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Banting & Best - Part 4
April 21, 2011
Part Four: Agent Scotty concludes the story of Banting and Best. In this episode, Frederick Banting and Charles Best receive the Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of insulin.
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Banting & Best - Part 3
April 20, 2011
Part Three: Agent Scotty continues the story of Banting and Best. In this episode, Banting and Best have created a medicine called insulin but they haven't been able to make it work on a human as yet. Banting and Best continue their research to cure Diabetes with some unexpected help.
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Banting & Best - Part 2
April 19, 2011
Part Two: Agent Scotty continues the story of Banting and Best. In this episode, Banting and Best try to find the right combination of medicine to help people with Diabetes.
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Banting & Best - Part 1
April 18, 2011
Part One: Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: Banting & Best In this episode, Frederick Banting and Charles Best meet for the first time to work on an idea that will help people who have diabetes.
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Joseph Tyrell - Part Four
April 7, 2011
Part Four: Agent Scotty concludes the story of Joseph Tyrrell. In this episode, the Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology is opened in 1985 - over one hundred years after Joseph's dinosaur discovery.
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Joseph Tyrrell - Part Three
April 6, 2011
Part Three: Agent Scotty continues the story of Joseph Tyrrell In this episode, Tyrrell stumbles across a very important discovery- the bones of a VERY large beast called Dinosaur.
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Joseph Tyrrell - Part Two
April 5, 2011
Part Two: Agent Scotty continues the story of Joseph Tyrrell. In this episode, Joseph makes another amazing discovery, 61 metres above, in the Alberta Badlands.
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Joseph Tyrrell - Part One
April 4, 2011
Part One: Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: Joseph Tyrrell In this episode, Joseph Tyrrell has been sent by the Geological Survey to explore Alberta Badlands. Joseph finds coal which is needed to power the railroads and factories in Canada.
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Emily Carr - Part 4
March 24, 2011
Part Four: Agent Scotty concludes the story of Emily Carr. In this episode, an older Emily has been invited to participate in the West Coast Native Art Exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Canada. She meets Lawren Harris and A.Y. Jackson, who are members of the famous Group of Seven.
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Emily Carr - Part 3
March 23, 2011
Part Three: Agent Scotty continues the story of Emily Carr. In this episode, Emily gets ready for the biggest art show of her career.
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Emily Carr - Part 2
March 22, 2011
Part Two: Agent Scotty continues the story of Emily Carr. In this episode, Emily comes back to British Columbia and visits the Nootka Indian Reserve to paint - a place where no English speaking woman has dared to go.
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Emily Carr - Part 1
March 21, 2011
Part One: Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: Emily Carr In this episode, we learn that Emily lived in a Victoria society where women were not encouraged to be painters. Emily does the unimaginable and leaves home to study her passion- ART!
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Laura Secord - Part 4
March 10, 2011
Part Four: Agent Scotty concludes the story of Laura Secord. In this episode, Laura successfully warns the British army about the surprise attack.
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Laura Secord - Part 3
March 9, 2011
Part Three: Agent Scotty continues the story of Laura Secord. In this episode, Laura meets the Mohawk tribe and they offer to help her find the British army.
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Laura Secord - Part 2
March 8, 2011
Part Two: Agent Scotty continues the story of Laura Secord In this episode, Laura must warn the British soldiers of the American plan to attack Canada. She has to travel all the way to the Niagara Escarpment which is a very long distance from her home.
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Laura Secord - Part 1
March 7, 2011
Part 1: Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: Laura Secord In this episode, Laura Secord finds out that American soldiers plan to attack the British to make Canada a part of the United States.
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Tom Longboat - Part 4
February 24, 2011
Part 4: Agent Scotty concludes the story of Tom Longboat. In this episode, Tom runs the Boston Marathon and learns an important lesson.
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Tom Longboat - Part 3
February 23, 2011
Part 3: Agent Scotty continues the story of Tom Longboat. In this episode, Tom begins his training to run in the Boston Marathon.
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Tom Longboat - Part 2
February 22, 2011
Part 2: Agent Scotty continues the story of Tom Longboat. In this episode, Tom runs in the Caledonia One Mile Race and wins. With more focused training and races, Tom's next challenge is to run in the Boston Marathon.
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Tom Longboat - Part 1
February 21, 2011
Part 1: Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: Tom Longboat. Tom Longboat was born a fast runner, however, he soon learns that he needs more work with other skills!
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Part 4: Harriet Tubman
February 10, 2011
Part Four: Agent Scotty concludes the story of Harriet Tubman. In this episode, Harriet dedicates her life to the freeing of slaves with the help of the Underground Railroad.
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Part 3: Harriet Tubman
February 9, 2011
Part Three: Agent Scotty continues the story of Harriet Tubman. In this episode, Harriet makes it to Canada, and freedom, with the Underground Railroad. Harriet decides to help other slaves gain their freedom with the Underground Railroad.
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Part 2: Harriet Tubman
February 8, 2011
Part Two: Agent Scotty continues the story of Harriet Tubman. In this episode, Harriet searches for the underground railroad and learns that the 'Underground Railroad' is a code for something else.
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Part 1: Harriet Tubman
February 7, 2011
Part One: Agent Scotty has a new assignment for the Time Tracker Agents: Harriet Tubman. In this episode, Harriet Tubman learns that there's a secret 'Underground Railroad' that transports slaves from the United States to Canada.
