The Nature of Things
Season 11
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"The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks"
The first in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. The series looks at a variety of areas in the world set aside as specially protected areas of wilderness and natural wildlife. The first program is about western mountain parks and the work being done by biologists and scientists to save mountain wildlife.
"The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida"
The Everglades, unique in the world, are dependent entirely on water. But the beautiful birds and animals in the park are threatened by land development and a new airport, whose drainage policies are drying up the area.
The Last Stand: Point Pelee
The third in a four-part series entitled "The Last Stand." Point Pelee is a tiny peninsula in southwestern Ontario, jutting into Lake Erie, which contains a fresh water marsh full of wildlife of all kinds. It is also the last stronghold of the southern deciduous forest in Canada and contains southern species of plants and animals not found anywhere else in the country.
The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert
The last in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. This program looks at Sonoran Desert in US Southwest and in Mexico.
A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Universe
The first in a three-part series entitled "A Sense of Time". This examines past and present ideas on questions of how old is universe.
A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Earth
This program focuses on a new geophysical concept of our planet.
A Sense Of Time: The Age Of Man
Planet Earth has supported life for some three billion years; but Man, characterized by his powers of thought and other other intelligent faculties, has shown greatest development.
The Great Lakes
Sociologists tell us that Great Lakes are basis for civilization around them. If lakes fail.
The Great Lakes
Immediate implementation of pollution control in our Great Lakes is urgently needed if we are to preserve our most vital waterway.
Population Problems: Everybody'S Baby
Population: Everybody's Baby" examines projected consequences of overpopulation and-controversy surrounding population control.
Population Problems: Tomorrow'S Child
Featuring a national opinion poll on public attitudes in Canada towards population growth.
Who Help Themselves
Dealing with McGill University Settlement Mental Health Unit project in Montreal..
Psychiatry: Heavy Night
Psychiatry: Heavy Night
Psychiatry: Street Fighting Mad
A visit to Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute, where a disturbed teenager responds to treatment.
Psychiatry: Human Potential
A look at Vancouver-area encounter groups.
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