The CRB Foundation

Recipient of the 1997 Pierre Berton Award 

November 21, 2011

Montréal, Québec

For producing its popular Heritage Minutes series, the 60-second mini-movies highlighting Canada's past, seen in theatres and on French and English television. Subsequent to the award, Historica acquired full rights and permissions to distribute and add new productions to the series.

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