About this season
CBC’s new documentary program gets to the heart of current affairs and social issues that matter to Canadians. With unique and often unexpected access, these stories will ignite discussions.
Episodes (17)
1. 14 & Muslim
Aired 21 September 2018 • 45 min
Follow three Muslim teens as they take their first tentative steps towards adulthood in Canadian high schools.
2. Prison Pump
Aired 28 September 2018 • 44 min
A former drug lord makes a fresh start as a fitness entrepreneur with a message as he dodges shadows from his old life.
3. The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secret
Aired 5 October 2018 • 44 min
Explore the most explosive scandal in pop culture's history: sexual harassment in Hollywood.
4. Band Geeks
Aired 19 October 2018 • 45 min
Two hundred teens from Burlington prepare to march at the Rose Parade, the pinnacle event for marching bands. The stakes are high and they only have one chance to get it right.
5. The Third Dive: The Death of Rob Stewart
Aired 26 October 2018 • 45 min
Environmentalist and filmmaker Rob Stewart died in a tragic diving accident. What went wrong and who is to blame?
6. Shut Him Down
Aired 2 November 2018 • 44 min
A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the firestorm sparked by professor Jordan Peterson's dismissal of gender-neutral pronouns and his meteoric rise to global fame for denouncing political correctness.
7. Next of Kin
Aired 9 November 2018 • 45 min
Jacob and Tahylour, impacted by the child welfare system, locate unknown family, finding themselves in the process.
8. Know I'm Here
Aired 16 November 2018 • 45 min
In a moment of crisis for the subarctic town of Churchill, Manitoba, Kal Barteski brings together artists from around the world to paint massive murals on the town's neglected buildings.
9. I Think You've Been Looking for Me
Aired 23 November 2018 • 45 min
An emotional reunion of a mother and her son after 48 years reveals the depths of suffering inflicted by a forced adoption and the power of family ties to overcome them.
10. Pugly: A Pug's Life
Aired 11 January 2019 • 45 min
Follow the triumphs and struggles of three rescue pugs, and explore the current craze for flat-faced dogs.
11. To the Worlds
Aired 18 January 2019 • 45 min
Mature B.C. women in sparkles and spandex defy doubts, age, and gravity to go for gold in international adult figure skating.
12. Spaceman
Aired 8 February 2019 • 45 min
B.C.'s Granger Taylor built a spaceship in his backyard. In 1980, he said he was going to space and vanished. What really happened?
13. Mr. Jane and Finch
Aired 22 February 2019 • 45 min
Winston LaRose, an 80-year-old community activist, inspires a Toronto community to challenge the traditional powers as he runs for political office for the first time.
14. Year of the Gun
Aired 8 March 2019 • 45 min
A powerful examination of Toronto's escalation in gun violence and its impact on community safety and well-being.
15. My Farmland
Aired 15 March 2019 • 45 min
A look at the changing face of Canadian farms from the perspective of local farmers, Chinese immigrants, and investors.
16. Village of the Missing
Aired 22 March 2019 • 45 min
How did serial killer Bruce McArthur get away with murdering several gay brown-skinned men in Toronto's gay village?
17. Modified
Aired 29 March 2019 • 45 min
A personal and poignant mother-daughter investigative journey that questions why Canada doesn't label genetically modified foods?