Heritage Minutes

If you're a Canadian of any age, it's hard to imagine you've never seen a Heritage Minute.These vignette's have been around since the early 90s and have been part of nearly all video broadcast medium here in the Great White North - TV, Movies, even educational videos at school. Including the one released today (shown below), a total of 106 of these 60-second educational public service announcements have hit the screen.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjsUk7PchINow, what's more Canadian than the story of what the good people of Gander, NL did to support the thousands of unexpected visitors in 2001? Superman?I imagine those of you not from these parts may wonder why we have them at all. While the first few were created to both enhance Canadians knowledge about our country and support a one-off history-focused quiz show1, they evolved into what we know of them today - short videos to share Canadiana to Canadians.What strikes me as most important is how these stories also share aspects of…