Heritage Minutes: Acadian Deportation

The Acadians are descendants of early French settlers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1604 and built a distinct culture and society over generations. Their peaceful existence was uprooted in 1755 when over 10,000 Acadians were ripped from their homeland to ensure British rule in North America. This Heritage Minute portrays the deportation through the eyes of an Acadian mother.

• Tess GirardDirector
• Tess GirardWriter

• Nancy KennyMother
• Fabien MelansonFather
• Murlane CarewGrandmother
• Rebecca RyanDaughter
• Donovan ColanSon
• Justine ColanDaughter
• Sean SkerryBritish Soldier
• Antonine MailletNarrator (voice)