The Woodsworth Minute is the latest addition to a tradition begun in 1991. Since that year, more than 60 Historica Minutes have been developed and produced by The Charles R. Bronfman Foundation Heritage Project and its successor, Historica Foundation. To view the entire back catalogue, please visit www.histori.ca/minutes/default.do.

The people behind the Minutes want to make Canada's history in all its richness-with its heroes, its triumphs, its contributions, its humorous moments, and sometimes, its mistakes-come alive on our television and movie screens. It is an ambitious vision, and it has succeeded remarkably. Today, the Minutes are familiar to most Canadian television and movie viewers-and they've been noticed. The fact that imitations and even parodies have appeared indicates just how much these brief "moments from our history" have heightened Canadians' understanding and appreciation of our past.

The Woodsworth Minute is the first in a new series of "Expanded Minutes." Historica Foundation is tremendously excited by the new opportunities inherent in the World Wide Web. Now viewers of traditional broadcast media who are intrigued by a Historica Minute can, if they choose, learn a bit more about the historical events it depicts in an interactive, multi-bandwidth web environment.

Conceiving and refining the idea for each Minute, developing the script, hiring top quality talent, organizing and shooting the scenes, and editing the Minute into its final form calls on the diverse skills and capabilities of many highly talented and committed individuals. The Woodsworth Production team is too numerous to list here in its entirety. However, the names of a few who helped make this Minute extra special deserve mention:

Director/Creative Director: Patrick Watson

Historians: Dr. John Herd Thompson

Production Team: Partners Film Company Ltd. (Executive Producer: Madeline Atkins; Producer: Charlene Sanderson; Director of Photography: Miroslaw Baszak)

Actors: Colin Fox (J.S. Woodsworth), Daniel Kash (Abraham Heaps), Billy Lynn (WLM King), Ann Page (Sara Lépine, the Maid), (Peter V. Wart (Charles Bowman).

The Woodsworth Minute was filmed on January 27, 2000 at the Newman Centre, 89 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The Woodsworth Expanded Minute was produced with the assistance of Human Resources Development Canada, Income Securities Branch. The effort was coordinated by ecentricarts Inc. and facilitated by the considerable talents of Adam Little, Sibylle Preuschat, Elaine Witmer, Sean Kozey [Tc43 Inc.], Kevin Goodridge [Tc43 Inc.] and Noam Muscovitch.