Psychology Unlocked
The History of Psychology in Less Than 5 Minutes - From Wundt to Today | History of Science
How did psychology start? This video outlines the history of psychology, from its origins in Germany with the work of Wilhelm Wundt, through into Functionalism (William James), past Freud and his Psychodynamic approach, onto Behaviourism...
National Film Board of Canada
Debris
Debris is a portrait of Tofino, BC intertidal artist Pete Clarkson as he crafts his most ambitious and personal project to date: a memorial to the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. He, like so many of us around the world, was...
National Film Board of Canada
Red Path
This short documentary tells the story of Tony Chachai, a young Indigenous man in search of his identity. Moved by the desire to reconnect with his Atikamekw roots, he delivers a touching testimony on the journey that brought him closer...
60 Second Histories
WW1 weapons - bayonet & pistol
A description of one of the oldest weapons still in use, the bayonet and how it was used in close quarter combat and also the Webley revolver
60 Second Histories
Life in the trenches - Part 6
This video explains how soldiers made raids on enemy trenches. Part 6 of a 7 part series
Amor Sciendi
"One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop Explained
A close reading of Elizabeth Bishop's classic poem "One Art"
60 Second Histories
Life in the trenches - Part 4
This film talks about troop rotation and how it ensured soldiers weren't always on the frontline. Part 4 of a 7 part series
National Film Board of Canada
The Bicycle: Fighting AIDS with Community Medicine
Pax Chingawale pedals his bicycle over 20 km a day, visiting his neighbours from house to house. His travels take him to twenty villages, in Zomba District, southern Malawi, Africa. The Bicycle chronicles Pax's journeys as he battles...
Curated Video
Contact Juggling: Defying Gravity with Object Manipulation
In this video, the topic of discussion is contact juggling, a form of object manipulation and performance that seemingly defies gravity. It delves into its history, popularity, and the various types of tricks contact jugglers perform.
Economics Explained
The Faltering Economy of Argentina | Economics Explained
This is Argentina, a South American nation which has been home to an unprecedented period of sustained growth quintupling in size in the last decade. This nation has seen remarkable resilience through financial crises and even though it...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Martinez HoSang - How Struggles for Racial Justice Liberate Everyone Part 2
Daniel Martinez HoSang is Professor of Ethnicity Race and Migration and American Studies and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Political Science and serves on the Education Studies Advisory Committee. His most recent...
Economics Explained
Young Generations Are Now Poorer Than Their Parents And It's Changing Our Economies
Young Generations Are Now Poorer Than Their Parents And It's Changing Our Economies
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Modern Physics
Quantum mechanics, relativity, space-time, Schrodinger's Cat, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, you've heard of all this stuff but you assume that there's no way you can understand it. Think again! With a little bit of preparation,...
Curated Video
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt: Great Art Explained
A group of artists, architects, musicians and social scientists, were experimenting in ways that would transform their individual fields. On the one hand, Vienna was the traditional city of academic art, Johann Strauss, and the Hapsburg...
Curated Video
Monet's Water Lilies: Great Art Explained
"Thoroughly researched and cleverly presented, with stunning visuals, Great Art Explained makes you realise that familiarity with a work of art sometimes makes us indifferent to its power" - Forbes Magazine, 9 July 2020
60 Second Histories
Mrs Pankhurst – marriage
Emmeline discusses marriage and her early life in the suffragist movement
Curated Video
Merian C Cooper and Ishiro Honda: Masters of Optical Illusions and Kaiju Films
Let’s take a look at the works of Merian C. Cooper and Ishirō Honda. Both are known for their work on giant monster movies, especially the Kaiju genre.
Curated Video
Coverture
Coverture severely restricted women’s political, financial, and personal rights and was imported to the American colonies as a part of English common law. It affected the lives of all American women and although it has been diminished...
Professor Dave Explains
The Antibiotics Revolution Part 2: Penicillins and Cephalosporins
We just finished learning about how the antibiotics revolution got started, with the sulfa drugs. Now let's move on to the classes of antibiotics that were discovered in the middle of the 20th century, the penicillins and the...
Curated Video
Discovering the Multicultural Marvels of Singapore
Let's explore Singapore, one of Asia’s top city attractions and a quickly-developing place for business. The city's unique cosmopolitan culture is a harmonious marriage of the old and the new. You’ll see high rising modern skyscrapers...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rob Mancabelli - The New Digital Divide
Rob Mancabelli is a speaker and author in the field of educational technology. He’s the co–author of the book Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education, a medal winner for Education Book of the...
PBS
How Did Makeup Ads Go From Style to Science?
When did makeup ads become less about beauty and more about science? And is that science even legitimate? Or is it just another ploy by the $445 billion cosmetics industry to get you to buy more products? This week Danielle digs into the...
PBS
Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?
When it comes to giving birth, the first image that comes to mind is a woman lying down on her back, but this wasn't always the case. In fact the origin of the position we now most associate with women giving birth started as a procedure...
Curated Video
Teaching Ruby Bridges
In the 1960s, Black schoolgirl Ruby Bridges and White teacher Barbara Henry showed America the true power of racial integration in the classroom.