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Spanish Flu Epidemic
The 1918 flu pandemic (The Spanish Flu) was a pandemic that spread across the world.Most vicitms of this flu were young adults as most outbreaks were linked to juvenile, eldery and weakened patients.The pandemic lasted from March 1918 to June 1920. This flu even spread to the Artic and remote Pacific Islands. Between 50 to 100 million people died from this flu making this one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. The popualtion at the time of this epidemic was (1.6 billion.) -
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About 500 million or 1/3 of the Earth's population were infected. WW1 was not the reason for the outbreak of the flu. Some speculate that the soldiers immune systems were weakened due to malnourishment as well as the stresses of combat and chemical attacks. A large factor in this flu was increased travel. Modern transportation systems made it easier for soldiers, sailors , and civilan travelers to spread the disease.Many people in different countries around the globe were affected by this flu. -
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Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike, 15 May-25 June 1919 was Canada's best known general strike. Massive Ubnemployment and inflation, the sucess of the Russian Revoulution (1917), a wave of strikes across Canada and rising of the industrial organzation all contributed to post war labour unrest. In Winnipeg on May 15, when negotations broke down between management and labour in the building and metal trades, The Winnipeg Labour and Trades coucil called a general strike.30,000 workers had left there jobs. -
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The general strike left a legacy of bitterness and controversy. Symphatetic strikes erupted in centres from Amherst, NS, and to BC. Leaders of this strike were convicted and sentenced to jail with agruments to overthrow the government and there senteneces in jail lasted from 6 months to about 2 years.Almost 3 decades past before Canadian workers secured union recognition and collective bargaining. -
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The response to many men and women joining the strike caused factoires to be shut down, crippled it's retail trade and stopped the trains. The strike was co-ordinated by the Central Strike Commitee, composed of delegates elected from each of the unions assoicated with Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club. The commitee bargained with employers on behalf of the workers and co-ordinated the need for essential services. -
Group Of Seven
The Group Of Seven were a group of Canadian Landsacpe painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Camicheal, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and Frederick Varley. Tom Thomson (who died in 1917) and Emily Carr were closely assoicated with The Group of Seven but were never members. All of them had met together as they worked in a art company in 1913. They were formely spilt up in WW1 but were reunited after. -
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Another blow to the group was when Tom Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park as he was very close to the members of the group.In 1919 they began to call themselves the Group Of Seven and by 1920 they were ready for there first exhibition. Thre first exhibition had some mixed reviews but got better over time. As Frank Johnston left the group in 1921 he was replaced by A.J. Casson in 1926. The group's influences were so widespread that by 1931 they broke up and formed the Canadian Group. -
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
He is Canada's longest serving prime minister in Canadian history. He was leader of the Liberal party for all 3 of his terms. PM Mackenzie King served a total of 3 terms. He started his first term from December 29,1921-June 28,1926. He was re-elected as Canada's PM on September 25,1926-August 7,1930. He was also in tern from October 23, 1935-November 14, 1948. Some of his acclomplishments he did when he was PM was the creation of old age pensions in 1926, unemployment insurance, family allowance -
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in 1944, and his leadership towards Canada during World War 2. He also appointed the first women to senate in 1930. He was first elected to the Hosue of Commons in 1908 and he was a lawyer.Pm Mackenzie King was born in 1874, Kitchener Ontario and died in 1950, in Kingsmere, Quebec. -
The Discovery of Insulin
There have been many credited and famous medical discoveries in Canada but probably the most famous was the discovery of insulin in 1921-22 by Frederick Banting and Charles Best. Insulin saves lives, and even though it is not a cure it is treated for diabetes,even used today. The discovery of insulin was by a four man research team consisting of physician Frederick Banting, graduate student Charles Best, Professor of Physiology J.J.R. Macleod, and biochemist J.B. Collip. Diabetes is a disease -
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where you cannot break down substances, notably sugar. If the body is unable to break down these types of substances than the result is increased sugar levels in the person's blood and urine. When they tested the extract on humans they saw the decrease of a patient's blood sugar go down and the patient returned back to normal this extract was called insulin.Insulin saved many lives of diabetec patients and came to be known as one of the greatest medical breakthroughs. -
Chinese Immigartion Act
The Chinese Immigration act,1923, known in the Chinese community as the Chinese Exclusion Act was an act passed by Parliament which banned most forms of Chinese Immigration to Canada. These act went into effect on July 1, 1923 and banned Chinese immigrants from Canada expect Chinese immigrants who were Merchants, Diplomats, and Foreign Students. This act did not apply only to Chinese people form China: ethnic Chinese with British nationally were also banned form entering Canada as well. -
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Due to the horror of Nazi Death Camps discovered and the contribution of Chinese Canadians during World War 2, The Canadian Parliament cancelled the act on May 14,1947. However, Independent Chinese Immigration to Canada came only after the liberalzation of the Canadian immigration policy in 1967. -
RCAF
On Jan.1 1923, the department of National Defence was born with also the Department of Naval Services, The department of Militia and Defence and the Air Board. On March 12, 1923 King George the 5th named the designation "Royal" on the CAF but the Royal Canadian Air Force had to wait one year later until becoming a full time service on Apr. 1,1924. The RCAF began with 66 officiers nad 194 non commissioned members. Apr. 1 1923 has been recognized as the celebration of the RCAF. -
The Person's Case
While women were granted to vote in most Canadian provinces, lobby groups seeking to improve the status of women on socail, economic, and even political argued there case. "The Famous Five" (Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney and Nellie McClung) who competed the legal interpertation of the word "person" to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1927. The Canadian Court stated that Women were not stated as "persons" even in The British North America Act. -
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The Famous Five appealed the ruling to the Privy Council of London, which reversed the verdict of the Supreme Court Of Canada.And so in 1929, women acquired the right to exercise official functions, to attend university and to pratice a liberal trade. -
Black Tuesday
On Tuesday October 29,1929, Wall Street witnessed a 13% decline in the Dow Jones, bedcoming known as "Black Tuesday." It was recognized that Black Tuesday was the start of the Great Depression. The market continued to fall after Black Tuesday, some even specualted that the market might actually go to zero.From it's high of 386.10 in September 29 to it's low of 40.60 on July 19,1932, the market had lost a total of 89%. Many people were umemployed during this time and the start of WW2 was said as -
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Prime Minister R.B. Bennet
Richard Bedford Bennet (Conservative Party Of Canada) was Prime Minister of Canada form August 7,1930-October 23, 1935. Some key parts he did as Prime Minister was his leadership of Canada through the Great Depression, the creation of both the Bank of Canada and the Canadian Wheat Board in 1935 and the creation of the Canadian Broadcasting Commission in 1932. Before becoming PM, Mr. Bennet was Secertary of State of External Affairs from 1930 to 1935 and from 1930 to 1932 he was Canada's -
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Minister of Fiance. He first sat in Parliament in 1911. Before becoming a politician, he was a lawyer. He was born on July 3, 1870 in Hopewell New Brunswick, and died on June 26,1947, In England. He is the only Prime Minister not buried in Canada. -
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when it was transmitted over the Canadian Natioanl Railway radio newtwork commenting on Toronto Maple Leaf Games. In 1933 The Canadian Radio Broadcast Commission (CRBC) began commenitng on the Montreal Maroons and Montreal Canadiens games on it's Quebec Station. It was a huge hit on the radio across Canada and became the obvious choice for Canadian television programming as Hockey Night In Canada still continues 79 years later. -
Foster Hewitt and Hockey Night in Canada
Foster Hewitt was born on November 21,1902 in Toronto Canada and died on April 21,1985. He was a Canadian Broadcaster most famous for his play-by-play call for Hockey Night In Canada.For 40 years, Hewiit was Canada's Broadcaster for Hockey Noght In Canada the first radio station widely listened to by Canadians. He coined the phrase "he shoots, he scores." He was also famous for his phrase in the beginning of Hockey Night In Canada. Hockey Night In Canada first began in 1931 -
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passed by British Parliament. The Amendment of the Canadian Constitution remained in the hands of the British until the passage of the constitution act in 1982.Nor did Canada immediately take up all of it's powers under the statue. Not until 1949, did the judicial commitee of the privy council be a final court appeal for Canadians. -
Statue Of Westminister
The Statue of Westminister, 11 Dec.,1931 was a British law clarifying the powers of Canada's parliament and those of other Dominions and granting the colonies full legal freedom except in those areas where they choose to be of lower rank. Until this time British power overruled that of the Dominions. The Imperial Conference in 1926 began to give to give legal substance that Britian and the Dominions were equal in status. At the resquest and consent of the Dominions the Statue of Westminister was -
First New Deal
In the mid-1930's at the height of the Great Depression, Prime Minister R.B. Bennett was seeking a reverse tide against his conservative party, on January 2,1935 he began a series of speeches outlining a "New Deal" for Canada.Bennett's new deal promised a maxium work week, a minium wage,closer regualtion of working conditions, unemployment insurance, health and accident insurance, a revised old age pension plan and agricultural support system. Even though Bennett passed these deals he still lost -
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CBC-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
In 1929, the Aird Commission on public broadcasting recommended the creation of a national radio broadcast network. Graham Spry and Alan Plaunt lobbied intensely for the project on behalf of the Canadian Radio League,In 1932 PM R.B. Bennett created the CBC'S predecessor the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Comission.On November 2,1936 the CRBC became a full crown and was named CBC. It had it's first chairman Leonard Brockington. For the next few decades CBC was responsible for all broadcasting -
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innovation in Canada.On July 1,1958, CBC''s Television signal was extended from coast to coast. In 1978, CBC became the first broadcaster in the world to use an orbiting satellite for television service, linking Canada “from east to west to north.” -
SS. St Louis
St. Louis sailed form Hamburg to Cuba on May 13, 1939, carrying seven non-Jewish refugees (mainly German) seeking protection form Nazi Torture.On the ship's arrival in Cuba, The Cuban government assoicated these refugees as tourists or polictical asulyms.The government requested $500 fromeach passenger which had a negative reaction as some refugees comitted sucide and others threatened to do the same. However 29 of the refugees managed to disembark at Havana.The ships tryed to go to the U.S. and -
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but were denied access as the officials warned the U.S. and Canadian Government not to take them. The Captain Gustav Schröder made great sacrifices in order for the passengers to arrive healthy and safe. They however were not able to stay in Cuba as negotations went on for days and were denied acess. They returned back to Europe where tey went back to the countries there were from.
