About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: ethnicity
Mexico: The City of Oaxaca
The City of Oaxaca is a UNESCO heritage site known for its historic artist’s colony set in the rugged Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. … Continue reading
Posted in International Features
Tagged Acalpulco, art, chocolate mole, cochineal beetle, culture, Cypress tree, Dominican Convent, ethnicity, Hierva el Agua, history, languages, Mexico, Mitla, Mixtec, Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Pacific coast, pottery, Rudolfo Morales, Santo Domingo, Sierra Madre Mountains, tamales, UNESCO, Zápotec
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Toronto #26: The Canadian National Exhibition
In 1879 an annual fair was begun on Toronto’s waterfront as an industrial exhibition to highlight technology in farming. Over the years the CNE … Continue reading
Posted in Toronto 175
Tagged animals, Anne Murray, Beach Boys, Canada, Canadian National Exhibition, Colosseum, documentary, electricity, ethnicity, Festivals, Frank Sinatra, history, Horse Palace, Industrial Exhibition, invention, midway, multicultural, newspapers, radio, railway, Stanley Barracks, The Ex, Toronto, troops, tv, WW2
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Toronto #13: Kensington Market – An Ethnic Experience
Immigrants flooded the city and Toronto’s population shifts to a veritable United Nations. They came for a new beginning in a strange land and … Continue reading
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Tagged British Empire, Canada, Chinese, commerce, ethnicity, Immigrants, Italians, Kensington Market, Ontario, Portuguese, Railways, religion, stonemasons, subway, Toronto
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