Doc Zone
Doc Zone: Season 9

Air Date

October 9, 2014

Episodes

15 episodes

Doc Zone

Season 9

Episodes

The State of Incarceration

1. The State of Incarceration

October 9, 2014
45 min

Crime rates in Canada are plummeting, so why are we spending Hundreds of millions on new prisons?

Royals & Animals: Till Death Do Us Part

2. Royals & Animals: Till Death Do Us Part

October 16, 2014
45 min

Some they love to pet and pamper, others they love to shoot - the contradictory relationship between royals and animals.

Weather Gone Wild

3. Weather Gone Wild

October 23, 2014
45 min

Summer snowstorms. Disastrous flooding. Devastating wind and ice storms. Rampaging wildfires. Ruinous drought. Our weather has taken a turn for the extreme. And it’s going to get worse. As intense and unpredictable weather becomes the new normal, how can we adapt and survive?

Forgotten No More: The Lost Men of the 78th

4. Forgotten No More: The Lost Men of the 78th

November 6, 2014
45 min

The remains of eight Canadian WW1 soldiers are found in a French garden, nearly 100 years after they died in the Battle of Amiens.

DOT.CON

5. DOT.CON

November 20, 2014
45 min

An investigation of internet scams which cost Canadian victims upwards of $20 million a year.

The Psychopath Next Door

6. The Psychopath Next Door

November 27, 2014
45 min

The Psychopath Next Door provides a chilling and provocative examination of those in our midst who act without conscience. And we’ll hear from those whose hope is to one day discover a treatment for the psychopath – a term coined in the 1880’s whose literal meaning is “suffering soul”.

Wild & Dangerous: The World of Exotic Pets

7. Wild & Dangerous: The World of Exotic Pets

January 8, 2015
45 min

A look into the relationships between people and their exotic pets and examines the issues that come with keeping undomesticated animals. Does love for a pet outweigh concern for public safety, endangered species, and habitats at risk?

Roboticize Me

8. Roboticize Me

January 22, 2015
45 min

Comedic actor Peter Keleghan take us on a trip through a wild new world of robotics.

A TV Renaissance

9. A TV Renaissance

January 29, 2015
45 min

In the online age, the death of television has been widely predicted. But guess what? TV is going through a renaissance and Canadians at home and abroad are in the thick of it. From HBO to Netflix, TV has never been more popular.

The Truth About Female Desire

10. The Truth About Female Desire

February 12, 2015
45 min

An astonishingly frank exploration of what turns Canadian women on and why. A generation ago a woman who liked sex went to great lengths to hide it. Now she brags about it on national TV. Canadian women tell shocking truths about female desire.

The Age of the Drone

11. The Age of the Drone

February 19, 2015
45 min

There’s a revolution happening and it’s overhead. The drones are coming. From Amazon to Google, the government and your neighbours, everyone is embracing the drone. The big question is: who gets to use them, and how?

Transforming Gender

12. Transforming Gender

February 26, 2015
45 min

The era of transgendered enfranchisement is upon us. Through personal stories we pull back the curtain on what it means to be — fundamentally and in your deepest core — in conflict with the gender you were assigned at birth.

Deluged by Data

13. Deluged by Data

March 12, 2015
45 min

For better or worse, we’re bombarded with information in today’s digital age. Is this flood of data a blessing or a curse? A new way to understand our lives – or just a way to miss out on living them? Can we learn to control our data, before it controls us?

Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War

14. Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War

March 26, 2015
45 min

On the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, we look at Canada's role in America's war in Vietnam and how this country was changed by the experience.

Volunteers Unleashed

15. Volunteers Unleashed

April 2, 2015
45 min

Going overseas with good intentions, does not guarantee good will be done. A look at 'voluntourism' - the fastest growing and most controversial travel sector.