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VPRO 2020 1 season 5 eps Returning series

Paradise Canada

2020 1 season 5 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

45 min

S1 · E1 · Aug 30, 2020

Lost Women Episode 1

In Canada, indigenous women are six times more likely to die of violent causes compared to white women. Emy Koopman speaks to relatives of an indigenous girl who disappeared along the 'Highway of Tears' twenty-five years ago, and discovers that these disappearances are still not a thing of the past. Since the 1970s, unofficial estimates suggest that more than 40 (most of them indigenous) women and girls have disappeared along British Columbia's endless highway. This is said to be the result of more than a hundred years of colonial policy, whereby indigenous children were snatched from their families to be placed in boarding schools to destroy 'the Indian in the child'. Practices that took place well into the 90's.

45 min

S1 · E2 · Sep 6, 2020

Toxic Masculinity Episode 2

Emy Koopman investigates the struggle of equality between men and women in Canada. The country seems extraordinarily progressive, but there have been two attacks so far, specifically targeting women. The perpetrator of the 'Toronto van attack' stated that he belonged to the 'incels', an online group of men who do not have sex and blame women for it. How can such misogyny proliferate in Canada and what is being done about it? Koopman talks with male feminists and female boxers, but also speaks to self-help guru and psychology professor Jordan Peterson, who became known for his critique of contemporary feminism. Is Canada Polarizing?

45 min

S1 · E3 · Sep 13, 2020

The Price of Black Gold Episode 3

Emy Koopman explores how the oil industry affects the lives of Canadians and poses the question of how sustainable this industry is in times of climate change. Canada's countryside is stunningly beautiful, but no place has become so representative of unscrupulous gain than Fort McMurray, Alberta. The oil extracted here from 'tar sands' has made Alberta one of the richest provinces in Canada. The oil is deeply anchored in the identities of the residents, and President Trudeau is happily letting Alberta soldier through. Despite the enormous CO2 emissions that this causes and the poisoning of the important Athabasca River, the indigenous population of the province also contributes to the extraction of oil.

45 min

S1 · E4 · Sep 20, 2020

Booming Vancouver Episode 4

Vancouver is one of the most livable cities in the world, according to several lists, with a thriving film industry, an important port, a mild climate and a relaxed lifestyle. But the city also shows how much the housing market can be derailed by the big money from foreign investors. Especially prosperous Chinese see the relatively nearby metropolis as the ideal place to keep their (illegal) money safe. Vancouver has become one of the cities where house prices and disposable income differ the most. Homeless people occupy the streets of the center with their tents.

45 min

S1 · E5 · Sep 27, 2020

A New Fatherland Episode 5

Multiculturalism has been official Canadian state policy since the 1970s, but in Quebec xenophobia and Muslim hatred are flaring up. Emy Koopman explores the fear of foreigners and speaks with 'the Schindler of Guelph'. Without migrants, the vast country of Canada couldn't prosper. Thanks to a selection system, the newcomers are often more highly educated than the average Canadian. It sounds idyllic, but since Trump's election, thousands of Americans have crossed the border, sparking xenophobia and Muslim hatred in French-speaking Quebec, traditionally concerned about preserving its own cultural identity. In early 2017 it came to a shooting in a mosque. Emy Koopman follows victims of that attack on the way to the trial against the perpetrator.

5 episodes in Season 1

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Breathtaking natural beauty, tolerant, safe and prosperous. That is the picture we have of Canada in the Netherlands. But is it really that paradisical, or does Trudeau's country know how to put on a mask of civility? Writer Emy Koopman travels in Paradise Canada from Vancouver to Montreal and looks at the problems brewing beneath the surface. The series delves into all the urgent themes of our time and examines the state of Canada with racism and gender equality, migration, climate change and the welfare state. Emy Koopman speaks to famous Canadian intellectuals such as Charles Taylor, Margaret Atwood and Jordan Peterson.

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Emy Koopman

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Total runtime 3h 45m · Episode length 45 min · Country Netherlands

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Premiered

August 30, 2020

Final episode

September 27, 2020

Status

Returning series

Network

VPRO

Country

Netherlands

Type

Scripted

Episode length

45 min

Total runtime

3h 45m

Original language

Dutch

Production

V

VPRO

Production

Languages

Original title

Paradijs Canada

Spoken on screen

Dutch · English

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