Doc Zone Season 9

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Season 9

Air date: 2014-10-09

Episodes: 15

Episodes

E1: The State of Incarceration

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

Air date: 2014-10-09

E2: Royals & Animals: Till Death Do Us Part

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

Air date: 2014-10-16

E3: Weather Gone Wild

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?

Air date: 2014-10-23

E4: Forgotten No More: The Lost Men of the 78th

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

Air date: 2014-11-06

E5: DOT.CON

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

Air date: 2014-11-20

E6: The Psychopath Next Door

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”.

Air date: 2014-11-27

E7: Wild & Dangerous: The World of Exotic Pets

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?

Air date: 2015-01-08

E8: Roboticize Me

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

Air date: 2015-01-22

E9: A TV Renaissance

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.

Air date: 2015-01-29

E10: The Truth About Female Desire

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.

Air date: 2015-02-12

E11: The Age of the Drone

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?

Air date: 2015-02-19

E12: Transforming Gender

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.

Air date: 2015-02-26

E13: Deluged by Data

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?

Air date: 2015-03-12

E14: Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War

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.

Air date: 2015-03-26

E15: Volunteers Unleashed

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

Air date: 2015-04-02